QS EMBA Rankings 2025: The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) has reaffirmed its leadership in executive education with its Post Graduate Programme in Enterprise Management (PGPEM) ranking 50th globally and 10th in the Asia-Pacific region in the QS Executive MBA Rankings 2025. It remains the highest-ranked executive MBA programme in India.
Assessed among 205 executive MBA programmes across 50 countries, IIMB’s PGPEM for working professionals demonstrated exceptional performance in key indicators such as ‘Career Outcomes’, earning a score of 87.1 — significantly higher than the global average of 59.8. The programme also received strong ratings for ‘Employer Reputation’ (70.4) and ‘Thought Leadership’ (54.9), both well above international benchmarks.
Other Indian institutions also made their mark in the Asia-Pacific rankings. The Indian School of Business (ISB) placed joint 14th, followed by IIM Kozhikode at 22nd, and IIM Indore and Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad sharing the 25th spot. Woxsen School of Business (27th) and Goa Institute of Management (30th) rounded out India’s presence in the regional top 30.
QS Executive MBA Rankings by Region 2025: Asia-Pacific
Globally, only IIM Bangalore made it to the top 50, while ISB ranked in the 111–120 band. IIM Kozhikode, IIM Indore, IMT Ghaziabad, Woxsen, and GIM featured between the 161–200+ bands.
The QS methodology evaluates programmes based on Career Outcomes, Employer Reputation, Thought Leadership, Executive Profile, and Diversity — factors where Indian schools, especially IIM Bangalore, continue to show competitive strength.
Global Executive MBA Rankings 2025
This performance comes on the heels of IIMB’s broader success in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025, where it ranked among the top 50 globally for Business and Management Studies and continues to lead among Indian business schools with its flagship one-year EPGP and two-year PGP programmes.
