Flagship ranking2026 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.

11
Programmes assessed
6
Indicators
96.4
Top score
Outcomes 30%Salary 20%Faculty 15%Selectivity 15%Employers 10%Network 10%
  1. 1

    London School of Economics

    Global Master's in Management (MiM)

    Holborn

    Outcomes97
    Salary93
    Faculty98
    Selectivity97
    Employers96
    Network95
    96.4
    Score
  2. 2

    London Business School

    MBA

    Regent's Park

    Outcomes93
    Salary95
    Faculty95
    Selectivity90
    Employers96
    Network94
    94.1
    Score
  3. 3

    London Business School

    Masters in Management

    Regent's Park

    Outcomes95
    Salary90
    Faculty95
    Selectivity93
    Employers95
    Network92
    92.8
    Score
  4. 4

    Imperial College Business School

    MSc Management

    South Kensington

    Outcomes90
    Salary86
    Faculty92
    Selectivity88
    Employers88
    Network87
    88.7
    Score
  5. 5

    Imperial College Business School

    Full-Time MBA

    South Kensington

    Outcomes87
    Salary89
    Faculty92
    Selectivity84
    Employers87
    Network82
    86.9
    Score
  6. 6

    UCL School of Management

    MSc Management

    Canary Wharf

    Outcomes86
    Salary82
    Faculty88
    Selectivity85
    Employers82
    Network83
    84.3
    Score
  7. 7

    King's Business School

    MSc International Management

    The Strand

    Outcomes81
    Salary77
    Faculty84
    Selectivity80
    Employers79
    Network82
    80.1
    Score
  8. 8

    Bayes Business School, City St George's

    MSc Management

    Islington

    Outcomes80
    Salary76
    Faculty80
    Selectivity76
    Employers81
    Network76
    78.4
    Score
  9. 9

    Queen Mary University of London

    MSc Management

    Mile End

    Outcomes75
    Salary70
    Faculty78
    Selectivity71
    Employers72
    Network75
    73.6
    Score
  10. 10

    Royal Holloway, University of London

    MSc Management

    Egham & Bloomsbury

    Outcomes71
    Salary66
    Faculty75
    Selectivity68
    Employers69
    Network72
    70.2
    Score
  11. 11

    City St George's, University of London

    MBA

    Islington

    Outcomes69
    Salary71
    Faculty70
    Selectivity64
    Employers68
    Network66
    68.5
    Score

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.