School of Business Gazette > June 1, 2003

UW-Madison Executive Education Programs
Ranked Among World's Best

The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business has made the Financial Times' annual list of the world's top executive education providers for the second consecutive year. In its May 19 business education section, the London-based newspaper ranked executive education programs throughout the world. UW-Madison was ranked 17th in the U.S. (34th in the world) in the publication's overall ranking.

For open enrollment programs, UW-Madison was ranked 19th among the top providers in the U.S. and 31st in the world. For custom executive education programs, UW-Madison was ranked 18th among the U.S. schools and 42nd in the world.

Executive education was ranked 8th in the world in the category of food and accommodation for its open enrollment programming.

Ted Beck, associate dean for executive education, said, "Our second year in the rankings confirms the continuing strength of our traditional public programs and the outstanding growth we're experiencing in upper-level and custom programs. We are pleased to be ranked in the top 20 of U.S. schools in all three categories."

UW-Madison Executive Education offers more than 260 public seminars annually in more than 100 program areas, including 10 certificate series in topics such as basic management, mid-management, project management, marketing and operations management. UW-Madison also offers custom programming for a growing list of corporate clients in the United States and abroad. For further information, visit the website or call 1-800/292-8964 or 608/441-7357.