QS World University Rankings: Employers give Frankfurt School top ratings

The QS World University Rankings 2026, published today, once again confirm: Frankfurt School of Finance & Management’s degree programmes rank among the international top tier of business schools. Three Master’s programmes as well as the MBA and EMBA received top ratings – with the business school performing particularly well in the Employability category. Compared to the previous year, Frankfurt School maintained its very good rankings in a German comparison. 

Frankfurt School’s full-time MBA ranks first in Germany in the QS Global MBA Ranking 2026. Worldwide, it comes in at 40th out of 390 programmes assessed. The MBA achieved especially strong results in the categories Employability, Value for Money and International Student Ratio.

Alongside the MBA, Frankfurt School’s other programmes included in the QS Rankings again performed very well – the Master of Finance, the Master in Management, and the Master in Applied Data Science. All three are among the best in Germany.

Globally, the Master of Finance is ranked 47th out of 248 programmes (Europe: 47, Germany: 2). The Master in Management also ranks 47th worldwide out of 235 programmes (Europe: 47, Germany: 4). Both programmes thus place in the global Top 50. The QS Ranking 2026 for the Master in Business Analytics lists the Frankfurt School’s Master in Applied Data Science – as in the previous year – among the world’s top 51–60 out of 201 programmes (Europe: 51-60, Germany: 2). The assessed Master’s programmes scored particularly well in the key categories Employability and Value for Money.

The QS Executive MBA Ranking 2025, published back in April, places Frankfurt School’s EMBA 55th worldwide out of 231 programmes. Within Europe, the EMBA ranks 22nd, and 2nd in Germany. It achieved particularly strong results in the categories Diversity and Employer Reputation.

“The outstanding positions of our degree programmes in the QS Rankings demonstrate how strongly academic excellence and practical relevance are intertwined at Frankfurt School. We are particularly proud of the rating of our programmes in the Employability category – a clear signal that our graduates are in high demand internationally.”
Vera Hübner, Chief Marketing / Chief Sales Officer, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

The annual QS World University Rankings evaluate the criteria Employability, Value for Money, Thought Leadership, Diversity, and Alumni Outcomes, and are based on surveys of employers and universities worldwide. Overall, responses from around 36,000 company employees and 39,500 university representatives were included in the results.