Choosing an institution to study for a Master of Business Administration (MBA) is not easy. To facilitate the task for seekers, the portals "MBA in Moscow and Russia" and Job.ru have prepared rating of Russian business schools according to 2015 data.
They conducted an online survey of 1,440 business school graduates who rated their alma mater on 4 dimensions: business connections, income growth, career growth, personal and professional development, and on a scale from 1 (useless) to 5 (highest benefit"). The arithmetic mean is the total scores for each parameter.
We present to you the top 10 best Russian business schools. The rating is relevant for applicants in 2016.
10. Moscow Business School
Points total - 14.42
It offers two programs: MBA Start (versatile distance learning for middle and senior managers) and MBA Professional (for advanced training of managers in finance, HR management, marketing and sales, strategic management or production management).
9. Business School of the All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade (VAVT)
Points total - 15.35
Offers short-term MBA programs in the following areas: finance, international business and marketing, strategic management, corporate governance.
8. Moscow University of Finance and Law
Points total - 15.48
There are distance MBA programs (including the short-term program "Fundamentals of Management"), as well as two-year programs "MBA + Master of Strategic Management" and MBA "Management".
7. Faculty of Economics, Moscow State University
Points total - 15.95
There is a one and a half year MBA program, in the development of which leading European and American business schools and universities participated.
6. Plekhanov School of Business Integral
Points total - 16.23
The programs of this business school have international accreditation, they meet international standards for the quality of educational services. Three forms of study: 3-4 times a week (Part-time MBA), on Saturdays (Executive MBA) and session with elements of distance learning (Modular MBA).
5th place
Graduate School MBA of Kazan Federal University (16.36)
The Kazan Business School offers two years of training for people with higher education and three years of management experience.
Baikal International Business School of Irkutsk State University (16.31)
In the business school of Irkutsk, in the course of training, you can take a foreign internship.
4th place
Financial University International School
There are 7 different specializations within the MBA program at the MSB Financial University, including media business and power management.
Graduate School of Business Informatics NRU HSE
The areas of MBA preparation at the HSE School of Business Informatics are e-business, training of IT leaders and business analysts and business process management.
3rd place
Graduate School of Corporate Governance, RANEPA (16.92)
The RANEPA program has 4 specializations: marketing and sales, innovation and technology management, managerial skills, and corporate governance and finance.
St. Petersburg International Institute of Management (16.22)
The IMISP Business School offers an Executive MBA program for executives and company owners and an IMISP MBA program for managers looking for career development.
2nd place
- MGIMO School of Business and International Competencies (17.13)
- IDAB Financial University (17.10)
- Higher School of Finance and Management, RANEPA (17.09)
- MIRBIS Institute (17.08)
- School of IT Management, Faculty of Economics, RANEPA (17.06)
- International Institute of Management "Link", Graduate School of Business SUU (17.03)
These educational institutions occupy leading positions in the ratings of business schools in the Russian Federation and make it possible to choose an interesting specialization of the program, as well as the preferred format of training.
1 place
Institute of Social Sciences, RANEPA (17.24)
ION RANEPA offers a part-time two-year MBA. One of the programs is entirely in English.
Institute of Business and Business Administration, RANEPA (17.21)
A novelty of the IBDA RANEPA is a two-year iMBA program in a face-to-face-distance format (30% of classes are online).
Graduate School of Management (17.20)
The GSOM SPbU program includes 14 compulsory disciplines and up to 6 optional disciplines, business games, comprehensive trainings, international field modules and applied certification projects
Vlerick Business School (17.19)
Vlerick is not a Russian business school. It is included in the list to compare the quality of training of managers with institutions of the Russian Federation.