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    Accreditations
    Rankings

    For decades, we have consistently been highly ranked by the most influential business publications across our Degree and Executive Education programs.

    Executive Education

    In the 2023 Financial Times Executive Education ranking, we came #6 worldwide in the combined ranking for open and custom programs. We have been in the top six combined ranking every year for 24 years, and in the top seven for custom programs every year since the ranking was first created in 1997.

    MBA

    The Financial Times has ranked our MBA program #1 worldwide in 2024 on the criteria of Faculty with PhD, international faculty and international students, and #2 for international mobility. In the same ranking we scored 87% on aims achieved, and 8.96 out of 10 for overall satisfaction. Bloomberg has recognized our MBA as the Best European MBA program for 2024-2025. Our MBA is the #1 international one-year MBA program according to Forbes (2019), and in the top ten in Europe according to Poets&Quants.

    Executive MBA

    In the 2023 Financial Times Executive MBA ranking we were ranked #1 worldwide in international faculty and faculty with doctorates (100%), #5 in international students and #2 in work experience. Our overall satisfaction score was 9.57 out of 10.

    Certifications

    Information security

    IMD was certified by PECB MS for meeting ISO 27001 Information Security Management standards. Earning ISO 27001 Certification demonstrates commitment to the highest information security expectations of customers, employees, and business partners.

    Data protection

    IMD is certified also for meeting ISO 27701 Privacy Information Management System standards. This certification focuses on the protection of personally identifiable information and maps to GDPR requirements.