- Aston Business School named in the top 10 schools in the UK in QS Executive MBA rankings 2026
- The rankings also place the school in the top 30 for career outcomes
- Recognition reflects the strength of the Executive MBA offering.
Aston Business School has been named in the top 10 UK schools in the QS Executive MBA rankings 2026.
The programme has achieved the eighth place ranking in the UK and globally the school ranked 88th, an improvement of one place from 2025.
This is the tenth year that rankings organisation QS has compiled an annual review of Executive MBAs, or EMBAs
In addition the business school’s course was ranked 30th globally for career outcomes, placing it overall within the top 25% worldwide.
The rankings are based on the strength of each EMBA’s course offering and this year QS evaluated 215 programmes.
Professor Marian Garcia, executive dean of Aston Business School, said:
“We’re delighted to see Aston Business School achieve a top ten ranking in the UK and this reflects the school’s ambitions to achieve impressive international recognition for its educational excellence.
“Our business programmes at Aston University continue to attract excellent candidates from around the world, and these rankings are a testament to our students' success and the quality of our teaching.”
Aston Business School is already part of an elite group of global business schools that hold the gold standard of ‘triple-crown’ accreditation from AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS. It follows an excellent performance in the 2025 Eduniversal Business School Rankings, where it was placed 11th in the UK. In March the EMBA was ranked first in the UK and 12th globally by CEO Magazine.
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About Aston University
For over 130 years, Aston University has been making our world a better place through education, research and innovation. Our history is intertwined with the remarkable city of Birmingham, once the heartland of the Industrial Revolution and now the thriving base for an innovation ecosystem of global significance, which Aston is co-creating.
Our vision is to be a leading university for science, technology and enterprise, measured by the positive transformational impact we achieve for our people, students, businesses and the communities we serve.
Aston focuses on high-quality, exploitable research that has an impact on society through medical breakthroughs, advancements in engineering, policy and practice in government, and the strategies and performance of business.
The university offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes, as well as continuing professional development solutions.
Thanks to its focus on delivering excellent outcomes for students, Aston University's reputation continues to grow. It was recognised as the Daily Mail University of the Year for Student Success 2025, is second in England for social mobility (2025 HEPI Social Mobility Index), and is top 20 for graduate salaries (2025 Longitudinal Education Outcomes).
Aston University is now defining its place in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (and beyond) within a rapidly changing world.
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