Rising Star: HHL's MBA Program Ranked by Findyourmba.com

[HHL gGmbH - 17.12.2012] In its 2012 "Rising Stars” MBA ranking HHL's full-time MBA Program ranked tenth by Findyourmba.com. Additionally, the e-learning based Euro*MBA, of which HHL is a consortium partner, ranks eleventh in the Rising Stars survey.

The ranking consists of those top 35 international business schools and their MBA programs which made a significant improvement in the recent years.
Findyourmba.com launched the ranking to help future MBA students in choosing the business school with the most potential in the upcoming years.

+++About the Rising Stars ranking

The ranking Rising Stars by Findyourmba.com is based on the business schools' improvements in the years and data of the years 2010 until 2012. Some data which is used by established rankings is also used for the Rising Stars. On the other hand, many variables, which are ignored by the established rankings, such as forum and internet activities among MBA students, politics, long term investments of business schools, and strategic choices, are included in the Rising Stars survey. Other variables take e.g. from extensive alumni questionnaires which are used by the established rankings are not included in the methodology by Findyourmba.com. Further information: http://www.findyourmba.com/fymba-rising-stars-2012-mba-ranking

+++About the Master Program in General Management (MBA) at HHL

HHL's highly international, full-time MBA Program combines a leadership focus with international experience. It is designed to sharpen the interpersonal and analytical skills of the students while they deeply immerse in general management. The program, which is fully conducted in English, was accredited by AACSB (2004, 2009) and ACQUIN (2009). http://www.hhl.de/mba

+++About the Euro*MBA

Founded in 1996, the Europe-wide Euro*MBA consortium - including HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management - offers a unique two-year e-learning based executive MBA program that combines the latest distance learning technology with concentrated residential weeks at six European sites. http://www.hhl.de/euromba

+++ About HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management

HHL is a university-level institution and ranks amongst the leading international business schools. The goal of the oldest business school in German-speaking Europe is to educate effective, responsible and entrepreneurially-minded leaders. HHL stands out for its excellent teaching, its clear research focus, its effective knowledge transfer into practice as well as its outstanding student services. The courses of study include full and part-time Master in Management as well as MBA programs, a Doctoral program and Executive Education. In the 2012 Financial Times Masters in Management Ranking, HHL's full-time M.Sc. Program was ranked 11th in the world. This renowned ranking also awarded HHL first place worldwide for its focus on Entrepreneurship and second regarding the graduates' future salaries and the emphasis on Corporate Strategy. In the 2012 Financial Times European Business School Ranking HHL reached 44th place; its full-time MBA program scored 28th place in Europe. In the current ranking by the Latin-American business magazine AméricaEconomía HHL reached 28th place. HHL is accredited by AACSB International. http://www.hhl.de