TAFEP Hero 2024 Nov Dec
Top MBA programmes in Asia [2025 rankings]

Top MBA programmes in Asia [2025 rankings]

In this edition, three business schools from Singapore have made it to the top five.

The NUS Business School — National University of Singapore (NUS) has been ranked the top MBA programme in Asia for the second year in a row.

This makes it one of three business schools from Singapore to make it to the top five MBA programmes in the QS Global MBA Rankings 2025: Asia. In second place this year is Beijing's Tsinghua University, School of Economics and Management.

The top 10 MBA programmes within Asia are as follows.

Rank
School
Region
Score (out of 100)
Global rank
1
NUS Business School - National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
84.8
25
2
Tsinghua University, School of Economics and Management
Beijing, China (Mainland)
81.2
29
3
Nanyang Business School, Singapore
Singapore
73.1
36
4
China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
Shanghai, China (Mainland)
72.6
38
5
SMU (Lee Kong Chian)
Singapore
71.1
41
6
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong SAR
71.3
43
7
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Hong Kong SAR
69.8
46
8
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Bangalore, India
67.4
53
9
IIM Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad, India
63.3
60
10
Shanghai Jiao Tong (Antai)
Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore, China (Mainland)
63.1
63

This year, other highlights across the region include: 

  • The Thammasat Business School in Thailand made it to 19th within the region.
  • The Asian Institute of Management in the Philippines was ranked 21st.
  • Both Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) and Putra Business School (Serdang, Malaysia) share the 23rd spot.
  • The BINUS Business School in Jakarta, Indonesia was in the 30th spot.

As a whole, the top three programmes globally were all based in the US — namely the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Penn (Wharton), and Harvard Business School, all of which retained their previous year's rankings.

Follow us on Telegram and on Instagram @humanresourcesonline for all the latest HR and manpower news from around the region!

Free newsletter

Get the daily lowdown on Asia's top Human Resources stories.

We break down the big and messy topics of the day so you're updated on the most important developments in Asia's Human Resources development – for free.

subscribe now open in new window