Flagship ranking — 2026 edition
Best Postgraduate Business Degrees in the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom is the densest market for postgraduate business education in Europe. This table scores the country's principal taught masters and MBA programmes on a single weighted composite, so a one-year management masters can be read against a full-time MBA on comparable terms.
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London School of Economics
Global Master's in Management (MiM)
Holborn
Outcomes97Salary93Faculty98Selectivity97Employers96Network9596.4Score - 2
London Business School
MBA
Regent's Park
Outcomes93Salary95Faculty95Selectivity90Employers96Network9494.1Score - 3
London Business School
Masters in Management
Regent's Park
Outcomes95Salary90Faculty95Selectivity93Employers95Network9292.8Score - 4
Imperial College Business School
MSc Management
South Kensington
Outcomes90Salary86Faculty92Selectivity88Employers88Network8788.7Score - 5
Imperial College Business School
Full-Time MBA
South Kensington
Outcomes87Salary89Faculty92Selectivity84Employers87Network8286.9Score - 6
UCL School of Management
MSc Management
Canary Wharf
Outcomes86Salary82Faculty88Selectivity85Employers82Network8384.3Score - 7
King's Business School
MSc International Management
The Strand
Outcomes81Salary77Faculty84Selectivity80Employers79Network8280.1Score - 8
Bayes Business School, City St George's
MSc Management
Islington
Outcomes80Salary76Faculty80Selectivity76Employers81Network7678.4Score - 9
Queen Mary University of London
MSc Management
Mile End
Outcomes75Salary70Faculty78Selectivity71Employers72Network7573.6Score - 10
Royal Holloway, University of London
MSc Management
Egham & Bloomsbury
Outcomes71Salary66Faculty75Selectivity68Employers69Network7270.2Score - 11
City St George's, University of London
MBA
Islington
Outcomes69Salary71Faculty70Selectivity64Employers68Network6668.5Score
Reading the table
Overall scores are weighted composites out of 100 and are indicative editorial estimates, not official figures published by the institutions named. Full weightings, normalisation and exclusions are set out in the methodology.