IIM Calcutta rises in QS Global MBA rankings 2021

Maintaining its legacy of annual publication of university rankings, QS Global MBA rankings, now in its 17th year, continue to produce authoritative, independent global rankings and evaluation of institutions worldwide. Build on the responses of more than 34,000 global academics, the reputation of specific business schools from the perspective of nearly 37,000 global employers, education paths of 27,831 successful alumni back to specific institutions, and analyzing program-related inputs, QS Global MBA rankings 2021 has finally taken the heat off the participating colleges. 

Given that these rankings have been said to satisfy the growing public demand for transparency that institutions and government were not able to meet on their own, it also carries weight for students to make an informed choice on a study destination. The major parameters of the QS business masters rankings include:

• Employability 
• Entrepreneurship and alumni outcomes 
• Return on investment 
• Thought leadership 
• Class and faculty diversity

Indian institutes at the global scale

Speaking of the country’s top management institutions, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, and ISB managed to secure a place among the top 100 global B-Schools. Other institutes from India that featured in the list of QS World University Rankings 2021 include IIM Lucknow, SPJIMR Mumbai, IIM Kozhikode, Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai, and IFIM Business School. However, outperforming all the B-Schools in the country, IIM Calcutta leapfrogged from the 101-110 group to the 79th position in the list this year. Here is a comprehensive list of top Indian B-Schools as per the QS Global MBA rankings 2021:

Meanwhile, in the QS Masters in Management rankings, IIM Ahmedabad secured 31st position followed by IIM Bangalore and IIM Calcutta which are at 35th and 51st position respectively. Two new entrants - IIM Lucknow and IIM Kozhikode also bagged a placed in the 101+ band.

An all-inclusive outlook

The list of top 10 QS Global MBA Rankings 2021 is dominated by the United States and European countries. Keeping up its performance, Stanford GSB topped the tally of QS World University Rankings in the category of global full-time MBA whereas the Wharton School bagged the second place. Other B-Schools featuring among the top-10 tally are as follows:

The new additions to QS Rankings

The QS World University Rankings has added a new program to its series of specialized business masters tables - Masters in Supply Chain Management. Other programs in the series include Masters in Business Analytics, Finance, Management, Marketing, and Full-Time MBA.

QS CEO, Nunzio Quacquarelli stated that companies around the world are hiring talent specialized in supply chain management, which can be contributed to an increase in the number of companies seeking to distribute Covid-19 vaccines, or to sectors like e-commerce that are experiencing rapid growth since the onset of the pandemic. Just like the growth in data analytics, supply chain management appears to be an emerging career path for the next decade. Keeping with the new trend, QS has expanded the series of business masters rankings to include the most sought-after career specializations.

To keep you updated of the performance of Indian institutes, here is a list of the latest rankings:

• IIT Madras, IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay maintain their legacy in the NIRF 2020 engineering rankings
• THE Asia University Ranking declared and Indian institutes fare well
• IIT Madras bags first position in Atal Innovation ranking yet again
• IIM Kozhikode Executive MBA program performs well in QS Global EMBA Ranking
• IIT Ropar, IIT Indore shine in THE Young University ranking
• NIRF University Rankings: DU moves up from 13th rank and Miranda House ranks 1st