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Financial Times Ranks UC Davis MBA Program Among the Top 10% Worldwide

The UC Davis MBA program placed 43^rd among MBA programs in the U.S. and 83^rd globally in the rankings released Monday by the Financial Times, one of the world's leading business news organizations.

Reflecting its emphasis on diversity, the UC Davis Graduate School of Management continues to have the highest percentage of women faculty - 42 percent - among the Financial Times' top 100 business schools, whose faculties averaged 24 percent women.

"The Financial Times' international recognition affirms that the UC Davis MBA program is preparing innovative leaders who are making a global impact," said Steven C. Currall, dean of the management school. "It also reflects that the Graduate School of Management faculty, the most diverse in gender among the top business schools, are trailblazing thought leaders whose knowledge and cutting-edge research are changing the way the world does business."

To be eligible for the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2011, business schools should be accredited by an international accreditation body such as The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB), the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) or the Association of MBAs (AMBA); must have a full-time MBA program that has been running for at least four years; and must have graduated its first class at least three years ago. Classes must have at least 30 students. More than 1,000 business schools in the U.S., Europe and Asia are accredited members of AACSB, EQUIS or AMBA.

The Financial Times rankings are based 20 criteria in three main areas: alumni salaries and career development; the diversity and international reach of the business school and its MBA program; and the research capabilities of each school. Weighted salary and salary percentage increase gathered from surveys of graduates of the class of 2007 together account for 40 percent of the rank, while a 10 percent weight is given to research rank based on papers written by faculty appearing over the past three years in more than 40 academic and professional journals.

View the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2011 at:

http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-rankings-2011

About the UC Davis Graduate School of Management

Established in 1981, the UC Davis Graduate School of Management is consistently ranked among the premier business schools in the United States and internationally. The School has nearly 600 MBA students enrolled in Daytime MBA and Working Professional MBA programs on the UC Davis campus, in Sacramento and in the San Francisco Bay Area. For 15 years consecutive years, U.S. News & World Report has ranked UC Davis among the top 10 percent of MBA programs in the U.S. The Economist's 2010 survey ranks the School's faculty quality No. 3 in the world.

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