(8 December 2015) In the 2015 Perspektywy ranking of MBA programs in Poland the "Canadian Executive MBA (CEMBA)" program of the SGH Warsaw School of Economics took the first place followed by the “emba@uw - Executive MBA” of the University of Warsaw and the “Executive MBA" by Kozminski University in Warsaw.

The results of the MBA ranking were announced at a gala organized at headquarter of the National Bank of Poland. Prof. Anna Romanowska, chairwomen of the Ranking Board, observed that the fact that so many institutions were willing to enter the competition and submit to the ranking scrutiny, testifies to their maturity and self assurance as to the quality of the programs they offer. 34 MBA program participated in 2015 ranking.

Best programs in the Perspektywy MBA Ranking 2015:

All the results of the Perspektywy MBA Ranking are listed at: www.mba.perspektywy.pl

In the ranking process, seven groups of criteria were taken into consideration: the quality of program’s content (20%), employers’ preference (15%), alumni opinion (15%), quality of applying students (15%), quality of the teaching staff (15%), support of the teaching process (5%) and the perceived prestige of the diploma (15%). Altogether, 26 indicators were used to measure the above criteria.

Institutions had to fill in a detailed questionnaire. Answers provided detailed information on the students, the teaching staff, the structure and scope of the program. The alumni satisfaction has been considered one of the principal characteristics of a good program. Alumni were asked to assess their program and describe it’s influence on their career. The survey was conducted by the Perspektywy Education Foundation on a group of 388 alumni who graduated in 2014 and 2015 (the respondent rate was 44,1%). Each institution could provide no more than 15 names of their alumni.

The employers’ preference was measured in a survey commissioned by the Perspektywy Foundation and conducted by the INDICATOR Center for Marketing Research among a representative group of directors and HR managers in 450 enterprises in Poland.

The Ranking Board was chaired by Prof. Maria Romanowska, Director, Institute of Management SGH. Board members included: Prof. Elzbieta Maczynska, President, Polish Economic Society, Lidia Sobanska, President, Polish Press Agency, Wlodzimierz Kicinski, f. President, Nordea Bank Polska, Mik Kuczkiewicz, f. partner Hay Group Polska, Krzysztof Kwieciens, HR Director for Poland and Baltic Countries, Deloitte, Sergiusz Najar, Supervisory Board Member, Santander Consumer Bank Polska SA., Waldemar Siwinski, President, Perspektywy Education Foundation and Andrzej Zdebski, President, KrakChemia SA.

MBA Perspektywy Ranking awarding ceremony