Henley Business School in world top 25 - Financial Times Executive Education rankings

Henley Business School continues to be ranked amongst the world top 25 business schools this year in this year’s Financial Times Executive Education custom rankings, maintaining a UK top 10 position for both our open and custom programmes.

Developed to empower learners to increase their personal impact and organisational performance, our open-enrolment programmes also maintained their leading position in 2026, ranking 6th in the UK, 27th in Europe and in the world’s top 40 for the sixth consecutive year.

Programme design

Henley performed strongly across several key dimensions of programme quality, reflecting the impact and relevance of its executive education offering. We placed 6th in the UK for new skills and learning in custom programmes and 3rd for open programmes, and 6th in the UK for programme design in our custom provision. For teaching methods and materials, we ranked 5th in the UK for custom programmes and 6th for open programmes, highlighting the consistency and quality of the learning experience across our portfolio.

A global business perspective

With campuses in South Africa and the Nordics, clients valued Henley’s customised programmes for their international reach and quality of our teaching faculty:

• 3rd in the world for international clients

• 17th in the world for overseas programmes

• 24th in the world quality of the teaching faculty

World leading in diversity

We are world-leading for faculty diversity, ranked 1st across the board for both our custom and open programmes. This commitment to equity is also seen in the make-up of our programme cohorts, with a high gender diversity among participants in our open programmes (9th in the world).

Karis Burton, Head of Corporate Development at Henley Business School, said:

"These results reflect the strength of Henley’s long-standing reputation for executive education and the deep partnerships we continue to build with organisations globally. In a rapidly evolving market, we remain focused on delivering high-quality learning experiences that create meaningful organisational impact.

As workforce and leadership needs continue to change, particularly around AI and transformation, our Educational Partner Model continues to strengthen how we co-create flexible, strategically aligned development solutions with employers.”

The annual Financial Times ranking is a worldwide league table of executive education programmes and is a highly regarded indicator of quality. 90 schools from around the world were ranked by the FT for open programmes in 2026 and 100 schools for custom programmes, with clients’ scores determining 80% of the total ranking.