Financial Times (September 2012) – Best Masters in ManagementThe Master Grande Ecole takes 19th place in the Financial Times ranking for 2012. 2
By joining the Top 20 of the best “Global Masters in Management 2012” ranking of the Financial Times, Rouen Business School confirms its progress in national and international recognition.
The School has stepped up 3 places and now ranks 6th among French business schools for its Master Grande Ecole. Several specific strong points were highlighted by the editors of the Financial Times, including the speed and quality of graduate employability and the international experience offered during the course.
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The Master Grande Ecole from Rouen Business School has moved up one place and now ranks 8th in the 2012 rankings of leading business schools by L’Etudiant.
The editors of L’Etudiant recognized the academic excellence of Rouen Business School, particularly the quality of the research carried out within the School and its extensive network of international academic partners.
Rouen Business School was also congratulated for the recognition it has among companies, the good starting salaries of its graduates, its extensive network of alumni and the high level of production of pedagogical case studies.
The Master Grande Ecole of Rouen Business School has gained two places and is now graded 7th in the 2012 ranking of Business Schools published in Challenges magazine.
The ranking highlighted two criteria:
the power criterion which takes into consideration the selectivity, financial means, number of professors per student, starting salary of graduates and accreditations; the international criterion takes into consideration the number of exchanges with accredited schools, the proportion of work placements abroad lasting at least three months, the number of foreign professors among the permanent faculty and the program’s score in the Financial Times ranking..
The Master Grande Ecole was ranked 8th among post-preparatory business schools by Le Parisien magazine. The program stands out in particular for the selectivity of its post-preparatory school entrance exams and the diversity of its recruitment via entrance exams for parallel admissions.

The Master Grande Ecole was ranked 9th in the general ranking of post-preparatory business schools by Le Point magazine. The program stood out in particular on the basis of the “Career” criterion (which measures the level of wages and the career moves of graduates after 3 years), the “Research” criterion (on this criterion the school has 8th place in the ranking) as well as the “alumni satisfaction” criterion (7th position).
The Master Grande Ecole of Rouen Business School was ranked 11th in the 2010 rankings of Business Schools by Le Figaro Etudiant magazine.
Rouen Business School was ranked 9th in the ranking based on the salary survey of young graduates from business schools (L’Expansion – Towers Perrin consultants) with a starting salaries ranging from 33,000 to 38,500 €uros and reaching 44,000 – 46,000 €uros after 3 years.
The ranking was based from data from 79 companies.