This is the 22nd edition of the Monetary Times rankings of the world’s leading vendors of customised and open-enrolment government schooling programmes.

The customised rating characteristics the prime 85 business faculties — these are courses personalized to the instruction needs of the organisations that commission them. The second rating comprises the prime 75 faculties for open-enrolment programmes — courses on distinct subjects, this kind of as leadership, that are directed toward professionals regardless of their employer. A 3rd, merged rating lists the prime fifty faculties for government schooling, calculated from the customised and open tables.

Faculties getting element ought to be internationally accredited by both Equis or AACSB and have acquired revenues of at minimum $2m in 2019 from both their customised or open-enrolment non-diploma programmes. This year, a overall of 107 faculties took element in both or equally rankings.

The rating of customised course vendors is compiled working with information from the business faculties and their company shoppers in 2019. Just about every faculty ought to nominate a least of 20 shoppers. At minimum five of them ought to total the FT survey for a faculty to be suitable for the last rating.

The FT survey was done by 1,a hundred thirty five business faculty shoppers this 12 months — a reaction amount of 56 per cent. Just about every rated their programme on a 10-place scale in accordance to a vary of indicators. Their answers immediately inform the very first 10 of the ranking’s requirements, from course style to follow-up and foreseeable future use, which account for a merged eighty per cent of the ranking’s fat.

Consumer responses are weighted in accordance to programme style. Clients choose 1 of 3 options to categorise their programme: strategic (sent to prime management and created to impact a company’s route) normal (sent to management on operational elements of a organization) or functional (connected to a distinct perform, this kind of as marketing). Strategic programmes have the premier weighting and consequently the biggest affect on the rating.

Responses are also weighted in accordance to the seniority of the specific responsible for specifying the course, the measurement of the client organisation and the quantity of faculties with which that client has commissioned customised courses in the past 3 yrs.

The past five requirements are calculated from info delivered by faculties on global shoppers, overseas programmes, progress, associate faculties and school diversity.

The open-enrolment rating is compiled working with information from course vendors and individuals who done their nominated management programmes in 2019. Faculties post one or two normal courses of at minimum 3 days in length and 1 or two state-of-the-art courses of at minimum five days. At least 20 per cent of these programmes’ individuals ought to total the FT survey, with a least of 20 done surveys, for a faculty to be considered in the last rating.

A overall of five,480 individuals answered this year’s open programme survey — a reaction amount of 37 per cent — score aspects of their course on a 10-place scale. Responses by state-of-the-art and normal-stage individuals are merged to work out the very first 10 rating requirements.

These requirements, which consist of the quality of the individuals, of the instructing and the relevance of the abilities they obtained, inform eighty per cent of the rating. College information are used to work out the remaining requirements on female and global individuals, progress, global location and associate faculties.

For equally rankings, info gathered in the previous two yrs is used, exactly where accessible, to work out requirements knowledgeable by client and participant responses. If a faculty has participated for the past 3 yrs, the weighting is forty:33:27, with 2020 information counting for forty per cent. If two yrs of info is accessible, the weighting is 55:forty five, with 2020 information accounting for 55 per cent.

The weightings accorded to the very first 9 and 10 requirements in the customised and open rankings, respectively, are decided by the stage of great importance shoppers and individuals connect to every in their surveys for the 2020 rating. Weightings for these requirements consequently change slightly from 12 months to 12 months.

Faculties that element in equally rankings are suitable for the merged overall rating. The prime fifty faculties are calculated in accordance to an equivalent weighting of the overall scores obtained in equally rankings, alternatively than an common of rating positions.

Judith Pizer of Pizer-MacMillan acted as the FT’s database expert

Vital: Customised-enrolment programme

(weights for rating requirements are demonstrated in brackets as a proportion of the overall rating)

The very first 10 requirements, up to and such as “Future use”, are centered on information from the corporations that commissioned government courses.

The up coming five are centered on information described by business faculties. Faculties are rated for every of these requirements. The past class, “Total responses‡”, is for info only and does not inform the rating.

Figures in brackets present the fat every criterion contributes to the overall rating. The weighting accorded to the very first 9 requirements, from planning to benefit for dollars, accounts for eighty per cent of the overall ranking’s fat. It is decided by the level of great importance that shoppers connect to every.

