Warsaw University of Economics, founded in 1906, is Poland's oldest and largest School of Economics, and has a rich historical memory accumulated over time. The courses it offers are the leading indicators, not only for schools within Europe, but also worldwide. In UK’s Financial Times’ 2008 Masters in Management ranking for Europe, Warsaw was highly ranked at No. 24 (http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/masters-in-management). The school’s academic strength built over the years, has drawn partnerships with over 200 higher education institutions worldwide. In addition, Warsaw is an active member of CEMS (M.Sc. in International Management), a strategic alliance of leading business schools and multinational companies, as well as LLP Erasmus, an European community program for higher education.

Having a high-quality standard of education and research in areas of economic and business administration, the school is the first choice for students seeking a business profession. Founded in 1936, the school has cultivated a large number of outstanding graduates, whom are assuming important positions in the business and public communities. In 2005, the school was awarded by Financial Times’ as one of the 20 best European schools for Master of management programs, No. 1 for economic programs, and No. 4 for financial programs. The 2004 Nobel Prize winner in Economics was a graduate of the school.

Known as Italy’s Harvard, Università Commerciale L. Bocconi, was founded in 1902, and is the most reputable private university in Italy. It is the nation’s first institute of higher education that conducts studies in economics, and is one of the most important universities in the world, for its fields in law and business administration. Currently, it is recognized as Italy’s top university in economic and business studies. In the most recent Executive Education Ranking 2008, published by Financial Times, the school was highly placed at No. 18 worldwide (http://rankings.ft.com/executive-education---open). And its SDA college, with constant advances in worldwide rankings, was awarded No. 48 in Financial Times’ Full-time Global MBA Ranking 2008 (http://www.ft.com/businesseducation/globalmba2008). Bocconi finds great importance in promoting its school internationally, partnering with more than 200 sister schools around the world. Recently, due to the rise of emerging markets in Asia, the school recognizes the growing importance of maintaining relationships with esteemed schools in Asia. Therefore, it has formed partnerships with 26 Asian schools, and offers exchange programs and dual degree programs with its sister schools in China; Bocconi is a very active university in the Asia region.

Located in Budapest, Corvinus University of Budapest evolved from the Faculty of Economics of the Royal Hungarian University which was established in 1857. The school is characterized by its programs in economics and management. Some of the university’s buildings have become UNESCO historical heritage sites. Based in its fine tradition, the university has been continuously striving to becoming a world-class professional business school. In addition to Hungarian, many subjects are taught in German and English attracting outstanding professors and students from around the world. It was also ranked 44th in Financial Times Masters in Management in 2009.

University of Mannheim was founded with its business school in 1907. It is the most representative business school in Germany because of its century long of culture and tradition, its rich experience in running a school, as well as its recent years of commitment in the internationalization of business education. Not only was the school highly placed at No. 10 in the Masters in Management Ranking 2008 by Financial Times, but it was also accredited by the high standards of the American AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business ) and the European EQUIS (the European Quality Improvement System), rendering it the top business school in the European region. The university currently has 200 exchange programs with prestigious universities around the world, and each year, over 300 exchange students come to Mannheim to study. Nearby the school is the Center for European Economic Research (ZEW), fostering an international learning environment and enabling a global perspective for its students.

Established in 1971, the EBS Business School was formally part of the EBS that consisted of four European Business Schools in England, Spain, France, and Ireland. The current EBS in Germany has seperated from the network and it is the first private university acknowledged by the German government. Since its establishment, the university boasts its elite business school and aims to cultivate new-generation business leaders in Germany, accentuating student entrepreneurship, advanced thinking and social awareness. Currently EBS has 150 partner schools around the globe and maintains partnerships with 200 well-known corporations. MBA courses are taught in 9 languages in the pursuit of accustoming students to the globalized business world.

HHL-Leipzig Graduate School of Management was founded in 1898, as Germany's first business school at a university-level, and one of nations’ best business schools. The university has considerable international ambitions, as well as a strong belief in a more stringent business education standard. The “common philosophy” since the founding of the university, is still being implemented. Apart from academic education, the school also stresses the importance of personal characteristics development, in particularly, the school encourages originality, as well as thinking and acting responsibly. The school’s, MBA program focuses on cultivating outstanding international management talents, with its courses all taught in English, and fostering a daily environment for international management learning.

Founded in the 1388, University of Cologne is fourth university with the longest history in the German-speaking region. The school has long been concentrating in research and development, and enjoys a good reputation in particularly for its business education and research, and thereby taken on a number of research projects from the German Research Foundation and the European Union. In the area of industry-academia collaboration, over 250 institutions provided the school with resources for research, which promoted the development of the interdisciplinary research center, and supported the partnerships with international universities and businesses. In addition, the school has exerted great efforts in the internationalization development; apart from establishing sister schools worldwide, the school has also collaborated with Finland’s best business school, Helsinki School of Economic, and the Louvain School of Management, Universite catholique de Louvain in Belgium, in offering cross-university dual degree programs.

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management is the #1 German Business School for degree programs. Accredited by EQUIS, AACSB, and FIBAA, WHU offers academic programs as well as education for executives, following four core values with courage and commitment: community, cosmopoliteness, entrepreneurship, and excellence. 

Grenoble Ecole de Management was founded in 1984 by the Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Grenoble. Since its establishment Grenoble Ecole de Management has been dedicated to higher education in business and management in France, featuring its unique programs in management of technology and intercultural management. Grenoble Ecole de Management also highlights the value of each student to serve in global enterprises. Furthermore, the school is of one of few business schools in the world that has acquired AACSB, AMBA, and EQUIS international accreditations. Grenoble Ecole de Management was also ranked 5th globally by the Financial Times Masters in Management in 2010.