Here we will look at some of the most prestigious business schools that are regularly ranked within the global top 100 by international league tables:

Hult International Business School (US)
- It is ranked among the Financial Times’ Top 100 business schools in 2009. The ranking combines a number of measures including salary increase and career progress.

International University of Japan
- IUJ was the only business school from Japan to make the top 100 in the "Economist's Global Top 100 Business Schools" rankings 2009. Overall it is placed 85th in the world and 8th in the Asia-Pacific Region. It is also rated in the top 20 for the following criteria: 17th in "Jobs found through the career services,", and 20th in "Internationalism of alumni".

NUS Business School (Singapore)
- It is rated as one of the top 100 leading business schools for its Master of Business Administration (MBA) programmes by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), ranked 89th globally in 2009.

Donahue School of Business (US)
- Duquesne/Donahue Graduate Business Program has been placed 18th among the “Global 100” list of business schools by the Aspen Institute.
- It is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB International).

Richard Ivey School of Business (Canada)
- Ivey is ranked 47th of the top 100 business schools and 1st in Canada, according to the Financial Times 11th annual ranking of MBA programs worldwide.

* League Tables of "Top 100 Business Schools":

According to the QS TopMBA Global Recruiters Top 100 Business Schools (January 2008), a total of 23 Asian schools made it to the top 100, with four from India.

According to the UTD Top 100 Worldwide Business School Rankings Based on Research Contributions Between 2004-2008 (All Journals), two Australian schools are included in the list: University of New South Wales - Australian Graduate School of Management (82nd), and Melbourne Business School (93rd). There are 10 Canadian schools include in the list: Sauder School of Business (31st), Rotman School of Management (34th), Richard Ivey School of Business (45th), McGill University (62nd), Schulich School of Business (64th), University of Alberta (67th), Haskayne School of Business (78th), Simon Fraser University Faculty of Business Administration (85th), HEC Montreal (92nd), Queens University School of Business (94th).

According to the QS TopMBA - The Global Top 100 Business Schools 2007 ranking, the Top 5 European Business Schools are INSEAD, London Business School (UK), IMD, IE Business School, and IESE.

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Kelvin Wong Loke Yuen is a top academician with extensive years of teaching experience. He holds an MBA and a Postgraduate Diploma from Heriot-Watt (UK's World-Class University) and a BCom degree from Adelaide (Australia's Group of Eight University), as well as many other internationally recognized certifications. Check out his profile on: LinkedIn

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