Rating of MBA schools. School of business: where to get an MBA in Russia. Additional Executive MBA Program Option

Based on the results of a survey of alumni, the MBA in Moscow and Russia portal (website) has formed the next, eighth, "People's rating" of the best MBA business schools at russian market ... The survey was supported by associations of graduates of most Russian business schools.

As in last year's ranking, the positions of business schools were determined by the sum of the arithmetic mean assessments of graduates mBA programs and EMBA following parameters: increased income, career growth, level of established business relationships, personal and professional development. The graduates rated each parameter from 1 (useless) to 5 (excellent). It should be emphasized that all these marks express the degree of satisfaction of graduates with the learning outcomes and are not always directly related to specific figures of income that graduates receive two years after graduating from business schools.

The main feature of the results of the current survey is more restrained estimates for almost all indicators. There can be several explanations for this, from a decline in the quality of training to the impact of the general economic situation. Obviously, in 2014-2015. employers' requirements for the knowledge and skills of managers increased significantly, while salary growth was limited. Therefore, the trainees, in turn, have higher learning requirements and would like to see more effective returns.

Judging by the estimates, it can be assumed that many business schools were unable to quickly reorganize and continue to teach in the previous, "pre-crisis" mode. Only the assessments of personal and professional development are still high, here business schools give consistently high results.

Another feature of this year's survey was the assessments of core business courses in the MBA and EMBA programs. The students evaluated the teaching of the following disciplines: economics, management, marketing, finance, project management, information management. In the overwhelming majority of cases, assessments of teaching business courses are higher than indicators of satisfaction with learning outcomes in general. We see one of the most probable explanations for this in the difficulties of putting the acquired knowledge into practice that business school graduates face.

Based on a survey of MBA graduates in 2013-2015, the portrait of students in MBA programs in Russian business schools was updated. As before, the majority are men, although their share has decreased from 74% to 68%. Accordingly, the share of MBA trainees increased by 6%.

As you can see, the largest age segments account for more than three quarters (76%).

Most MBA graduates decided to get a business educationworking in the positions of middle managers (42%) and top managers (28%). The remaining third were line managers (19%) and business owners (11%).

After MBA training the share of middle managers decreased by 17%, the share of line managers - by 15%. At the same time, the number of top managers grew by 20% and the number of business owners doubled (22%).
Career trajectories within each category of managers show a general tendency for a steady promotion after completion of MBA training.

International business school rankings usually use real annual figures wagesreported by MBA graduates. The domestic mentality does not imply such frankness, therefore, in the People's rating, the graduate indicates only the percentage of his income increase and assesses his satisfaction with his growth on a five-point scale. In other words, the graduate evaluates the degree to which the actual result corresponds to salary expectations upon admission.

In the vast majority of cases, career growth was accompanied by an increase in income. Middle income growth for all job categories MBA students 2 years after graduating from business schools in Moscow amounted to 47% , in St. Petersburg - 58% , in the regions - 34% .

Out of 43 business schools in terms of the number of submitted questionnaires, only thirty were able to get into the short list of participants in the VIII National Rating. As in the previous ratings, to compensate for errors, one rating place was assigned to schools, the total points of which differed from each other by less than 0.03.
Participants in the VIII People's Ranking of Business Schools collectively represent at least 95% of the market for Russian MBA programs. Indicators for each business school are presented .

Data source

From February to May 2017, the MBA in Moscow and Russia portal conducted an online survey of business school graduates who received an MBA diploma in the period from 2013 to 2015. The survey involved 980 graduates of 43 Russian business schools from nine regions: Moscow. St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Ufa, Yekaterinburg, Perm, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk.

