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Nova SBE is the Portuguese leader in the Best Masters worldwide ranking

Nova SBE is the Portuguese leader in the Best Masters worldwide ranking. The evaluation is based on career prospects and salary level, reputation of the programs and student satisfaction.

Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE) is the Portuguese leader in the Best Masters worldwide ranking elaborated by EDUNIVERSAL, the international rating agency for higher education.

In the Best Masters ranking 2012/2013, besides achieving the first place in Portugal for 11 of its masters programs and masters’ specializations, Nova SBE obtained excellent results that place its programs, once again,among the best in Europe:

  • Masters in Economics - 1st in Portugal, 20th in Europe
  • Masters in Finance -1st in Portugal, 24th in Europe
  • Masters in Management - 1st in Portugal, 28th in Europe
  • Masters in International Management (CEMS MIM) - 1st in Portugal, 26th in Europe
  • Executive MBA (The Lisbon MBA) - 1st in Portugal, 45th in Europe
  • Accounting and Financial Reporting - 1st in Portugal, 14th in Europe
  • Human Resources - 1st in Portugal, 15th in Europe
  • Marketing - 1st in Portugal, 29th in Europe
  • Applied Policy Analysis - 1st in Portugal, 27th in Europe

Nova SBE has also shown outstanding results - at global level - in two innovative specializations of its masters programs, that meet the current needs of the labor market and common concerns involving sustainable development and the future of the next generations:

  • Globalization and Development - 1st in Portugal, 25th place worldwide
  • Innovation and Entrepreneurship - 1st in Portugal, 19th place worldwide


The global Masters ranking of Eduniversal results of an evaluation conducted near Human Resources professionals, 1000 business schools of the official Eduniversal selection and students of these schools. The evaluation is based on three criteria: career prospects and salary level of the first employment after graduation, the reputation of the Masters and student satisfaction.

Nova SBE had already been recognized this year and for the fifth consecutive year, as the best Portuguese school in the international ranking of Eduniversal thus conquering the "4 palms" that correspond to "Top Business School".

"This recognition confirms the brilliant work we have been doing. This year has been remarkable for Nova SBE, the school was confirmed as the best business school in Portugal and reached by its own merit a prominent place in the international charts. In the new year that is about to begin, these results allow Nova SBE to have an increased ambition and do even better, "says Professor José Ferreira Machado, Dean of Nova SBE.