Blue-chip MBAs regain lost ground
They were the lost generation of business school graduates, high-flyers whose hopes of cashing in on blue-chip MBAs were scuppered by an economic downturn exacerbated by the September 11 terrorist attacks.
But according to MBA 2005, the Financial Times annual ranking of full-time global MBA programmes, the class of 2001 has weathered the tough climate that initially saw its members struggle to find jobs. They now command salaries nudging $150,000. The finding demonstrates the enduring value of a qualification from the elite cadre of top international business schools.
At the core of the FT rankings is a survey of the salaries MBA graduates are earning three years after graduation. And it shows that someone who attended one of the top 10 US business schools in 2001 now makes, on average, $144,492. The highest earners are alumni from Harvard Business School, which this year re-asserted its traditional dominance to take the top slot for the first time since 2000. It shares that distinction with the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton school. Two of the top 10 schools in the premier league are from Europe: London Business School and Insead, which has campuses in France and Singapore. This year LBS moved one place ahead of the University of Chicago graduate school of business.
The rivalry between the two institutions will intensify today when Chicago announces that in August it is moving its European campus from Barcelona to the City of London, putting it in direct competition with LBS. The competition in this year's ranking was especially fierce, with nearly 150 schools competing for the 100 places. Overall 58 of the top 100 schools are from the US, 14 from the UK, seven from Canada and three each from France, Spain and China. MBA 2005 rankings, Separate section
名校MBA年薪逼近15万美元
他们曾是迷惘的一代商学院毕业生，当年满怀雄心，希望顶尖工商管理硕士(MBA)学位给自己带来丰厚回报，然而“9/11”恐怖袭击令原本就不景气的经济更加低迷，使他们的希望落空。
但《金融时报》对全球全日制MBA课程的年度排名报告《MBA 2005》显示，2001级的MBA学生已挺过了恶劣的大气候，刚毕业时，他们曾为找到一个工作而大费周折。而现在他们获得的年薪接近15万美元。这一发现表明，国际顶尖商学院的精英人才资历具有持久的价值。
《金融时报》排名的核心部分是一份对MBA毕业三年后所挣薪水的调查。调查显示，在2001年进入美国10所顶尖商学院之一的学生，现在的平均年薪为14.4492万美元。薪水最高的是来自哈佛商学院(Harvard Business School)的校友。哈佛商学院自2000以来首次拿下第一的排名，恢复其显赫地位。宾夕法尼亚大学的沃顿商学院(Wharton School)并列第一。在10大商学院排行榜中有两家来自欧洲，即伦敦商学院(London Business School)和欧洲工商管理学院(Insead)，后者在法国和新加坡都有校区。今年伦敦商学院排名前移了一位，位于芝加哥大学商学院(University of Chicago Graduate School of Business)之前。
如今这两家院校的竞争将会加剧，因为芝加哥大学商学院宣布，8月份它将把其欧洲校区从巴塞罗那搬到伦敦金融城，与伦敦商学院展开直接竞争。今年的排名竞争尤为激烈，将近150所院校竞争前100个名次。前100名的院校中有58所来自美国，14所来自英国，7所来自加拿大，法国、西班牙和中国各有3所。
