CATÓLICA-LISBON, present in the Financial Times rankings for the 17th consecutive year, has once again seen its commitment to excellence and innovation in executive education recognized by being considered the 23rd best school in the world and the 15th best in Europe (averages of the last 3 years) in executive education programs for companies, according to the Financial Times Executive Education Ranking 2024. Considering only the results for 2024, the school is in the TOP 30 worldwide.

In open programs, CATÓLICA-LISBON is the 42nd best School worldwide and 27th best in Europe, standing out for its leadership in Portugal in key criteria such as the quality and design of the programs and the level of student learning, as well as being the school that has grown the most this year.

According to Filipe Santos, Dean of CATÓLICA-LISBON, “these consistent results of world leadership in executive education are the result of our strong commitment to the talent of our teachers, pedagogical innovation, and adaptation to the needs of companies, launching new programs in emerging areas such as sustainability, artificial intelligence, innovation, and longevity. This path and growing recognition make us responsible for increasingly serving the educational needs of the professionals of the future, accelerating their careers, and creating value for companies.”

For Céline Abecassis-Moedas, Dean for Executive Education, “it is thanks to our strong connections with companies that we are able to anticipate their needs and expectations for the future. Executives and companies highly value the learning experience they have with us and, in particular, the design of our programs and the tools acquired, criteria for which we are the highest ranked school in Portugal.”

Céline Abecassis-Moedas also emphasizes that “the fact that we were the Portuguese school with the highest business growth in open admission programs leaves us with an added responsibility to answer even better to customer needs and market trends and demands, with innovative and targeted learning methods for an increasingly digital world, in which leadership skills are essential.”

The Financial Times Executive Education Ranking 2024 analyses business schools worldwide to identify the 80 best schools in open programs and the 90 best in customized programs.