The biggest growth has come from India and the United States.
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 5:08 am
A study released last year by the Graduate Management Admission Council, which administers the GMAT (the test required for admission to most top graduate business schools worldwide), found that the proportion of test scores sent by internationally mobile students to programs in the United States has fallen steadily from 75% in 2000 to 42% currently.
Like Copenhagen, enrollment at Madrid’s Instituto de Empresa (IE) business school shows that 90% of students are now coming from outside Spain, and the biggest growth is coming from Asia. This is also the case at HEC Paris, where just 10 years brother cell phone list ago the majority of MBA students were French; today, international students from 50 different countries make up 80% of the MBA program.
The global focus attracts students to Europe. There is a feeling among prospective students that US programs, even if they claim to be international, are devoid of variety compared to some European programs. In addition, the idea of spending a year in Copenhagen, Paris, London or Madrid is very appealing to many prospective students.
Students are also interested in the stable job market in the United States as well as the events of September 11, 2001.
Like Copenhagen, enrollment at Madrid’s Instituto de Empresa (IE) business school shows that 90% of students are now coming from outside Spain, and the biggest growth is coming from Asia. This is also the case at HEC Paris, where just 10 years brother cell phone list ago the majority of MBA students were French; today, international students from 50 different countries make up 80% of the MBA program.
The global focus attracts students to Europe. There is a feeling among prospective students that US programs, even if they claim to be international, are devoid of variety compared to some European programs. In addition, the idea of spending a year in Copenhagen, Paris, London or Madrid is very appealing to many prospective students.
Students are also interested in the stable job market in the United States as well as the events of September 11, 2001.