Business schools, whose graduates took part in the survey on the portal "MBA in Moscow and Russia"

1. Baikal International Business School of Irkutsk State University (Irkutsk)
1. PwC Academy
2. Baltic State Technical University "Voenmech" (St. Petersburg)
3. Banking Institute NRU "Higher School of Economics" (Moscow)
4. Business School of the All-Russian Academy foreign trade (Moscow)
5. Business School AMI (St. Petersburg)
6. Business School IMISP (St. Petersburg)
7. Business School MFYUA (Moscow)
8. Business School EMAS (Nizhny Novgorod - Moscow)
9. Business School of the Ural Federal University (Yekaterinburg)
10. Higher School of Business Informatics, National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)
11. Graduate School of Business, State University of Management (Moscow)
12. Graduate School of Business of Kazan Federal University (Kazan)
13. Higher School of Business, Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management (Novosibirsk)
14. Higher School of Corporate Governance of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (Moscow)
15. Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University (St. Petersburg)
16. Graduate School of Project Management NRU HSE (Moscow)
17. Higher School of Finance and Management, RANEPA (Moscow)
18.Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg State University of Economics (St. Petersburg)
19. Institute of Business and Business Administration, RANEPA (Moscow)
20. Institute of Public Administration and Management, RANEPA (Moscow)
21. Institute of Communication Management, National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)
22. Institute of World Economy and Business, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (Moscow)
23. Institute of Tax Management and Real Estate Economics, Higher School of Economics (Moscow)
24. Caspian Open school business "AstrakhanLINK" (Astrakhan)
25. International Business School of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
26. International Institute of Management LINK (Moscow)
27. International MBA and EMBA programs of RANEPA with Kingston University (Moscow)
28. International Center for Training Personnel in Logistics, National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)
29. Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (Moscow)
30. Moscow School of Management "Skolkovo" (Moscow)
31. Moscow International Higher Business School MIRBIS (Moscow)
32. Plekhanov School of Business "Intregral" of the Russian University of Economics. G.V. Plekhanova
33.Stockholm School of Economics in Russia (St. Petersburg-Moscow)
34. Ural-Siberian Institute of Business (Yekaterinburg)
35. Faculty of Finance and Banking, RANEPA (Moscow)
36. School of Business and International Competences of the Moscow State Institute international relations (University) MFA of Russia (Moscow)
37. Linkam School of Business (Perm)
38. School of Business "Synergy" (Moscow)
39. School of IT Management RANEPA (Moscow)
40. Faculty of Economics, Moscow State University (Moscow)
41. First_Business_School (Ufa)
42. City Business School (Moscow)
43. Moscow Business School (Moscow)

Graduates from established business schools can develop faster careers and grow more profits than those who did not study business programs. The factor of the reputation of an educational institution plays an increasing role. Based on the results of a survey of graduates, the MBA in Moscow and Russia portal has formed the next, seventh in a row, “People's Rating” of the best Russian MBA schools.

Over the past five years, Russian business schools have been predominantly focused on managers aged 25-35. The study "MBA in Moscow and Russia" (www.mba.su) showed that the 36-40 age group accounts for about a third of the students, while managers in the 41+ age group are numerically only slightly inferior to the young.

More than 70% of the survey participants noted that they began to receive business education, working in the positions of middle and top managers, 10% - in the status of business owners. Four years later (two years of study plus two years after graduation), the share of middle managers decreased by 19%. Accordingly, the shares of top managers (up to 52%) and business owners (up to 21%) almost doubled.

Most of the graduates of domestic business schools, according to the survey, are men (in some - up to 89%), however, in schools with a predominantly younger audience, the proportion of women is higher.

Performance criteria

One of the main indicators of the effectiveness of MBA education around the world is income level two years after graduation. In most cases, MBA graduates improve their career position, accompanying it with an increase in income. According to mba.su, the income of middle managers after MBA grows on average by 44%, top managers - by 57%, business owners - by 96%. Even in the case of zero career growth, MBA graduates record an increase in income of 29-54%.

On average, for business schools whose graduates took part in the survey, their income growth was 54% two years after graduating from the MBA program. As a result of the training, 11% of middle and top managers became business owners.

Incentives for income growth are not reduced to the very existence of a diploma, but to those new opportunities to influence the overall success of the business, which are provided by the obtained expertise. New education helps to organize their work differently and improve the efficiency of work processes. The development of soft skills aimed at leadership skills, emotional intellect, effective communication.

High-quality MBA training can be obtained not only abroad. This is confirmed by the rating of the best educational institutions in the MBA sector: in Russia, Moscow and St. Petersburg.

