QS Executive MBA Rankings 2025: POLIMI Graduate School of Management is first in Italy with its Executive MBA, the only Italian School in the global top 100

In the new 2025 edition of the QS Executive MBA Rankings, POLIMI Graduate School of Management consolidates its national leadership, confirming its 1st place in Italy thanks to the Executive MBA: the only Italian programme featured among the top 100 in the world. This recognition confirms the quality and international relevance of the programme, reinforced by significant progress in the parameters relating to students’ managerial experience and post-graduation career outcomes.

At European level, the School - part of the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano - is ranked 26th out of 72 programmes classified, up two positions from the 28th of 2024, when, moreover, there were 66 programmes analysed, while at global level, the School is ranked 76th out of 215 business schools.

Also this year, as in 2024, POLIMI Graduate School of Management’s Executive MBA is ranked first in Italy. Last year, there were four Italian schools in the rankings, but in 2025 the number increases to five, confirming the leadership position of POLIMI GSoM in the Italian and international educational landscape.

In particular, the indicators relating to students’ professional experience and results obtained after graduation stand out. The Executive Profile indicator, which evaluates students’ work and management experience, is one of the School’s strengths, as is that of  Career Outcomes, which considers the average salary increase and the percentage of students who obtain a promotion within 12 months of the end of the programme. In fact, at global level, POLIMI GSoM ranks 51st for Executive Profile and 59th for Career Outcomes, while at European level the positions are even sounder: 22nd and 32nd. Looking at the scores achieved for the individual indicators, the data confirm this positive trend. Career Outcomes goes from a score of 66 in 2024 to 70.4 in 2025 and the Executive Profile rises from 69.5 to 75.5.

Among the sub-indicators, we highlight the full score achieved under Graduates Promoted, which measures career advancement, reaching 100 in 2025 (compared to 98.6 in 2024), as well as the significant improvement in the average wage increase from 35.6 to 40.7. Excellent results were also recorded for the average work experience of the students (80.3), that relating to the C-suite (66.9) and the managerial levels (79.7).

The positioning obtained in the QS Executive MBA Rankings 2025 is further confirmation of the quality and solidity of the Executive MBA course offered by POLIMI Graduate School of Management, with a tangible impact on the professional growth of participants and an increasingly recognised presence at international level.

“This result is the fruit of our daily commitment to designing top-class training experiences which are capable of accompanying managers on a solid, concrete and long-lasting path of personal and professional growth”, said Vittorio Chiesa, President of POLIMI GSoM and Federico Frattini , Dean of POLIMI GSoM. “Confirming ourselves first in Italy, in an even more competitive context than last year, and continuing to improve in key parameters at a global level, is for us a source of great pride and confirms the quality of our Executive MBA. Improvements in areas such as student management experience and post-programme career advancements reflect not only the integrity of our offer, but also the consistency with our purpose: to train leaders who are aware, accountable, and ready to make a positive impact in organisations and society. We are determined to continue on this path of growth, facing future challenges with openness, inclusion and an increasingly international vision.”