Sabancı University Executive Development Unit (EDU) has climbed a total of 44 places since 2018 to rank 34th in the Financial Times' 2024 World Rankings for Custom Programs, which is announced every year in the field of executive education. EDU, which continues to lead in its field in Turkey, continues to contribute to the business world with its programs designed with innovative learning tools by following global developments.
The only institution from Turkey on the list is EDU!
Sabancı University President Prof. Dr. Yusuf Leblebici said, “We are very proud that Sabancı University Executive Development Unit EDU has achieved the 34th place in the 2024 Custom Programs world rankings in the field of executive training announced by the Financial Times every year. The fact that we are the only institution from Turkey on this list increases the value of this achievement even more. EDU, which first entered the Financial Times world rankings in 2018 at 78th place, has continued its rise every year for the past 6 years, ranking 55th in 2022, 36th in 2023, and now 34th according to the 2024 ranking results. At Sabancı University, we established our EDU unit in 2002 in line with our goal of becoming a global university, in order to close the gap in the application of practical and theoretical knowledge in executive education, by taking into account the latest developments in the world and combining it with local values. This success, which is an indicator of the worldwide appreciation and registration of our leadership in the field of executive development programs, is the result of our long-term, determined, and scientific studies at Sabancı University to meet the needs of the business world. We will continue to represent our country and university in the best way possible in the world with the aim of taking this success to even higher levels.”
Sabancı University, EDU Director Gonca Börekçi Baybaş said the following about EDU's now traditional success:
“We are proud to leave behind important and well-established universities in the world in our sixth year in the rankings. Our rise continues in all important criteria such as program design suitable for the needs of customers, balance between academic knowledge and business practice, up-to-dateness of the methods and tools used, providing new skills and perspectives, value created for the institution, and customers' preference for the same institution again in the future.”
Sabancı University, EDU has been supporting the development of institutions in the Turkish business world for 22 years, and continues to design and offer programs with approaches that make a difference.
This year, 90 institutions from around the world were included in the Financial Times Executive Education Custom Programs 2024 ranking. You can access detailed information about the list at Executive Education Custom 2024 - Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com.