University and Department Rankings (Business school)
| National | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| CHE University Ranking (Business Administration) |
4 out of 5* | 5 out of 5* | 4 out of 5* | ||||||
| CHE Master Ranking (Business Administration) |
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| Press-Group Handelsblatt (Business Administration) |
Rank 1 | Rank 1 | Rank 1 | Rank 1 | Rank 1 | Rank 1 | Rank 1 |
| International | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Financial Times Masters in Management | Rank 15 | Rank 10 | Rank 8 | Rank 13 | Rank 11 | ||||
| Financial Times EMBA Ranking |
Rank 31 | Rank 26 | Rank 25 | Rank 21 | Rank 32 | Rank 33 | |||
| Financial Times European Business Schools |
Rank 31 | Rank 35 | Rank 26 | Rank 32 | Rank 25 | ||||
| Economist Ranking "Which MBA" – Full Time MBA | Rank 51 | Rank 26 | Rank 26 | Rank 42 | |||||
| América Economía MBA-Ranking | Rank 31 | Rank 40 | Rank 31 | Rank 34 | |||||
| Expansión Ranking - Best Global MBAs for Mexicans | Rank 44 | Rank 51 | Rank 36 | Rank 23 | Rank 19 |
* Assignment to top flight (category: students' opinion)
Legend
| No ranking was carried out; respectively Mannheim did not take part in the ranking. | |
| Ranking carried out. | |
| Ranking has not yet been published. |
Detailed Information
CHE University Ranking
The CHE – University Ranking, which has been published for the first time in 1998, represents the most thorough and detailed ranking of German universities and universities of applied sciences. In total, it covers 35 subjects and hence attracts more than three third of all new students. In addition to facts related to teaching, equipment and research, the ranking covers ratings of more than 250,000 students on the study conditions at their university, as well as the reputation of the departments among the professors of the different subjects. The CHE University Ranking does not compile a numeric ranking list of the institutions. Evaluation of the Business Administration department at the University of Mannheim in 2011: The Business School of the University of Mannheim holds the title of the leading faculty in Germany since 2005. And also in 2011 there is no better university for this subject. In the newly added category “International Focus” Mannheim reached also the top-group, to which only 35% of the universities belong to. “The subject Business Administration offers very good study conditions and an excellent international focus”, the publication by CHE tells.
Press Group Handelsblatt
Reputation of German business schools in the rating of human resources managers of German companies. Since 2002, the survey is carried out annually by the magazine "Junge Karriere" and Cologne-based recruiting service provider Access in cooperation with Universum, a world-wide leading service and research provider. Anually, about 5,000 human resources manager from various branches are being interviewed. The majority stems from companies with at least 1,000 employees and more. The rating of universities and universities of applied sciences which educate the best graduates in a subject formed the core of the survey. Access and Universum asked the human resource managers to name the best university and university of applied sciences for every subject. In 2011 and for the tenth time in a row, the Business School of the University of Mannheim seized rank one.
Financial Times Masters in Management
International ranking of the best business administration programs. In 2011, the University of Mannheim holds rank 11 with the study program “Diplom“ Business Administration.
Financial Times EMBA Ranking
World-wide ranking of the Financial Times (FT) on executive MBA programs (EMBA). Surveyed degree program of the Business School of the University of Mannheim/Mannheim Business School: ESSEC & MANNHEIM EMBA.
Financial Times European Business Schools
The Financial Times European Business Schools Ranking compiles a ranking list on the basis of all FT-rankings of the year 2010.
América Economía MBA-Ranking
The ranking list is considered the most renowned ranking of MBA providers in the Spanish-speaking states of South and Central America and Brazil. It also serves as an important guideline for new students and companies. Only 50 institutions are annually included in the world-wide ranking, which is based on the data analysis of the full-time MBA programs.
Expansión Ranking - Best Global MBAs for Mexicans
The renowned Spanish business magazine compiles annually a ranking list of the 50 world-wide leading providers of MBA programs. As the best German institution, Mannheim reached rank 19 world-wide in February 2011.
Research Rankings
| Handelsblatt Ranking of academics with strong research activity in the field of Business Administration (May 2009) |
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| Handelsblatt Ranking of academics with strong research activity in the field of Business Administration (November 2005) |
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Background
For the 2009 ranking, the Thurgau Institut of Economics (TWI) at the University of Konstanz detected on behalf of the Handelsblatt the research activity of approx. 2,100 professors of business administration in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The number of published papers in 761 international journals formed the basis for the ranking. Since quality and reputation differ widely, a weighting was assigned to each journal. On the one hand, the whole publication achievement since the beginning of a career ("life achievement") was detected, and on the other hand, amount and quality of the publications since 2005 was identified.
