University of Manitoba Top Rankings

Founded in 1877, The University of Manitoba is the largest university in the province of Manitoba, Canada. It offers the largest selection of degree programs, professional and graduate programs.

University of Manitoba Asper School of Business is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). The Asper MBA program offers concentrations in Finance, Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, Health Administration, and General Management.

Some of the University of Manitoba's notable alumni include: William Moore Benidickson (former MP, federal cabinet minister and senator), Richard Spink Bowles (former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor), Brian Dickson (former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada), David Kilgour (former Minister of Transport), Mitchell Sharp (former Liberal Minister of Finance), etc.

Rankings:

- According to the Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings, it is placed 304th in 2007, 307th in 2008 and 389th in 2009.

- Placed in the range 201-302nd internationally in the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2009.

- Placed among the world's top 300 institutions for the following subjects: Arts & Humanities (279th), Life Sciences & Biomedicine (292nd) in THE-QS Rankings 2009.

- 16th in Canada and 231st in the world (Webometrics Ranking of World universities, July 2009).

- Ranked 89th globally, and tied for 5th in Canada, in the study of 377 universities that looked at a single indicator: the number of graduates who are CEOs of the world's biggest companies, as listed by Fortune magazine in 2008, according to a global study by the Ecole des Mines de Paris.

- 2nd nationally among the Best Canadian MBA Programs based on a measure of 'payback' (Infozee.com Circa 2004).

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