The FT’s 2025 ranking of the top schools for financial education, alongside deep dives into key issues: finance grads target jobs outside banking roles, how to fix carbon reporting, arts school students embrace entrepreneurship, and why business schools are redesigning their curriculums
How the league table of finance degrees was compiled
ESCP of France tops the Financial Times’ 2025 table of pre-professional finance masters programmes
As political resistance and market demands reshape the landscape, business schools are recalibrating curricula to focus on material risk, regulation and financial performance
Business schools are redesigning their curricula to produce graduates who interpret machine learning models, and make critical decisions in data-rich environments
A new approach based on widely accepted accounting principles can accurately measure emissions across even the most complex supply chain
In an era of disruption, finance students are being taught how to think flexibly, adapt swiftly and manage ambiguity as a core career skill
Post‑pandemic, the performing arts school is embracing entrepreneurship — and a drive towards full tuition‑free access
Buyout firms move early as investment banking hiring slows and masters in finance students look beyond traditional roles
Learn how this year’s table was compiled
Alumni earn $98,000 three years after course completion, latest FT data show
US institution tops global assessment that takes account of measures including the quality of academic research
Financial scandals have led to a demand for ethics to be prioritised in accountancy courses
Financial capitals keep their appeal for study despite students staying closer to home
Environmental topics are moving from fringe to mainstream
French business schools have dominated the top five places for this ranking in recent years
Past crises offer lessons on navigating chaotic times, a professor’s research shows
Business schools are racing to keep up with demand from neobanks and other technology-driven market disrupters
How the rankings were compiled
Employers are setting up ‘academies’ to develop a talent pool
Business schools are facing more competition in financial training
The UK capital’s universities supply skilled graduates for the financial services industry but Brexit has changed the market
Divestment is not the only way — assertive owners such as pension funds can make a real difference
ACCA and other training organisations shift offerings to meet demand
