EMLYON Business School (France)
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:
> The Financial Times Dec 2009 - Top 70 European Business School - #8 in Europe - #3 in France.
> The Financial Times October 2009 - Top 50 European Masters in Management - #6 in Europe - #1 in the international course experience.
Find out more at www.em-lyon.com/en
Aston Business School (United Kingdom)
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:
>Financial Times Global MBA ranking 2010 ranked Aston #11 in UK and #19 in Europe
>Financial Times Masters in Management 2009 - #1 in the world for career progression, #4 in the UK, and #30 in the world
>The 2009 Economist Intelligence Unit 'Which MBA?' guide placed Aston #12 in the UK
More at www.aston.ac.uk/abs
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 a long tradition, and the standing of our faculty is founded on a history of educational innovation of over 150 years.
The School, which is top-ranked among German business schools, consists of 16 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. Three Centres of Excellence focus core areas of expertise: CDTM - Centre for Digital Technology and Management, ODEON - Centre for Entrepreneurship, CIM - Centre for Internet Research and Media Integration.
Last but not least, Munich is one of the main business locations in Germany, and the city and its surrounding countryside offer innumerable opportunities for quality leisure-time such as beer gardens, the opera, theatres, the Oktoberfest and skiing in the wintertime, to name just a few.
Major ranking:
> 2007 Academic Ranking of World Universities of Shanghai University: LMU is the best German University (ranked 53)
> 2007 Focus Ranking of Universities in Germany: LMU ranked #2
More at www.lmu.de