Accreditations and Rankings

The Financial Times ranking of European business schools assesses the combined performance of Europe’s leading schools out of four FT rankings: Full-time MBA, Executive MBA, Master in Management and non-degree Executive Education programs. HHL reached position 50 in Europe (Master in Management #17, MBA #30) and is ranked among the top 5 business schools in Germany.

In the nationwide (Germany) CHE University Ranking HHL is ranked by its Master students with outstanding results in the following categories:

• general study environment
• course offerings
• study organization
• supervision by lecturers
• support during studies
• digital teaching elements
• research orientation
• practice-oriented teaching
• support for semester abroad
• transition from Bachelor to Master and

HHL is also among the leaders in terms of Doctoral students per professor and research funding per researcher.

The Financial Times continues to rank HHL’s full-time MiM Program among the leading Masters in Management programs worldwide. HHL scores particularly high in the categories of career service, networking opportunities and salary statistics:

• #3 worldwide for Alumni Network
• #4 worldwide for Career Service
• #4 worldwide (#1 in Europe) for Alumni Salary (average graduate salary three years after course completion is USD 140,418)

(Financial Times Global Masters in Management Ranking)

In the QS Masters in Management Ranking 2025 HHL stands out in the following categories:

• Value for money: The Master in Management program ranks among the top 20 worldwide for this indicator, scoring an exceptional 94,5 out of 100. This puts HHL well above the global average of 61,3. In the subcategories return on investment HHL scored 99,8 and in payback month* the program scored 78.
• Employment rate: HHL scores 85,2 out of 100, which indicates that the vast majority of MiM alumni have accepted job offers three months after their graduation.

The ranking confirms that this is the Master program that pays off!

*the time it would take for the graduate to pay back their investment

In the QS Global MBA Ranking 2025 HHL stands out in the following categories:

• Return on investment (ROI): The MBA program ranks number 12 worldwide for this indicator, scoring an exceptional 97.9 out of 100. This puts HHL well above the global average of 61.5. This is an improvement from last year. The years ranking once again confirms that this is the MBA that pays off!
• Employment rate: HHL scores 81,8 out of 100, which indicates that the vast majority of MBA alumni have accepted job offers three months after their graduation.
• Gender balance: With a score 85 out of 100 HHL has a well-balanced gender ratio in the MBA class.

HHL has once again successfully demonstrated its position among the top MBA programs. In its most prestigious ranking in Latin-America, the business magazine América Economía ranked HHL’s MBA Program #39 worldwide, highlighting HHL’s special strong suits in innovation and diversity.
The HHL MBA program excels in the category ‘innovation’, scoring 94.4 out of a possible 100 points. This puts the business school in 13th place worldwide and 2^nd place in Germany. The full-time MBA program also has a high proportion of female students and is among the top 10 in this category worldwide with 46% percent women.