NUS EMBA breaks into Financial Times’ global top 10 MBA

It jumped to 9th place from 23rd in 2025 as the average alumni salary increased 83%.

The National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School’s Executive MBA (EMBA) programme climbed to ninth place in the Financial Times (FT) Executive MBA Ranking 2026, up from 23rd in 2025.

NUS said the ranking marked the programme’s first entry into the global top 10 and its highest position since it began participating in the annual rankings in 2008.

The university attributed the achievement to strong NUS EMBA alumni salary outcomes, reporting an average salary of $693,759 (US$542,224) three years after graduation, up from $476,318 (US$372,278) in 2025.

This placed the programme third amongst the global top 10 for average alumni salary, with graduates earning 83% more than before completing the programme, NUS said.

NUS Business School also rose 22 places to sixth globally in FT’s research ranking, which measures faculty publications in 50 leading academic and practitioner journals, adjusted for faculty size.

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