Portugal has two business schools again in the European FT’s top 30 | education
This is good news for Portuguese business schools. In 2021, Portugal again has four appearances in the classification of the 95 best in Europe, do Financial Times, one more than the previous year, and again counts with two of them in the top 30, the Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE) and the Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics.
According to the list released this Monday, Católica Lisboa regains two positions, to 29th place (31st in 2020), and Nova SBE slipped one to 27th place, but in a better position than in 2019, when he had ranked 30th.
The other two national entities to see their training offer recognized are Porto Business School (PBS), which climbs 13 positions to 66th place, recovering from the fall of 2020, and managing to stay above the 2019 qualification (67 . º). And the re-entry of ISCTE Business School – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, to 77th place (in 66th in 2019).
In addition to the general classification, each school has prominent positions in some of the training areas. For example, Nova SBE and Católica Lisbon are 24th on the MBA list, and PBS 42nd. In the Master’s in Management, Nova SBE is among the 20 best and Católica in 38th.
In open training adapted to executives, four national faculties also stand out, with Nova SBE obtaining the 26th and 29th classification, respectively. In the same order, Católica Lisbon is in 38th and 22nd positions and PBS in 41st and 31st. ISCTE achieved 39th place in open training, having not competed in most of the categories.
In reaction to the classification obtained, Católica Lisbon remembers that it was “the first business School in Portugal to be part of this list of Financial Times in 2007, obtaining top places since 2012”. And, in addition to the rise in the global position, it highlights the ranking of its “customized executive training programs for companies, which rank among the 22 best in Europe”.
Noting that “it is the only school in Portugal and one of only three in the top 30 to improve its position in the rankings consistently since 2019, “a Católica Lisbon attributes the results achieved” to the unequivocal talent of the students it attracts, but also to the quality and diversity of its faculty, which is reflected in the excellence of the programs offered and the academic experience provided, in the strong connection to the corporate world expressed in the companies’ trust in the graduates of the master’s programs and in the excellent rates of employability, salary and career progression”.
“It’s a source of pride that we’re consistently rising in the classification of the best business schools Europeans and to honor Portugal with one of the most international schools in Europe”, says its administrator, Filipe Santos, in a statement.
Porto Business School (PBS) also marks its presence, for the 10th consecutive year, among the 95 best European schools, also highlighting the fact that it recorded the fifth highest rise, with 13 positions, to 66th place, despite competing in only three of the four categories that contribute to the final score.
A global list of Financial Times, released this Monday, returns to its head, for the third consecutive year, the French HEC Paris, which in 2019 dethroned the London Business School, which fell back to a second position and where it remains this year. There is also a repeat in third place, the French school Insead.
The countries with the greatest presence, often with the same school, are France, the United Kingdom and Spain.
