Ljubljana School of Economics places in Financial Times top 30

The University of Ljubljana's international IMB master's program has entered the Financial Times' global top 30, ranking 29th in the 2026 Masters in Management list. It climbed 15 places from last year and 41 places over two years.

The program also ranked fourth for “Value for Money” and fourth for graduates' career progress. Ninety-four percent of graduates find employment within three months of completing their studies, while graduates rated the achievement of the goals they set when enrolling at 87 percent. IMB ranked 30th for career support and 44th for the strength of its alumni network.

The Financial Times publishes a list of the world's 100 best programs. Its ranking uses the newspaper's methodology, data supplied by schools and a survey of graduates three years after they finish their studies. IMB has appeared for nine consecutive years, after first entering the ranking in 2018, and is the only program from the wider Southeast European region included on the list.

The program's 29th cohort took part in this year's assessment. The faculty highlights IMB's systematic link between theory and practice as a defining feature. Students work with companies on real business challenges, alongside global companies, leading multinationals and established and innovative Slovenian firms.

That contact with the business world forms part of the curriculum. Students can test their knowledge in the environment where they expect to work and build professional networks during their studies. The program also offers individual mentoring, career counseling and work in small groups with Slovenian and international professors.

Faculty dean Tomaž Turk called the result the program's best in history and one of the faculty's most prominent international achievements. He emphasized the two fourth-place rankings, saying they showed the value graduates receive for their time and money and the doors the program opens to demanding careers.

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Ranking among the 30 best programs in the world is the best result in the history of the IMB program and one of the most prominent international achievements of our faculty.