Located in Cambridge, Mass, Harvard Business School leads many of the lists of top business schools. The prestigious century-old school has a 40-acre urban campus and an average of 94 students in each year of its two-year MBA program. Among its most impressive resources is the school annual $70 million research budget. Tuition and fees for the 2009-2010 academic year were $46,150.
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163
617-495-6000
hbs.edu
Spain's IESE Business School, which is part of the University of Navarra, offers one of the oldest MBA programs in Europe. The school has campuses in Madrid and Barcelona. IESE also offers joint programs with several top U.S. business schools including Harvard and MIT's Sloan School of Business Management. Key relationships in Asia and Latin America allow the program to focus on the global economy.
IESE Business School - Barcelona Campus
Avenida Pearson, 21
Barcelona,Spain 08034
+34 93 253 42 00
iese.edu
Madrid Campus
Camino del Cerro del Águila, 3
Madrid,Spain 28023
+34 91 211 30 00
One of the most highly regarded business schools in Europe, London Business School is part of the University of London and is located in the center of London. Although most European MBA programs are one year, London Business School's program is 24 months. Approximately 400 students are admitted each year from all over the world. The school emphasizes a global approach to business and economic issues.
London Business School
Regent's Park, London, UK
+44 (0)20 7000 7000
london.edu
Founded in 1881 in Philadelphia, Wharton Business School is part of the University of Pennsylvania. Wharton offers a two track MBA program with one section of full-time students and the other for business executives returning to school. Roughly 850 students from 70 countries are admitted each year to the MBA program which focuses on global business. Tuition and fees for the 2009-2010 academic year were $51,773.
The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
420 Jon M. Huntsman Hall
3730 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104.6340
215-898-6183
wharton.upenn.edu
Located in Lausanne, Switzerland, the International Institute for Management Development offers an MBA program with concentrations in Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Management. In addition to those areas of study, the school also emphasizes corporate responsibility and global business practices. Approximately 90 full time students are admitted each year to the MBA program and tuition and fees for the 2009-2010 academic year were $77,126.
IMD International
Ch. de Bellerive 23
P.O. Box 915
CH-1001 Lausanne, Switzerland
+41 (0)21 618 0111
imd.ch/programs/mba