Almaty Management University's MBA program entered the top 250 in the world and the top 35

The Graduate School of Business of Almaty Management University (AlmaU) is the only business school in Kazakhstan, whose MBA program was ranked in the QS World University Rankings: Global MBA Rankings 2022 for the third consequtive year. The ranking includes the following business schools of the CIS countries:

· Graduate School of Business (201-250) - Kazakhstan

· School of Business and International Proficiency (MGIMO University) (201-250) - Russia

· Kazan Federal University (251+) - Russia

Out of 286 MBA programs from around the world included in the global MBA 2022 ranking, the Graduate School of Business was ranked 201-250.

The program received the highest score in Diversity (49) and came closest to the average level among participants in Entrepreneurship and Alumni Outcomes, which indicates the positive dynamics of the development of the General MBA program’s students cohort according to international standards of business education.

Among business schools in Asia, AlmaU was ranked 35th out of 41 best business schools. Kazakhstan's AlmaU entered the rating together with INSEAD (multi campus business school, campuses in France, Singapore and the UAE), CEIBS (China), Shanghai Jiao Tong (Antai) (China), NUCB Business School (Japan), Yonsei School of Business (South Korea) and others.

The ranking of the best world MBA programs QS World University Rankings is available here.

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* QS World University Rankings: Global - the world ranking of the best MBA programs in the world according to the Quacquarelli Symonds, published annually since 2018. In 2021, the ranking included 286 business schools from 45 countries of the world, in 2020 - 258, in 2019 - 240, in 2018 - 232. The evaluation of the best universities in the world in the QS ranking is based on five criteria: employability (40%), return on investment (20%), entrepreneurship and alumni outcomes (15%), thought leadership (15%), class and faculty diversity (10%).

** QS World University Rankings - the world ranking of the best universities in the world by Quacquarelli Symonds, published annually since 2004.

*** To get ranked by QS Global MBA Rankings, a business school must have at least one MBA program’s class graduated and have one of the global accreditations in business education (AACSB - 901 business schools, AMBA – 286 business schools, EQUIS-197 business schools, 110 in the world have the Triple Crown accreditation). The ranking is based on 13 indicators and 5 criteria, including: the reputation of business schools in academia and among employers, an increase in the salary of MBA students after the end of the program, and much more.

Learn more about the QS Global MBA ranking methodology:: https://www.topuniversities.com/mba-rankings/methodology

Learn more about the overall results of the QS Global MBA ranking: https://www.topmba.com/mba-rankings/full-time-mba-rankings-global/qs-global-mba-programmes-2022-inside-look