Institutional development · Rankings, reputation and performance · Netherlands
Maastricht business school takes first place among 173 in Corporate Knights MBA table
Maastricht University's School of Business and Economics has come top of Corporate Knights' 2026 Better World MBA Ranking, a table that scores programmes on sustainability teaching and graduate impact.
Why it matters: MBA students and applicants at Maastricht University's School of Business and Economics now have a first-place result among 173 programmes in a sustainability-focused table.
Maastricht University reported that its School of Business and Economics came first globally in the 2026 edition of Corporate Knights' Better World MBA Ranking, which covered 173 programmes.
The university describes Corporate Knights as a B Corp based in Toronto that publishes the table every year, scoring schools with numerical indicators built from public and school-provided data open to independent checking.
For 2026, the assessment looked at two areas: how far sustainable development appears in compulsory MBA teaching, and what contribution graduates make once working in organisations.
The university credited the result to its students, alumni, faculty and wider staff at the school.
Editor’s view
Sarah Williamson, Teaching, Digital and AI Editor
Current and prospective MBA students at Maastricht's business school are the parties most directly affected: the school's top position across 173 programmes rests on how sustainability features in required courses and on what its graduates go on to do.
