French business schools have retained their dominance as the best providers of masters in finance programmes around the world this year, with five of the country’s institutions among the top 11 ranked in the latest assessment by the Financial Times.
But other countries are strongly represented. There were four US schools in the assessment, led by MIT: Sloan, as well as a dozen in the UK, including London Business School. In Asia, the highest position went to Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management in China, with other strong institutions in Singapore and Hong Kong.
Demand for masters in finance qualifications remains strong: a survey by GMAC (the Graduate Management Admission Council) estimates that a third of business schools around the world experienced an increase in applications for master of finance and master of accounting programmes in 2021.