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AMONG BEST BUSINESS SCHOOLS

IFM is proud to be ranked #3 in Switzerland and #75 among the best international business Schools. > Read more about this ranking

RANKED TOP TIER FOR THE MBA

IFM is ranked in the top tier one for the MBA programs in 2023 CEO Magazine Global MBA rankings. > Read more about this ranking 

RANKED 4th FOR THE EMBA

IFM is proud to announce that it has been ranked 4th worldwide and 1st in Switzerland for the Executive MBA program in 2023 CEO Magazine rankings. > Read more about this ranking


Ranked among best business Schools

We are proud to announce that IFM is ranked #3 in Switzerland and #75 among the top Business Schools in the World in CEOWORLD Magazine’s 2023 survey. IFM is one of only 6 Business Schools in Switzerland to achieve this ranking. CEOWORLD Magazine ranks the world’s top institutions with one of the largest academic rankings of international colleges and universities.

This ranking was conducted by the magazine, which surveyed 350,000 business executives, graduates, global business influencers, industry professionals, business school academics, employers, and recruiters in 156 countries and territories between September 15, 2022, and December 22, 2022. The collected data focuses on seven major indicators of quality including academic reputation, job placement rate, recruiter feedback, global reputation and influence. With more than 12 million monthly page views, CEOWORLD Magazine is an authority on the future of business, finance and technology and is one of the most read business magazines by senior executives, corporate managers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and researchers across the world.

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Ranked among best MBA & EMBA


IFM has been ranked in 2023 survey.

• in the top tier one for the MBA programme in Europe and in the world
• 4th in the world for the Executive MBA programme 
• 1st in Switzerland for the Executive MBA programme


CEO Magazine has been showcasing top business schools from around the globe.

The CEO Magazine Global MBA Rankings are designed with applicants in mind, and examine the nuts and bolts of an MBA: the learning environment, class sizes, tuition fees, faculty, delivery methods, international diversity, gender make-up and more. The objective is simple: to identify schools which marry exceptional quality with great "ROI.” The ranking system is entirely geared and weighted to fact-based criteria to provide potential students with a performance benchmark for those schools under review. This year CEO Magazine reached out to business schools across North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the BRICS.

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IFM is ranked by U Multirank

IFM Business School is one of 14 higher education institutions included in U-Multirank for Switzerland in 2023. IFM Business School has been ranked by U-Multirank for 2 consecutive years, with excellent results in teaching and learning, with the strongest result in knowledge transfer and international orientation.

U-Multirank has a multidimensional, user-driven approach to international rankings of higher education institutions. It compares the performances of higher education institutions – in short: universities – in the five dimensions of university activity: (1) teaching and learning, (2) research, (3) knowledge transfer, (4) international orientation and (5) regional engagement.