Compiling the Financial Times 2009 ranking of full-time MBA programmes began in July 2008. A total of 157 business schools that met the criteria for participation have been included.
To be eligible to participate, European or US schools should be accredited by an international accreditation body, e.g., AACSB, Equis or Amba; it must have a full-time MBA programme that has been running for at least four years; and it must have graduated its first class at least three years ago.