The article presents the results of the "domestic" People's rating MBA.SU and the "international" Eduniversal Business School Ranking for 2017. Both in the first and in the second variants, business schools were assessed in a comprehensive manner: this is an increase in the graduate's income in 2 years, and career growth, and the popularity of the school. The difference is that in the case of the People's rating, the respondents are MBA program graduates, while the Eduniversal Business School Ranking takes into account the opinion of the deans of educational institutions and recruiting agencies. ...

Rating of MBA schools in Russia

All representatives of the first "five" schools in the National rating have the international AMBA accreditation. As for the Eduniversal rating, only 7 schools with this accreditation got into the "top ten". Also, in both ratings there are many holders of international accreditation CEEMAN IQA and national NASDOBR.

According to the People's Rating of MBA Schools in Russia, the joint program of the ION RANEPA and the British Business School of Kingston University scored the highest number of points. Graduates of the program (accredited by AMBA) receive two diplomas at once. You can go to study in the UK. The teaching staff consists of British and Russian professors and practitioners.

The first place in the rating of Russian MBAs from Eduniversal is taken by the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University. The Executive program of this educational institution is one of the most famous and popular in Russia. GSOM SPbU is the only school in Russia with EQUIS accreditation.

Rating of MBA schools in Moscow

Among the best MBA schools in Moscow (according to Eduniversal data), the first place is taken by the Graduate School of Management of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov. The school offers two study programs - MBA and Executive MBA, as well as additional program lifelong learning MBA PS.

Rating of MBA schools in St. Petersburg

Rating of business schools operating in the Russian market site ("people's") is annually compiled by the portal "MBA in Moscow and Russia" with the participation of the Russian MBA League and associations of business school graduates. Information partners of the People's rating are: Izvestia newspaper, TASS, Kommersant, RBK, Sekret Firmy magazine, Profile magazine, and other business media.

People's rating is one of the most objective ratings business schools, because is based directly on the assessments of the MBA / Executive MBA program alumni themselves and does not use the opinions of people who consider themselves experts in business education. The survey is conducted annually on the MBA in Moscow and Russia portal.

• NEW! People's rating of business schools MBA-2019

SUMMARY TABLE OF PEOPLE'S RATING site 2010-2019
(business schools are listed alphabetically)

The business education market in Russia is developing rapidly. Both the number of business schools and the number of MBA programs on offer are growing. Therefore, it becomes difficult for applicants to understand the proposals. At first glance, they all look presentable and attractive. However, in order to make the right choice, applicants must receive as much reliable information about the business school as possible and analyze it correctly. Only then can one expect to receive the expected result and a certain return on the funds and efforts invested in the MBA. There are several possibilities to make the right choice. A business school should be evaluated according to certain indicators. Here are some of them from the RANEPA.

Thus, according to the People's rating compiled by independent experts (980 graduates of various BS of the Russian Federation in 2013–2015 played their role), the IBDA RANEPA became one of the leaders. He received the maximum number of votes in terms of personal and professional development, the usefulness of established connections, increased income, career growth. The rating compiled by the Eduniversal agency is no less indicative. The survey involved 1,000 deans of various business schools. According to the polls, palm trees are awarded. The more there are, the higher the school's rating. Thus, the IBDA RANEPA owns 4 palm trees. The university is included in the elite league TOP Business School, and its programs are among the best in 2016–2018.

Availability of licenses and accreditation.

IBDA is a part of RANEPA. RANEPA has a license to maintain educational activities, as well as a certificate of state accreditation.

Membership in associations and organizations.

IBDA RANEPA is one of the initiators of the creation of the NASDOBR association, which accredits programs additional education... The university is a member of AACSB International, EFMD, Executive MBA Council (EMBAC), General Management Admission Council (GMAC), CEEMAN, International Business School Alliance (IBSA), Russian Association business education (RABO), the Association of Russian Managers (AMR).

Accreditation of programs.

This is one of the main indicators of their quality and recognition by experts. IBDA RANEPA programs are accredited by AMBA, NASDOBR, which indicates that international experts have recognized their high quality.

List of programs of the school itself.

It is also important, as it helps to choose the most demanded and prestigious specialty. We offer a list of programs of the IBDA RANEPA.