London Business School tops The FT’s 2025 Open and Custom Executive Education Rankings

London Business School (LBS) has once again been recognised as a leading provider of Executive Education in The Financial Times (FT) 2025 Executive Education Open and Custom rankings.

The School placed first in the FT’s 2025 Executive Education Open ranking.

LBS’ open programmes came first globally for ‘quality of participants’, a measure that considers both the academic and managerial standards of participants, international diversity and the quality of peer interactions.

The School’s open programmes also ranked first overall for ‘new skills and learning’ in recognition of the essential skills participants gain during their time on LBS’ Executive Education programmes.

LBS also rose significantly in the FT’s 2025 Executive Education Custom ranking by coming second overall.

LBS’ custom programmes ranked first place for ‘new skills and learning’ and second for ‘teaching methods and materials’ and ‘aims achieved’, a key marker to which academic and business expectations were met.

LBS was the only business school to be ranked in the top three for both the FT’s Open and Custom Executive Education rankings.

Helen Kerkentzes, Associate Dean of Executive Education at LBS said: ““It is a privilege and honour to be recognised for the impact of our Executive Education open and custom programmes. We are deeply grateful to the global organisations and participants who placed their trust in London Business School for their individual, team and organisational development, transformation and growth. Their commitment inspires us to continually seek excellence in our collaboration and the programmes we deliver.

“While we are proud of this recognition, we carry a strong sense of responsibility in upholding the trust placed in us. We remain focussed on listening to feedback and continuously improving, evolving and innovating the learning experiences we design and deliver, to enable profound impact and personal and organisational growth.

“These results reflect the global reach of the LBS network, which includes our vibrant campuses in London and Dubai and soon-to-open executive office in Riyadh. Achieving such recognition is only possible because of the commitment and excellence of our distinguished faculty, staff and learning partners, and their dedication to curating diverse, high-impact programmes, where peer learning fosters tangible, lasting change.”

2025 marks the fourth consecutive year that LBS has improved its position in the FT’s Executive Education Open and Custom rankings.

The School’s Executive and Degree Education programmes both maintain a strong-hold in the top ten of all key global rankings.