Henley Retains World-Class Standing in the 2012 FT Executive MBA Rankings as Other UK Business Schools Slide

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Henley Retains World-Class Standing in the 2012 FT Executive MBA Rankings as Other UK Business Schools Slide PR Newswire HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England, November 14, 2012 HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England, November 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- rd thHenley Business School (http://www.henley.ac.uk/mba/) has been ranked 53 in the world, 20 in Europe and risen up thto 6 place in the UK for its Executive MBA (EMBA) programme in the latest FT ranking. Although this represents a minor dip in its numeric position globally, Henley has maintained its world-class standing at a time when several prominent UK business schools have seen dramatic falls. This also happened in a year in which no fewer than eight business schools have entered the world top 50 for the first time. As a triple-accredited business school, Henley played to its strengths across a number of key categories: Exceeding expectations, career progress and salaries thHenley has received a strong endorsement with the ranking of 14 in the world for helping students fulfill the goals they set before embarking on their EMBA. Its year on year improvement shows that Henley consistently exceeds the expectations and delivers to the personal ambitions of its EMBA participants. This result concurs with other recent rankings that place Henley among the best in the world for providing networking and employment opportunities.

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Henley Retains World-Class Standing in the 2012 FT Executive MBA Rankings as Other UK Business Schools Slide

PR Newswire HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England, November 14, 2012

HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England,November 14, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

rd th Henley Business School (http://www.henley.ac.uk/mba/) has been ranked 53 in the world, 20 in Europe and risen th up to 6 place in the UK for its Executive MBA (EMBA) programme in the latest FT ranking. Although this represents a minor dip in its numeric position globally, Henley has maintained its world-class standing at a time when several prominent UK business schools have seen dramatic falls. This also happened in a year in w hich no fewer than eight business schools have entered the world top 50 for the first time.

As a triple-accredited business school, Henley played to its strengths across a number of key categories:

Exceeding expectations, career progress and salaries

th Henley has received a strong endorsement with the ranking of 14 in the world for helping students fulfill the goals they set before embarking on their EMBA. Its year on year improvement shows that Henley consistently exceeds the expectations and delivers to the personal ambitions of its EMBA participants. This result concurs with other recent rankings that place Henley among the best in the world for providing networking and employment opportunities.

In terms of long-term salary improvement following completion of the EMBA, Henley remains in the top 20, rising five places for percentage increase in salary. For career progression, based on changes in level of seniority and size of company, Henley improves by a further four places in the world.

A rounded experience, through diversity and international quality

Henley scores extremely highly, ranked number 2 in the world and top in the UK for the percentage of w omen in its faculty, also achieving a 36-place improvement in the percentage of women students on its EMBA. The quality of MBA students is again borne out by recent rankings, which have placed Henley at number 1 in the world for its Full- time MBA programme.

With a global network that has been delivering MBAs for over 20 years, Henley is a business school with established international credentials. This is further evidenced by Henley's intake of students from over 140 countries and recognised in the rankings by the rise of five places for the percentage of international faculty members.

In response to this latest ranking, ProfessorJohn Board, Dean of Henley Business School, comments:

"Not only do these results confirm the Henley Executive MBA as one of the world's finest, they demonstrate that Henley continues to offer an excellent return on investment for anyone looking to further their career ambitions. Our position is particularly gratifying as we have seen major movement in the Executive MBA marketplace over the past year, with Asian business schools making a significant impact. We will continue to enhance the all-round quality of our EMBA and provide a transformative and life-changing experience for all our students."

About Henley Business School

Henley empowers individuals to become great professionals and outstanding business leaders. We seek the best possible outcomes for our students and believe our personal approach provides an environment in which students thrive and can realise their ambitions.

Founded in 1945, by business for business, Henley w as the first business school in the UK and is one of the oldest and most respected schools in Europe. One of the very few business schools worldwide to hold triple-accredited status from the major UK, European and US awarding bodies (AMBA, EQUIS, AACSB), we are also the world's third largest provider of MBA education and home to the world-ranked Henley MBA.

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