All the EMBAs in the ranking are of high quality. Some 195 points separate the top programme from the school ranked 100.
The Financial Times has released its Executive MBA 2024 ranking, which lists the top 100 executive MBA programs from around the world.
**Kingston, Ont.** – Smith School of Business’ two Executive MBA programs have been ranked among the top 75 EMBA programs in the world by the Financial Times (FT). “We are proud that Smith’s EMBA Americas and EMBA – The National Program were ranked in the just-released FT 2024 EMBA rankings. To receive this acknowledgment from the FT reinforces Smith as a leader in executive business education,” said Gloria Saccon, Director (Interim), EMBA Americas and Director, EMBA – The National Program. The EMBA Americas program, a partnership between Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management and Smith School of Business at Queen’s University, is the highest-ranked Canadian program on FT’s list at No. 35 globally. In addition to Smith’s two EMBA programs, three other Canadian programs are listed in the 2024 rankings. The Executive MBA Americas program is made possible through a partnership between two of North America's premier business schools — Smith School of Business at Queen’s University and the Johnson School of Management at Cornell University in New York.
Marie-Claude Leblanc, a graduate of McGill-HEC Montreal, has been named a Poets&Quants Best & Brightest Executive MBA of 2024.
The Université du Québec has secured a spot in the prestigious THE World University Rankings 2024 (401-500 range), marking a significant improvement from last
Oxford Saïd tops the QS Executive MBA Rankings for a second year in 2025. The University of Oxford, Saïd Business School, leads the list of the best schools for Executive MBA programs in 2025 ©Saïd Business School / FB. The world’s best Executive MBA (EMBA) program is found in the UK, at Oxford (Saïd), according to the 2025 edition of the QS EMBA Rankings. The prestigious business school, located in the world-famous university town, retains its 2024 position in the ranking, which features 233 of the world’s best Executive EMBA programs across 50 countries and territories. European business schools once again hold the three top spots, and have a strong showing in this year’s best EMBA list—15 of the world’s top 50 schools are located on the continent—with the EMBA at France’s HEC Paris ranked at number two, and the program at Spain’s IESE in third place. Find out which business schools top the US News MBA Ranking in our breakdown of the best business schools in the US.
Find the best executive MBA programmes offered by business schools in North America with the help of the QS EMBA Rankings.
Rank. Country. 1 University of Ottawa: Telfer. Canada. 2 The Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). Mexico. 3 École des Ponts Business School -.