Rankings

Several of our programmes are classified in prestigious rankings that are international benchmarks in the world of business schools.

Financial Times Rankings

Several HEC Lausanne programmes are ranked in the prestigious Financial Times world rankings. The internationally distributed British economic and financial daily has been publishing these rankings for several years now, based on data provided by schools and their graduates.

MSc in Finance

  • 36th place worldwide in the last edition of the ranking in 2023

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MSc in Management

  • 54th place worldwide in the last edition of the ranking in 2023

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Executive MBA

  • 69th place worldwide in the last edition of the ranking in 2023

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European Business Schools 

  • 51st place worldwide in the last edition of the ranking in 2023

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Eduniversal Rankings

Several programmes from HEC Lausanne are ranked in the Eduniversal Best Masters Ranking.

MSc in Accounting, control and finance 

  • 2nd place in Western Europe among the masters in accounting, in the last edition of the ranking in 2022

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Executive MBA in Financial Management

  • 1st place in Western Europe among the executive MBA programs, in the last edition of the ranking in 2022

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Executive MBA in Healthcare Management

  • 2nd place worldwide among the programs in health management, in the last edition of the ranking in 2022

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Shanghai Ranking

1. Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS)

Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) evaluates more than 4,000 academic institutions around the world using several research performance indicators. HEC Lausanne was in a very good position in the last edition of the ranking in 2021.

Economics

  • At the international level : top 12%

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Business administration

  • At the international level : top 17%

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Management

  • At the international level : top 12%

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Finance 

  • At the international level : top 10%

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2. Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)

This ranking evaluates the University as a whole. In 2021

  • At the international level : top 10%

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CFAR Ranking

The ranking produced by the WFA-Center for Finance and Accounting Research (CFAR) at the Olin Business School of the University of Washington in the United States aims to evaluate the quality of research in finance conducted by various universities and business schools all over the world. This ranking is based on the number of academic research articles published in the most prestigious scientific journals in finance, economics, accountancy and management. HEC Lausanne is extremely well ranked.

  • 43th place worldwide in the last edition of the ranking in 2019

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VWL Ranking of the Forschungsmonitoring

The VWL University Ranking established by the Forschungsmonitoring examines the economic research performance of German, Austrian and Swiss universities. HEC Lausanne stands out:

  • 3rd position for the University of Lausanne among all universities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the university ranking for publications from 2017 to 2021 (weighted only taking into account publications in the best A and A+ level journals)

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