Corvinus Finance Master’s Programme in the global elite
The Financial Times published this year’s ranking of the world’s best master’s programmes in finance yesterday, in which the English-language Finance master’s programme of Corvinus University of Budapest was ranked 63rd, the only programme from Hungary to be included again. The Hungarian institution is now listed alongside universities such as the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and HEC Paris.
Corvinus performed particularly well in terms of value for money, ranking 14th in this category, improving by one place compared with last year and outperforming institutions such as London Business School and Bocconi University in Italy. Of the many high-quality finance master’s programmes around the world, only 70 were included in the ranking, with several popular European programmes not appearing on the list. The evaluation criteria cover a wide range of areas, from the current salaries and salary increases of alumni who graduated three years ago to their career progress and the proportion of international students and faculty.
“We are proud to represent Hungary among the Financial Times’ top 70 master’s programmes in finance. This result confirms both the international quality of our programme and the fact that it gives our students a real asset in building their careers. It is especially important for us to be visible and successful internationally, as this allows to offer talented Hungarian students a genuine alternative: the opportunity to study at home, while learning in an international environment. At the same time, we provide talented international students with an affordable, high-quality place to study. It is a particular pleasure for us to have achieved this progress with such a long-standing and traditional programme as the master’s in Finance, in which Corvinus has long been a national champion and has now made significant progress among Europe’s leading institutions”, said Bruno van Pottelsberghe, Rector of Corvinus University.
The ranking is led by France’s ESCP Business School. Programmes from a total of 20 countries are represented in the ranking, with the largest numbers coming from the United Kingdom (13), France (12) and the United States (7). From the Central and Eastern European region, only two Polish universities were included alongside Corvinus.
According to the Corvinus alumni surveyed for the Financial Times ranking, who graduated from the Finance master’s programme three years ago, their current average annual salary is HUF 20 million, representing a 62 per cent increase compared with their starting salary.
Business schools take part in the ranking on a voluntary basis. To be eligible, an institution must be accredited by one of the two leading international accreditation bodies, AACSB or EFMD /EQUIS, and a sufficient number of alumni must complete the survey for the results to be statistically meaningful.