About EMLYON Business School

Located in Lyon, France, EMLYON Business School has been educating entrepreneurs since 1872.

EMLYON is a European Business School devoted to lifelong learning for entrepreneurial and international management:
 - Its entrepreneurial and educational project consists in stimulating the social responsibility of its participants, thus giving them all the support needed to achieve business success in the various cultural/economic systems around the world.
 - Its know-how in training is based both on theory and on day-to-day company management.
 - Its distinctive quality is founded on teaching innovation and an entrepreneurial approach to management education.
 
Accreditations: AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS
Major ranking:
Financial Times
 > #5 Masters of Science in Management “programme Grande Ecole”
 "The Top 65 Masters in Management programmes" – September 2011
 
More at www.em-lyon.com 

About Aston Business School

Aston Business School is one of the most experienced providers of business and management education in the UK. Today, it is among the largest of the leading business schools in Europe, with over 100 full-time academic staff and 3,000 undergraduate, postgraduate, MBA and management development students. 

With more than 40 nationalities represented last year, the MBA and MSc programmes have a truly international environment essential for those aiming to be global managers. Aston Business School plays a dynamic role as part of the national and European business community, attracting delegates, speakers, students and staff from around the world. 
 This international strength has helped to develop the school's status as an emerging centre of excellence for business education and management research.
 
Accreditations: AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS
Major ranking:

• The 2009 Economist Intelligence Unit 'Which MBA?' guide placed Aston #12 in the UK
• Financial Times Masters in Management 2009 - #1 in the world for career progression, #4 in the UK, and #30 in the world

• Financial Times Global MBA ranking 2010 ranked Aston #11 in UK and #19 in Europe

More at www.aston.ac.uk/abs

About LMU

Munich School of Management Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich (Germany)
 
 Munich School of Management is one of 18 faculties at Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU), one of the leading research universities in Germany. LMU stands for excellent research coupled with established tradition, and the standing of our faculty is founded on a history of over 150 years of educational innovation. The School, which is top-ranked among German business schools, consists of 18 academic institutes, with approximately 140 lecturers and teaching assistants. The professors possess eminent academic credentials and a dedication to teaching. Munich School of Management offers a great variety in research and teaching. Joint research projects are encouraged with universities and companies all over the world in order to facilitate the exchange of knowledge. Four Centers of Excellence focus on core areas of expertise: CDTM - Centre for Digital Technology and Management, LMU EC - Centre for Entrepreneurship, CIM - Centre for Internet Research and Media Integration and MRIC - Munich Risk and Insurance Center.

LMU Munich’s historic main building in the heart of the city is worldfamous. It is primarily home to the social sciences and humanities. The main university library is situated in the south wing of the main building. It houses nearly half of LMU Munich’s total stock of 6.6 million volumes available in the university’s central and more than 150 departmental libraries. The main library is close to the Bavarian State Library and several important museums and archives, providing an ideal infrastructure for research and study.

Major rankings:

• 2010 Academic Ranking of World Universities of Shanghai University: LMU is the best German University (ranked 52)

• 2008 CHE Ranking: Munich School of Management top ranked for research reputation
• 2007 Focus Ranking of Business Schools/ Faculties of Business Administration in Germany: Munich School of Management ranked 2

More at www.lmu.de