The Financial Times ranking of executive MBA programmes for 2010 marks the 10th anniversary of the classification. The rise of this year’s top three courses, none of which featured in the inaugural table in 2001, is testament to the rapid growth and diversification within the EMBA market over the past decade.

Co-operation is the common theme among the first three. Third place is occupied by the Trium programme, a joint offering from HEC Paris, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and the Stern School of Business at New York University. Trium participants complete six study modules, moving between the three campuses, in addition to time spent in two emerging-market countries.

The partnership between Columbia and London Business School is at number two. The structure of this EMBA programme is similar to that of the Trium degree, with participants alternating between the two campuses throughout the course. It also offers electives, assignments and seminars in other locations, including Shanghai and Hong Kong.