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As the number 1 ranked entrepreneurial business school in the world, Babson Executive Education is constantly striving to develop new programs that meet the demanding and changing needs of today’s executives. We regularly improve our facilities, our faculty, the curriculum and other resources that will help better prepare Babson Executive Education alumni for tomorrow's business requirements.
The combined ranking is compiled from the average indexed score for schools ranked in both the open and the custom surveys. This year, there were three ties in the top 10 combined ranking.
“Babson’s high placement in the Financial Times rankings reflects our firm commitment to deliver high-impact programs to help companies reach their strategic goals,” says Stephen Flavin, Associate Dean, Babson Executive Education, “We are pleased with our strong showing -- it is testament to our commitment to client satisfaction and our long-standing reputation as a world-class provider.”
This year marks the paper’s seventh year of surveys ranking international non-degree executive education open enrollment and custom programs. Open enrollment programs are courses that are open to all, while custom programs are tailor made to put executives through specific training or development. Schools must have more than $2m of business in either category to participate. Forty-six schools and almost 4,000 program participants completed the open enrollment survey. Fifty-eight schools and almost 450 corporate clients completed the custom survey. A combined rank is produced for schools in both.
The Financial Times ranking complements the Top 10 honors Babson Executive Education received from BusinessWeek‘s last survey in 2003.
Business Week Ranks Babson World Class
In it's 2003 survey of executive education programs Business Week Magazine ranked Babson's custom executive programs as 10th among all of the world’s executive development providers. In its article BW names Babson one of the “top providers of tailor-made executive programs for companies.” This high praise is particularly satisfying because the rankings are based on surveys from directors of executive development at major companies who's resulting opinions represent some of the most experienced buyers in the market for such programs.
Entrepreneur Magazine Names Babson #1 College For Entrepreneurship By Its Peers
Babson College has been named the #1 college for Entrepreneurship by Entrepreneur Magazine among national/regional programs for both 2004 and 2005. The rankings are by directors, faculty and alumni. Babson was also ranked #1 for Program directors, which is ranked by peers. Professors William Bygrave, Stephen Spinelli and Jeffry Timmons share the honor.
"This really speaks to the tremendous integration of Babson's curriculum, and the fact that entrepreneurship is taught and researched by faculty in so many different disciplines," says Steven Spinelli Jr., Director of the Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship at Babson College. "Because of this, entrepreneurship has become infused in the very core of Babson."
We are also frequently featured in prominent business publications from around the world such as Business Week, The Financial Times, US News & World Report, CIO Magazine and more.
Financial Times 2005 Ranking
Wellesley, MA -- Babson Executive Education has once again been ranked among the world’s top 10 providers in multiple categories according to rankings released today by the Financial Times.
Babson’s Custom Programs were ranked:
- #9 worldwide (up from #10 in 2004)
- #5 in the U.S. (up from #6 in 2004)
- #4 worldwide in the Value for Money category
- #8 worldwide in the Course Design category
- #9 worldwide in the Star Faculty category.
- #11 worldwide (up from #16 in 2004)
- #9 in the U.S.
The combined ranking is compiled from the average indexed score for schools ranked in both the open and the custom surveys. This year, there were three ties in the top 10 combined ranking.
“Babson’s high placement in the Financial Times rankings reflects our firm commitment to deliver high-impact programs to help companies reach their strategic goals,” says Stephen Flavin, Associate Dean, Babson Executive Education, “We are pleased with our strong showing -- it is testament to our commitment to client satisfaction and our long-standing reputation as a world-class provider.”
This year marks the paper’s seventh year of surveys ranking international non-degree executive education open enrollment and custom programs. Open enrollment programs are courses that are open to all, while custom programs are tailor made to put executives through specific training or development. Schools must have more than $2m of business in either category to participate. Forty-six schools and almost 4,000 program participants completed the open enrollment survey. Fifty-eight schools and almost 450 corporate clients completed the custom survey. A combined rank is produced for schools in both.
The Financial Times ranking complements the Top 10 honors Babson Executive Education received from BusinessWeek‘s last survey in 2003.
Business Week Ranks Babson World Class
In it's 2003 survey of executive education programs Business Week Magazine ranked Babson's custom executive programs as 10th among all of the world’s executive development providers. In its article BW names Babson one of the “top providers of tailor-made executive programs for companies.” This high praise is particularly satisfying because the rankings are based on surveys from directors of executive development at major companies who's resulting opinions represent some of the most experienced buyers in the market for such programs.
Entrepreneur Magazine Names Babson #1 College For Entrepreneurship By Its Peers
Babson College has been named the #1 college for Entrepreneurship by Entrepreneur Magazine among national/regional programs for both 2004 and 2005. The rankings are by directors, faculty and alumni. Babson was also ranked #1 for Program directors, which is ranked by peers. Professors William Bygrave, Stephen Spinelli and Jeffry Timmons share the honor.
"This really speaks to the tremendous integration of Babson's curriculum, and the fact that entrepreneurship is taught and researched by faculty in so many different disciplines," says Steven Spinelli Jr., Director of the Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship at Babson College. "Because of this, entrepreneurship has become infused in the very core of Babson."
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