Business Administration
ARWU

Business Administration 2024

Academic Ranking of World Universities · · Methodology · Source: Academic Ranking of World Universities official website · Editorial Standards

Ranks universities globally for research strength and academic reputation in business administration.

ARWU relies entirely on objective, verifiable academic indicators (Nobel Prizes, Nature/Science papers, Highly Cited Researchers) and uses no reputation surveys.

How does Business Administration evaluate universities?

Business Administration, published by Academic Ranking of World Universities, evaluates universities worldwide using key indicators such as High Quality Research, International Collaboration, Research Impact, World-Class Faculty, World-Class Output, each assigned a distinct weight according to a publicly documented methodology. Data sources combine academic peer reviews, employer surveys, bibliometric databases such as Scopus and Web of Science, and institutional self-reported statistics, all independently verified by the publisher's research team. The 2024 edition assessed 400 universities from 12 countries and regions, covering teaching quality, research output, internationalization, and graduate employability across undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs. Academic Ranking of World Universities recollects raw data annually and cross-checks results to ensure the rankings reflect each institution's most current performance in faculty strength, scholarly productivity, global reach, and student outcomes, providing a reliable reference for prospective students, parents, and education researchers.

Which are the top universities in Business Administration 2024?

The top universities in Business Administration 2024 are: Copenhagen Business School, Indiana University Bloomington, Monash University, Harvard University, University of Manchester. This edition, published by Academic Ranking of World Universities, evaluated 400 universities from 12 countries and regions using indicators such as High Quality Research, International Collaboration, Research Impact, World-Class Faculty, World-Class Output. Rankings reflect weighted performance across multiple dimensions; students should consider methodology differences and their own academic priorities when interpreting results.

How does Business Administration differ from other ranking systems?

ARWU (Academic Ranking of World Universities), created by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2003 as the world's first international university ranking, is based entirely on objective, verifiable academic indicators and uses no reputation surveys: alumni winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals (10%), faculty winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals (20%), highly cited researchers across subject fields (20%), papers published in Nature and Science (20%), papers indexed in SCIE and SSCI (20%), and per-capita academic performance (10%). In contrast, QS and THE both incorporate reputation questionnaires as core weights, while US News combines reputation surveys with bibliometric data. ARWU's transparent methodology and reproducibility make it authoritative for evaluating research strength and academic prestige.

