ACCREDITATIONS AND RANKINGS

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 in Europe ( #11 worldwide) for graduate salaries – HHL MiM graduates earn more three years after graduation than any other European business school.
• #5 worldwide for Career Service – alumni praise the effectiveness of our lifelong career support
• #9 worldwide for Alumni Network – effectiveness of the alumni network in career support, entrepreneurship, idea sharing, recruiting & events

(Financial Times Global Masters in Management Ranking)

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 64 in Europe (Master in Management #33) and is ranked among the top 7 business schools in Germany. Regarding the criterion salary today, the HHL MiM program ranks at the top of the European business schools with EUR 140,418.

_Stifterverband once again honors the excellent entrepreneurial culture at HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management – for the 7th time in a row!

_2025 Startup Radar again No. 1 at gruendungsradar.de

HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management received continued recognition as a one of the best places for aspiring entrepreneurs in Germany. Occupying the top spot for the previous rankings in 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022 HHL maintained its first-rate rank among the small universities in the Startup Radar ranking published by Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft (Founder’s Association for German Science), which encompasses all German business schools and universities with up to 5,000 students.

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.

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.