The Master's in Business Administration from Iscte Business School – IBS is once again in the Financial Times ranking – one of the most important international rankings of management schools – reaching the 86th position among the best in the world, according to the list released today. With this result, Iscte Business School re-enters in the national podium accompanied by Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Universidade Católica. Follows the University of Porto closing the Portuguese representation in the ranking in the 98th place.

“The Financial Times results are further evidence of Iscte Business School's commitment to is students and to the needs of companies and organizations Through the production and sharing of knowledge, we create extremely qualified staff who will become important assets in the job market”, says Maria João Cortinhal, director of Iscte Business School. “We will continue to work to position Iscte Business School as a reference school in the field of management”.

IBS stood out for the “percentage increase in salary” of its former students, with a growth of 86% since the first salary after completing the course: it is the best Portuguese result in this indicator and the 7th at the global level. The management school at Iscte also got the 13th general place in “career progress”.

The high percentage of women in the faculty (48%) and the satisfaction of former students with the course (8.76 out of 10) were other criteria on which Iscte Business School achieved the best national results.

The University of St Gallen (Switzerland), HEC Paris (France), University College Dublin: Smurfit (Ireland), London Business School (UK) and Rotterdam School of Management (Netherlands) are the top five universities in the ranking.

This is the second time that IBS is present at the Financial Times 2021 rankings, after reaching the 51st place in the list of the best Masters in Finance worldwide in June.

The Financial Times Masters in Management 2021 Ranking evaluates and ranks the top 100 masters in management across three areas: alumni career progress, institution diversity, and international experience and research.

About Financial Times Rankings. The Financial Times Rankings is an international rankings committee for the world's top management schools that evaluates programs and schools and lists the best management programs available. 7 rankings are published annually, related to MBAs, EMBA, Masters in Finance, Masters in Management and Online MBAs, as well as non-degree executive programs. There is also a ranking, published at the end of each year, with a ranking of the top European management schools. The interactive ranking tables provided by the Financial Times Rankings allow you to search by school, sorted by selection criteria and location. Programs are evaluated on a multitude of criteria, including average salary after graduation, payback period, and last grade. For more information see http://rankings.ft.com.