Planning (eight.3): stage of interaction involving client and faculty, the extent to which clients’ concepts were integrated into the programme, and the performance of the faculty in integrating its most up-to-date study.

Programme style (eight.four): versatility of the course and the willingness of faculties to enhance their school with external professionals.

Instructing techniques and materials (seven.9): extent to which instructing techniques and materials were contemporary and acceptable, and involved a suitable blend of tutorial rigour and useful relevance.

School (eight.four): high-quality of instructing and the extent to which instructing personnel worked alongside one another to existing a coherent programme.

New abilities and learning (eight.3): relevance of abilities obtained to the workplace, the ease with which they were applied, and the extent to which the course encouraged new methods of contemplating.

Observe-up (seven.3): extent and performance of follow-up provided immediately after the course individuals returned to their workplaces.

Aims obtained (eight.four): extent to which tutorial and business anticipations were satisfied, and the high-quality of feedback from specific individuals to course commissioners.

Facilities (seven.four): score of the learning environment’s high-quality and advantage, and of supporting sources and facilities.

Value for dollars (seven.seven): clients’ score of the programme’s style, instructing and materials in conditions of benefit for dollars.

Long run use (eight.): probability that shoppers would reuse the exact same faculty for other customised programmes in the foreseeable future, and regardless of whether they would recommission the exact same programme.

Intercontinental shoppers (five.): centered on the proportion of shoppers with headquarters outside the business school’s base state and area.

Overseas programmes (2.): global reach of the school’s customised programme instructing.

Advancement (five.): centered on the overall progress in revenues from customised programmes as effectively as the progress in revenues from repeat bus
iness.

Associate faculties (3.): amount and high-quality of programmes created or taught in conjunction with other Equis or Affiliation to Advance Collegiate Faculties of Business enterprise (AACSB) accredited business faculties.

School diversity (five.): diversity of faculty school in accordance to citizenship and gender.

Total responses: quantity of specific surveys done by the school’s shoppers. Figures in brackets reveal the quantity of yrs of survey information counted toward the rating.

Vital: Open up-enrolment programme

(weights for rating requirements are demonstrated in brackets as a proportion of the overall rating)

The very first 10 requirements are centered on information from programme individuals the up coming six are centered on information submitted by the business faculties. Ranks are demonstrated for every of these requirements, apart from “Female participants”, which reveals the proportion. Figures in brackets present the fat every criterion contributes to the overall rating. The weighting accorded to the very first 10 requirements, from planning to facilities, accounts for eighty per cent of the overall ranking’s fat. It is decided by the stage of great importance that individuals attach to every.

Planning (seven.seven): provision of state-of-the-art info on programme material, and the participant choice system.

Class style (eight.six): versatility of the course and appropriateness of course measurement, composition and style.

Instructing techniques and materials (eight.3): extent to which instructing techniques and materials were contemporary and acceptable, and involved a suitable blend of tutorial rigour and useful relevance.

School (eight.seven): high-quality of the instructing and the extent to which instructing personnel worked alongside one another to existing a coherent programme.

Quality of individuals (seven.9): extent to which other individuals were of the acceptable managerial and tutorial standard, the global diversity of individuals and the high-quality of interaction between friends.

New abilities and learning (eight.seven): relevance of abilities obtained to the workplace, the ease with which they were applied, and the extent to which the course encouraged new methods of contemplating.

Observe-up (seven.3): stage of follow-up provided immediately after individuals returned to their workplaces, and networking alternatives with fellow individuals.

Aims obtained (eight.four): extent to which particular and expert anticipations were satisfied, and the probability that individuals would endorse the programme.

Foods and accommodation (six.eight): score of the high-quality of meals and accommodation.

Facilities (seven.six): score of the learning environment’s high-quality and advantage, and of supporting sources and facilities.

Female individuals (2.): proportion of female course individuals.

Intercontinental individuals (3.): centered on the proportion of individuals from outside the business school’s base state and area.

Intercontinental location (2.): extent to which programmes are operate outside the school’s base state and area.

Advancement (five.): centered on the overall progress in revenues from open programmes as effectively as the progress in revenues from repeat business.

Associate faculties (3.): amount and high-quality of programmes taught in conjunction with other Equis or AACSB accredited business faculties.

School diversity (five.): diversity of faculty school in accordance to citizenship and gender.