LBS ranks first in the world in FT 2026 Executive Education Rankings

London Business School’s open Executive Education programmes have been ranked first in the world by the Financial Times for a second consecutive year. The School proudly retains the top spot in the prestigious Financial Times 2026 Executive Education ranking. Its custom Executive Education programmes rank second globally.

For Open programmes, LBS ranked first across all leading categories such as faculty, course design, teaching methods, materials and quality of participants. This recognition reflects the exceptional calibre, diversity and peer-to-peer learning experience for leaders who join LBS’ Executive Education programmes from around the world.

The School also ranked first place for new skills and learning, follow-up and aims achieved in the FT’s highly competitive Open results, reflecting the practical impact participants gain.

Helen Kerkentzes, Associate Dean of Executive Education at London Business School, said: “This year’s Executive Education rankings once again reflect our ceaseless commitment to excellence in business education and transformative impact across our Open and Custom programmes. At London Business School, we are committed to continuously evolving our programmes, to meet the changing realities of global leadership, ensuring our participants gain the capabilities, tools and mindset required to realise meaningful and lasting change .”

“We are also incredibly proud to see our global community, world-class faculty, learning partners and dedicated teams recognised through these fantastic results. With campuses in London, Dubai and our office in Riyadh, we deliver high-impact learning experiences anywhere in the world, empowering business leaders to thrive in a complex and fragmented world.”

For the FT’s 2026 Custom rankings, LBS once again held its second-place position, underlining the School’s ability to deliver deeply customised, co-created learning experiences to organisations and their people around the world.

LBS’ Custom programmes ranked in second place globally across categories such as, new skills and learning, teaching methods and materials and aims achieved, key indicators for measuring the impact, effectiveness, relevance and strategic value delivered to business leaders and organisations. The School also saw a jump in ranking for the value for money and programme design categories, as well as achieving an overall satisfaction score of 9 out of 10, the only school to do so.

LBS is particularly proud that international diversity stood out across both rankings, reflecting the School’s strong commitment to diversity and performance for international participants (Open) and global client and programme reach (Custom).

These latest rankings further strengthen LBS’ position as a global leader in Executive Education.