Financial Times Ranks Darden Executive Education No. 3 in the World and No. 1 for Faculty and Teaching Methods
By Julie Daum
Financial Times (FT) released its 2014 ranking of Executive Education programs yesterday.
FT named the University of Virginia Darden School of Business‘ open-enrollment programs No. 3 in the world. Darden custom programs ranks No. 32, and Darden Executive Education ranks No. 11 overall (up from No. 15 last year).
OPEN-ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS
Darden rose in open-enrollment to No. 3 — a position it shares with HEC Paris — up from No. 14 in 2013. Open program participants rated Darden in the top three in seven of the 10 selected categories:
- No. 1 — Faculty
- No. 1 — Teaching methods and materials
- No. 2 — Aims achieved
- No. 2 — Course design
- No. 2 — Food and accommodations
- No. 2 — Facilities
- No. 3 — Preparation
Financial Times bases its ranking of the top 70 program providers on participants’ satisfaction, the diversity of participants and faculty, and the schools’ international exposure. Switzerland’s IMD holds the number one position in the open-enrollment ranking, followed by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
CUSTOM PROGRAMS
At the top of FT’s “Top 80 Custom Program Providers” ranking are Duke Corporate Education (No. 1), HEC Paris (No. 2) and IESE Business School (No. 3).
FT ranked Darden’s custom programs No. 32, down from 24 in 2013. Among U.S. schools, Darden ranks No. 15 in custom.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business prepares responsible global leaders through unparalleled transformational learning experiences. Darden’s graduate degree programs (MBA, MSBA and Ph.D.) and Executive Education & Lifelong Learning programs offered by the Darden School Foundation set the stage for a lifetime of career advancement and impact. Darden’s top-ranked faculty, renowned for teaching excellence, inspires and shapes modern business leadership worldwide through research, thought leadership and business publishing. Darden has Grounds in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the Washington, D.C., area and a global community that includes 18,000 alumni in 90 countries. Darden was established in 1955 at the University of Virginia, a top public university founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Darden School of Business
University of Virginia
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