Business School Ranking - Top 100 Most Common Categories

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1 Business Schools Methodology QS Stars Business Schools draw upon a much broader range of indicators than international rankings are able to do. These are split into three major areas, each organized into a number of categories

2 Thresholds: Please see below the scoring thresholds for the QS Stars Business Schools evaluation, overall and the individual categories: Overall Innovation & Entrepreneurship/ Internationalization & Diversity/ Facilities Star Stars Stars Stars Stars Star Stars Stars Stars Stars Research Engagement Star Stars Stars Stars Stars Star Stars Stars Stars Stars Employability Teaching & Student Quality Star Stars Stars Stars Stars Star Stars Stars Stars Stars Subject(s) Specialization Star Stars Stars Stars Stars...70

3 Business School Mission Criteria INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP 100 Faculty members in operational companies % of faculty member on boards of operational companies, scaled proportion of the points thereafter Alumni start-up companies* More than 10% of the class starting their own business, scaled proportion of the points thereafter Corporate sponsored faculty chairs % or more faculty with corporate sponsored faculty chairs or with corporate/government grants for research company Venture fund Venture funds held by the business school worth more than US $20m Spin-off companies More than 20 spin off companies established by the business school in the last five years still operating and no longer requiring support INTERNATIONALIZATION & DIVERSITY 100 International diversity* nationalities scaled down to 5 represented in student body, different thresholds for part-time, distant learning and online MBAs Gender balance OR Ethnicity Gender Balance 40% females scaled down to 20% represented in student body Ethnicity 40% diverse ethnic groups scaled down to 20% represented in student body Academic partnerships business school partnerships International faculty % international faculty

4 FACILITIES 100 IT infrastructure One on campus computer or wired access point per student OR WIFI access across 80% of campus area (excluding parks and sports fields) Library facilities Investment of $500 per student over the past year Sports & catering facilities points for each of the following on-campus facilities (i) swimming pool; (ii) fitness gym; (iii) restaurant; (iv) student cafeteria RESEARCH 150 Academic reputation OR Research papers published Academic reputation 50 social sciences academic referees or over in QS Global Academic Survey Research papers published 300 papers published in Scopus in the last five years Research impact citations per paper (Scopus ) Maximum points awarded if a minimum of 50 papers are published, scaled points thereafter Faculty with PhD % of faculty with a PhD or equivalent terminal degree Faculty publishing in international business journals % of faculty publishing in International Business Journals based on list of journals OR ENGAGEMENT 75 Community investment % of turnover or USD$2 million contribution to community projects within 200km of any campus of affiliated facility Regional human capital % scaled down to 30% of graduates employed in the region OR proportion of students from the region Scholarships and bursaries % of turnover spent on funds for scholarships OR attendance made possible for 100 students on 50% scholarships

5 Program Mission Criteria EMPLOYABILITY 300 Employer reputation international or 50 domestic employer referees endorsing institution in QS Global Employer Survey Graduate salary increase* % salary increase between entry and after 3 months of employment upon graduation for Full Time programs, 60% salary increase to 20% increase for Part Time programs OR Post MBA salary is 40% above the mean MBA salary of respective country, scaled down to 10% below the mean MBA salary (If this data is not applicable to your chosen program or unavailable, an additional 25 points will be allocated to the Graduate employment rate indicator) Graduate employment rate* % of graduated students employed within 3 months of graduation or started own business venture with scaled scores down to 70% Career service support One career advisor per 50 students, scaled proportion of the points thereafter Alumni access % of alumni are contactable via social network or school database TEACHING & STUDENT QUALITY 150 Accreditation Accreditation by an international accreditation body (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA) OR 50% of the maximum points awarded for a national accreditation recognized by the relevant domestic government Average years work experience* OR Completion Average years work experience Enrolling students with more than 4 years experience, scaled proportion of the points down to 1 year experience Completion 90% of students scheduled to graduate succeed in doing so, scaled down to 60% Faculty students ratio* :1 student / faculty ratio. Number of FT Students / Number of FT Faculty (or FTE students / FTE faculty where multiple programs included) Scaled proportion of the points thereafter Applications per place* :1 ratio scaled proportion of the points down to a ratio of 1:1of number of completed applications against the number of spaces available * Primary MBA/Program selected for audit in the highlighted indicators Separate criteria/thresholds for each MBA program (FT/PT/DL)

6 Specialist Criterion Subject(s) Specialization 100 As standard, up to two specialized business education areas will be evaluated based either on published ranking results or specialist program metrics Ranking International Management, Finance, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Operations Management, Information Management, Leadership, Corporate Social Responsibility, Strategy 50 points for appearing in the top 10 scaled down to a minimum of 10 points for appearing in the top 100. NB Results to be drawn from QS Global Employer Survey. Reliable third party evaluations of leadership in specialisations not measured by QS may be admissible. e.g. BeyondGreyPinstripes, US News and World Reports, BusinessWeek and FT evaluations by specialist field or any other respected alternate publisher Program Specialized program must have been running for a minimum of three years and with over a minimum of 20 students per year, 50 points per program please see scoring indicators below: o Graduate Employment % of class employed with 12 months of graduation o Post Experience program (MBA or nominated Master s program) o Student Satisfaction % of student satisfaction based on institution s own survey NB This methodology is subject to amendments

7 List of Journals: Academy of Management Executive (Academy of Management/ OUP) Academy of Management Journal (Academy of Management, Ada, Ohio) Academy of Management Review (Academy of Management) Accounting, Organisations and Society (Elsevier) Administrative Science Quarterly (Cornell University) California Management Review (UC Berkeley) Econometrica (Econometric Society, University of Chicago) Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (Baylor University, Waco, Texas) Harvard Business Review (Harvard Business School Publishing) Human Resource Management (John Wiley and Sons) Information Systems Research (Informs) International Journal of Human Resource management (Routledge) Journal of Accounting and Economics (Elsevier) Journal of Accounting Research (University of Chicago) Journal of Applied Psychology (American Psychological Association) Journal of Business Venturing (Elsevier) Journal of Consumer Research (University of Chicago) Journal of Finance (Blackwell) Journal of Financial Economics (Elsevier) Journal of International Business Studies (Academy of International Business) Journal of Marketing (American Marketing Association) Journal of Marketing Reserach (American Marketing Association) Journal of Operations Management (Elsevier) Journal of Political Economy (University of Chicago) Journal of Small Business Management (Blackwell) Journal of the American Statistical Association (American Statistical Association) Long Range Planning (Elsevier) Management International Review (Gabler) Management Science (Informs) MIS Quarterly (Management Information Systems Research Centre, University of Minnesota) Operations Research (Informs) Organization Science (Informs) Organizational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes (Academic Press) Review of Financial Studies (Oxford University Press) Sloan Management Review (MIT) Strategic Management Journal (John Wiley and Sons) The Accounting Review (American Accounting Association) The American Economic Review (American Economic Association, Nashville) The Journal of Business Ethics (Kluwer Academic) The Rand Journal (The Rand Corporation)