Ranking: World’s Best Universities For Business & Economics

U.S. News’ Global University Rankings (Economics & Business)
Economics & Business Rank	School Name	Country	Global Universities Rank	Subject Score
51	University of Hong Kong	China	44	62.6
52	University of Queensland	Australia	41	62.5
52	Shanghai University of Finance & Economics	China	784	62.5
54	Ohio State University	United States	61	62.1
55	University of Southampton	United Kingdom	123	62.0
56	Imperial College London	United Kingdom	12	61.9
57	University of International Business & Economics	China	722	61.5
58	London Business School	United Kingdom	894	61.4
59	University of Technology Sydney	Australia	85	61.1
59	Lancaster University	United Kingdom	232	61.1
61	Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	42	61.0
62	KU Leuven	Belgium	48	60.8
63	Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)	Australia	195	60.6
64	University of Birmingham	United Kingdom	94	60.2
65	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Netherlands	78	60.1
66	University of Amsterdam	Netherlands	33	60.0
66	University of Zurich	Switzerland	60	60.0
68	Xi’an Jiaotong University	China	179	59.9
68	University of St. Gallen	Switzerland	1106	59.9
70	University of Maryland College Park	United States	72	59.8
71	Texas A&M University College Station	United States	171	59.7
72	Polytechnic University of Milan	Italy	317	59.6
73	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China	54	59.5
74	Australian National University	Australia	85	59.2
74	Swinburne University of Technology	Australia	142	59.2
74	Beijing Institute of Technology	China	179	59.2

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