Current edition: published 2024-11
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1 Copenhagen Business School logo Copenhagen Business School (CBS) 🇩🇰 Denmark 310.4 100.0 18.4 35.9 62.9 93.3
2 Indiana University Bloomington logo Indiana University Bloomington (IU) đŸ‡ē🇸 United States 289.9 86.8 14.1 36.4 65.3 87.3
3 Monash University logo Monash University đŸ‡ĻđŸ‡ē Australia 278.8 78.1 16.2 35.8 60.0 88.7
4 Harvard University logo Harvard University đŸ‡ē🇸 United States 271.5 94.2 13.6 33.5 40.9 89.4
5 University of Manchester logo University of Manchester đŸ‡Ŧ🇧 United Kingdom 270.1 86.2 16.2 34.9 50.9 81.8
6 University of Leeds logo University of Leeds đŸ‡Ŧ🇧 United Kingdom 256.7 93.6 17.1 33.4 12.5 100.0
7 University of Birmingham logo University of Birmingham đŸ‡Ŧ🇧 United Kingdom 255.4 77.7 16.6 35.2 46.7 79.2
8 Texas A&M University logo Texas A&M University (TAMU) đŸ‡ē🇸 United States 252.8 75.7 13.1 38.3 53.3 72.5
9 University of Reading logo University of Reading đŸ‡Ŧ🇧 United Kingdom 237.9 73.9 17.5 35.4 42.4 68.5
10 RMIT University logo RMIT University (RMIT) đŸ‡ĻđŸ‡ē Australia 235.1 74.4 15.5 30.8 36.4 78.1
11 University of Tennessee at Knoxville logo University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT) đŸ‡ē🇸 United States 235.0 60.8 11.9 38.4 59.1 64.7
12 University of Turin logo University of Turin (UNITO) 🇮🇹 Italy 234.7 75.7 17.6 46.8 35.2 59.5
13 UNSW Sydney logo UNSW Sydney (UNSW) đŸ‡ĻđŸ‡ē Australia 232.5 65.3 16.3 34.2 46.7 69.9
14 Pennsylvania State University logo Pennsylvania State University (PSU) đŸ‡ē🇸 United States 230.7 79.8 13.4 35.3 26.6 75.6
15 University of Sussex logo University of Sussex đŸ‡Ŧ🇧 United Kingdom 226.3 65.8 17.4 38.2 44.3 60.6
16 Western University logo Western University (UWO) 🇨đŸ‡Ļ Canada 226.1 70.0 17.7 37.1 30.1 71.2
17 University of Georgia logo University of Georgia (UGA) đŸ‡ē🇸 United States 225.5 65.3 11.0 34.8 53.4 61.0
18 Curtin University logo Curtin University đŸ‡ĻđŸ‡ē Australia 224.8 61.9 17.0 34.2 46.6 65.1
19 Georgia State University logo Georgia State University (GSU) đŸ‡ē🇸 United States 224.7 56.9 15.4 48.8 39.7 64.0
20 Swansea University logo Swansea University đŸ‡Ŧ🇧 United Kingdom 222.9 62.4 17.7 50.0 36.2 56.7
21 University of Warwick logo University of Warwick đŸ‡Ŧ🇧 United Kingdom 222.6 68.6 16.2 35.3 44.3 58.3
22 University of Vaasa logo University of Vaasa đŸ‡Ģ🇮 Finland 220.3 71.6 18.2 42.6 14.1 73.8
23 Erasmus University Rotterdam logo Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) đŸ‡ŗđŸ‡ą Netherlands 219.8 91.5 17.7 37.1 0.0 73.5
24 Swinburne University of Technology logo Swinburne University of Technology đŸ‡ĻđŸ‡ē Australia 219.3 64.0 16.1 49.8 17.3 72.2
25 City University of Hong Kong logo City University of Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 219.2 70.2 13.8 34.1 37.5 63.6
26 Newcastle University logo Newcastle University đŸ‡Ŧ🇧 United Kingdom 218.4 87.4 16.1 36.0 0.0 78.9
27 Deakin University logo Deakin University đŸ‡ĻđŸ‡ē Australia 217.8 57.2 15.4 34.5 50.9 59.8
28 The University of Melbourne logo The University of Melbourne đŸ‡ĻđŸ‡ē Australia 217.7 74.2 16.3 31.1 31.9 64.3
29 University of Oxford logo University of Oxford đŸ‡Ŧ🇧 United Kingdom 217.6 70.7 16.2 37.6 41.2 51.9
30 The University of Queensland logo The University of Queensland (UQ) đŸ‡ĻđŸ‡ē Australia 216.7 81.2 16.1 32.3 4.8 82.4
31 University of Groningen logo University of Groningen đŸ‡ŗđŸ‡ą Netherlands 215.8 77.9 17.5 40.6 6.7 73.1
32 The University of Sydney logo The University of Sydney (USYD) đŸ‡ĻđŸ‡ē Australia 215.6 77.2 15.1 37.8 12.4 73.1
33 Northeastern University logo Northeastern University (NEU) đŸ‡ē🇸 United States 215.5 63.0 16.0 43.8 33.3 59.5
34 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam logo Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) đŸ‡ŗđŸ‡ą Netherlands 213.5 70.0 17.5 34.0 32.3 59.8
35 King's College London logo King's College London (KCL) đŸ‡Ŧ🇧 United Kingdom 213.4 73.7 16.4 35.7 16.0 71.5
36 University of Minnesota logo University of Minnesota đŸ‡ē🇸 United States 212.9 65.8 12.7 36.4 37.4 60.6
37 University of Liverpool logo University of Liverpool đŸ‡Ŧ🇧 United Kingdom 212.8 75.7 16.4 37.2 18.1 65.4
37 Vienna University of Economics and Business logo Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) đŸ‡Ļ🇹 Austria 212.8 60.8 18.1 34.8 36.2 62.9
39 University of Surrey logo University of Surrey đŸ‡Ŧ🇧 United Kingdom 212.5 60.8 16.3 39.5 40.0 55.8
40 University of Portsmouth logo University of Portsmouth đŸ‡Ŧ🇧 United Kingdom 212.4 62.2 16.6 40.0 37.8 55.8
41 Aston University logo Aston University đŸ‡Ŧ🇧 United Kingdom 212.3 68.8 16.7 38.7 25.6 62.5
42 Cornell University logo Cornell University (CU) đŸ‡ē🇸 United States 210.9 57.7 13.4 34.0 40.4 65.4
43 Hanken School of Economics logo Hanken School of Economics đŸ‡Ģ🇮 Finland 210.2 72.6 17.8 38.0 4.8 77.2
44 BI Norwegian Business School logo BI Norwegian Business School đŸ‡ŗđŸ‡´ Norway 209.6 69.5 16.7 36.2 17.3 69.9
45 University of Nottingham logo University of Nottingham đŸ‡Ŧ🇧 United Kingdom 205.6 74.4 16.3 34.2 10.6 70.2
46 University of South Carolina-Columbia University of South Carolina-Columbia đŸ‡ē🇸 United States 205.5 66.8 14.3 37.4 24.9 62.1
47 Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Free University of Bozen-Bolzano 🇮🇹 Italy 205.3 62.2 18.8 48.4 29.2 46.8
48 Aalto University logo Aalto University đŸ‡Ģ🇮 Finland 205.2 72.1 16.5 36.1 13.3 67.2
49 Kedge Business School logo Kedge Business School đŸ‡Ģ🇷 France 205.0 64.8 18.0 34.1 20.9 67.2
50 University of Pennsylvania logo University of Pennsylvania đŸ‡ē🇸 United States 204.9 72.3 12.5 37.2 15.7 67.2