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The Iscte Executive Education Executive MBA is the highest-ranked Portuguese programme in the Financial Times Executive MBA Ranking 2026, climbing 26 places from 2025 to 55th in the world. This is the programme's best result in four years. In 2023, the Executive MBA ranked 100th, before rising to 92nd in 2024 and 81st in 2025. Since 2023, the programme has climbed 45 places.
José Crespo de Carvalho, President of Iscte Executive Education, welcomed the progress: "Moving from 81st in the world in 2025 to 55th in 2026, climbing 26 places, is fantastic and unprecedented. It is a gold standard for our institution, for our students and alumni, and for our executive education operation, Iscte Executive Education." He also highlighted the programme's leading position in Portugal: "We have three Portuguese Executive MBAs in the Financial Times global Top 100. But this year, first place is ours. We are number one in Portugal for Executive MBAs."
The Financial Times singles out the programme across several indicators. The Iscte Executive MBA ranks 5th in the world for ESG, 22nd for Alumni Network and 40th for Work Experience. Its alumni report the highest current average salary among the Portuguese Executive MBAs in the Top 100 and rate the programme with an overall satisfaction score of 9.725 out of 10. Women also hold 63% of the programme's board positions.
In the Financial Times Executive Education Ranking, Iscte Executive Education features in the global Top 50 for Open Programmes and ranks 31st for Custom Programmes. The school's Executive MBA is also the highest-ranked programme in Portugal in the QS Executive MBA Ranking 2026.
