UW-Madison achieves No. 1 exec education ranking

Open-enrollment executive education programs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business have been rated best in the world for the second year in a row by The Economist Intelligence Unit.

Wisconsin was ranked in first place with a cumulative rating of 4.3 on a five-point scale. Three schools tied for second place with a score of 4.2, including IESE School of Business in Barcelona, Spain, Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) and York University (Schulich).

The executive education ratings were taken from the 18th edition of “Which MBA?,” a global guide to executive education.

To create the ranking, an international survey of more than 200 senior executives who attended executive education programs was conducted. They rated programs on factors including course content, impact, faculty, amenities, fellow participants, post-course support and value received.

“This is a wonderful recognition of commitment to program quality and customer service that the faculty and staff of Executive Education continually strive to deliver to our clients,” says Roger Maclean, associate dean of executive education. “This is especially satisfying because the ranking is based on the responses of leading business executives who have attended our programs and obviously saw value in the learning experience.”

School of Business Dean Mike Knetter adds: “Executive education is an important part of our mission. We value our corporate partners who send people to our programs and collaborate to help make us a better business school.”

Most of UW–Madison’s executive education programs are held at the Fluno Center, which has received the highest worldwide rating for food and accommodations three years in a row by another international publication, the Financial Times. The School of Business offers more than 240 open-enrollment executive education programs annually in more than 80 business topics.