[SINGAPORE] The National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School retained its place as the top-ranked business school in Asia-Pacific, said higher education analytics firm Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) on Wednesday (Apr 29).
This was according to the 2026 edition of the QS Executive MBA (EMBA) Rankings, which ranked 215 EMBA programmes across 55 countries and territories. QS also ranked 31 joint EMBA programmes in a separate list.
A total of 35 business schools from 14 Apac countries featured in this year’s list. Of these, four improved in rank, 15 declined, seven maintained their positions from last year, and nine debuted on the list.
Across Apac, business schools from Mainland China were the most represented, as eight schools from the country ranked on the list. This is followed by India with seven ranked schools, Australia with four and Singapore with three.
The Apac top 10
NUS Business School, which ranked 14th globally, is one of three Singapore universities among Apac’s top 10 business schools.
Nanyang Technological University’s (NTU) Nanyang Business School dropped 11 places to 35th in the global list, and was overtaken by the Melbourne Business School (ranked 29th) as the second-best business school in Apac.
