IIM-Kozhikode ranked 72nd in Financial Times Rankings 2023; IIM Bangalore, Ahmedabad feature too

IIM Kozhikode is only one of the three IIMs and four Indian business schools to feature in the top 75 FT Open-enrolment Executive Education Rankings 2023.

IIM Kozhikode makes debut in FT Rankings 2023

Last year, IIM Kozhikode hosted a total of 120 Management Development Programmes (MDPs). (Representative image. File)

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The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikode has made debut in the Financial Times Rankings 2023 (FT Rankings) which was released today. IIM Kozhikode has been ranked at the 72nd position, among the top-75 open-enrolment executive programme providers globally.

This comes a little after the institute earned a spot in the top 251-300 Institutes in Business and Management Studies globally, in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject 2023, which released in March 2023.

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IIM Kozhikode is only one of the three IIMs and four Indian business schools to feature in the top 75 FT Open-enrolment Executive Education Rankings 2023. In the Executive Education Open 2023 category, IIM Ahmedabad ranked at 45th spot, IIM Bangalore at 47th spot and Indian School of Business at 65.

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In the Executive Education Custom 2023 category, Indian School of Business has ranked at the 29th spot, followed by IIM Ahmedabad at 45th spot and IIM Bangalore at 53.

The FT rankings were based on the collection of data from eight criteria from programme participants: Preparation, course design, teaching methods, faculty, quality of peers, new skills and learning, follow-up and achievement of aims.

The next six mandated criteria were based on data submitted by the business schools: Female participants, international participants, international location, growth, partner schools and faculty diversity.

Last year, IIM Kozhikode hosted a total of 120 Management Development Programmes (MDPs), in which 6397 candidates participated.

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Overall, European business schools have dominated the top tiers of the FT’s 2023 main rankings of open-enrolment and custom executive education programmes. Duke Corporate Education (which has campuses in US, UK, Singapore and South Africa) has ranked first in the Executive Education Custom 2023 ranking. Iese Business School (which has campuses in Spain, US, Germany and Brazil) has earned the first spot in the Executive Education Open 2023 rankings.