Summary of ranking criteria and weightings

Weighting as 
Measure Indicators percentage of 
category
VALUE
A. Open new career opportunities (35%)
1 Diversity of recruiters Number of industry sectors recruiting students* 33.34
2 Assessment of career services Percentage of graduates in jobs 3 months after graduation 33.33
3 Jobs found through the careers service Percentage of graduates finding jobs through careers service 33.33

B. Personal development/education experience (35%)
1 Ratio of faculty to students** 5
Faculty quality Percentage of faculty with PhD (full‐time only) 10
Faculty rating by students 10
2 Average GMA score 18.75
Student quality
Average length of work experience 6.25
3 Internaitonal diversity score*** 8.34
Student diversity
Percentage of women students 8.33
4 Range of overseas exchange programmes 6.25
Education experience
Number of languages on offer
6.25

C. Increase salary (20%)
1 How much did your salary increase after graduating? Salary change from pre‐MBA to post‐MBA (excluding bonuses) 25
2 Leaving salary Average post‐MBA salary (excluding bonuses) 75

D. Potential to network (10%)
1 Breadth of alumni network Ratio of registered alumni to current students 33.34
2 Internationalism of alumni Number of overseas countries with an official alumni branch 33.33
3 Alumni effectiveness Percentage of graduating students members of alumni network 33.33

* Whether companies recruited from either of the following 11 sectors: consulting, consumer products, financial services, government, maufacturing, 
media/entertainment, not‐for‐profit, petroleum/energy, pharmaceutical/biotechnology/health care, real estate, technology.
** Only faculty teaching on the full‐time MBA programme to be included. Faculty were weighted as follows: full‐time 100%; part‐time 50%; visiting 25%.

*** Based on percentage of students from each of the following regions: Middle East, Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and Australiasia, and Africa.