League tables

European and Global rankings

Times Higher Education World University Rankings by subject

	Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject (Business and Economics)
	Top 200 2024

Corporate Knights’ Better World MBA Ranking

‌	Corporate Knights’ 2023 Better World MBA Ranking (The Exeter MBA)
	1st in the UK and 9th globally

QS World University Rankings

Badge	Overall Rank	Edition	Ranking / Programme
	201-250	2025	QS Global MBA Rankings: World The Exeter MBA
	=64	2025	QS Global MBA Rankings: Europe The Exeter MBA
	101-110	2025	QS Business Masters Rankings: Finance MSc Financial Analysis and Fund Management
	121-130	2025	QS Business Masters Rankings: Management MSc Management
	51-60	2025	QS Business Masters Rankings: Marketing MSc Marketing
	101+	2025	QS Business Masters Rankings: Business Analytics MSc Business Analytics
	=17	2024	QS International Trade Rankings MSc International Business

Financial Times (FT) rankings

	Global Masters in Finance (MSc Financial Analysis and Fund Management)
	11th in the UK and 58th Overall 2024

CEO Magazine Global MBA Rankings

‌‌	Tier One	2024	CEO Magazine Global MBA Rankings (MBA) The Exeter MBA
	34th	2024	CEO Magazine Global MBA Rankings (Online MBA) Senior Leader Degree Apprenticeship

Interdisciplinary rankings

Our academics are involved in a wide range of interdisciplinary research, particularly in the area of sustainability, contributing to the following ranking success:

Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities, Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2024

Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities, Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2024

REF 2021

Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021

Our research was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021.

92% of Business and Management and 89% of Economics research is world leading or internationally excellent.

Business and Management Studies

• 92% of our Business and Management research is world leading or internationally excellent
• 100% of our Business and Management research has internationally excellent impact
• We are 9^th in the UK for our Business and Management research in the REF 2021**

Economics and Econometrics

• More than 91% of our Economics and Econometrics outputs are internationally excellent
• We are 17^th in the UK for our world-leading Economics and Econometrics research

*Results based on research rated 4* and 3*
**Based on GPA score

Recent University accolades

	The University of Exeter Business School’s commitment to improving gender equality has been recognised with an Athena SWAN Bronze Award.
	Exeter is ranked 10th in the UK of universities targeted by the largest number of top employers, according to the Graduate Market in 2024 Research Report.
	Exeter is ranked in the top 151-200 in the 2024 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), released by Shanghai Ranking.
	The Times and the Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024 ranks Exeter in 11th position in the UK. The University of Exeter has also been named as runner-up in the Guide’s ‘University of the Year’ award.
	The Complete University Guide 2025 lists Exeter in 14th position in the UK.
	The Guardian University Guide 2024 lists Exeter in 18th position out of 122 higher education institutions.
	The University has four times been awarded a prestigious Queen's Anniversary Prize. The most recent award in 2020 was made to a team of scientists for the pivotal role they have played to expose the devastating effect that plastics pollution has on the health of humans and wildlife.
	For the 2023-2024 season, Exeter finished 4th in the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) table. This ranks us as the top sporting institution in the South of England and Wales.