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Positive Impact Rating 2025 Edition
Launch of the 2025 Positive Impact Rating at the PRME Global Forum in New York
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We're thrilled to announce that the 2025 Positive Impact Rating (PIR) was unveiled on June 10, 2025, as part of the PRME Global Forum in New York. The one week event was part of the Responsible Management Education Week (RME) at Cornell Tech, jointly organized by PRME, AACSB and RRBM. It brought together business schools and their stakeholders from around the world.
Please find the PIR Launch Presentation as well as the 2025 Deep Change Case Studies in the full 2025 PIR Report (pages 33-41).
PIR Global Summit 2025 online as well as in person
Prior to the PIR Launch, the PIR Global Summit 2025 took place online as well as in person at the PRME Global Forum. It covered two topics: (1) How to best use PIR results in reporting on societal impact to PRME, AACSB and EQUIS; (2) What are effective ways to improve the societal impact of a business school across the institution, education, local engagement and research. An impressive high – level panel included Deans and Directors from truly engaged PIR schools: BI, Norway; CENTRUM PUCP, Peru; Sasin School of Management, Thailand; IESEG, France; and Sydney University Business School and was moderated by Danette Kenne, from Drake University, USA. The lively discussion showed impressive ways how the member schools are using PIR results to manage their positive impact and how to move their schools forward.
PRME Global Forum 2025
The schools were ranked according to five levels, with 5 being the top level and 1 the lowest:
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Level 1 * Beginning efforts at schools that are either getting started or are considering to get started or have difficulties getting off the ground despite a stated commitment or vision
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Level 2 ** Emerging schools starting to translate a stated commitment to positive action in one or more domains
Level 3 *** Progressing schools demonstrating evidence of results across some impact dimensions
Level 4 **** Transforming schools with a positive impact culture, embedded in governance and systems, with visible results progress in many impact dimensions
Level 5 ***** Pioneering schools with unique, sustaining global leadership progress in all impact dimensions
After much analysis, we opted for a minimum number of 100 valid student responses per school. We deliberately refrain from disclosing the distinction between low-rated schools and those with an insufficient number of responses.
Starting this year, not only students but also faculty members have had the opportunity to evaluate their schools, further enriching the perspective offered by the rating.
The Top Rated Schools of 2025
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Level 5 ***** Pioneering
• CENTRUM PUCP Business School, Peru
• HKUST Business School, China
• IIM Bangalore, India
• IIM Indore, India
• INCAE Business School, Costa Rica
• IPADE Business School, Mexico
• POLIMI School of Management, Italy
• S P Jain Institute of Management & Research, India
• Universal AI Business School, India
• Woxsen University School of Business, India
• XLRI Xavier School of Management, India
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Level 4 **** Transforming
• Audencia Business School, France
• Bologna Business School, Italy
• BSB Burgundy School of Business, France
• Colorado State University College of Business, USA
• CUNEF University, Spain
• Deusto Business School - University of Deusto, Spain
• Drake University Zimpleman College of Business, USA
• EADA Business School, Spain
• EAE Business School, Spain
• ESADE Business School, Spain
• Excelia Business School, France
• Fordham University Gabelli School of Business, USA
• Fortune Institute of Intn. Business, India
• GIBS Business School, University of Pretoria, South Africa
• HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Germany
• IESEG School of Management, France
• IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, Austria
• Imperial College Business School, UK
• Iscte Business School, Portugal
• ISEG Lisbon School of Economics & Management, Portugal
• John Molson School of Business Concordia University, Canada
• Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Finland
• Ketner School of Business Catawba College, USA
• Kozminski University, Poland
• Lang School of Business & Economics University of Guelph, Canada
• Leeds University Business School, UK
• Maastricht University School of Business and Economics (SBE), Netherlands
• Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, UK
• MCI - Management Center Innsbruck, Austria
• Nottingham University Business School, UK
• OBS Business School, Spain
• Qatar University College of Business and Economics, Qatar
• Rennes School of Business, France
• Rome Business School, Italy
• Sasin School of Management, Thailand
• SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
• Sobey School of Business, Canada
• Strathmore University Business School, Kenya
• The Haub School of Business Saint Joseph's University, USA
• The University of Sydney Bus. School, Australia
• University of Buffalo School of Management, USA
• University of Exeter Business School, UK
• University of Porto School of Economics and Management, Portugal
• University of Vermont Grossman School of Business, USA
• UPF Barcelona School of Management, Spain
• Wits Business School, South Africa
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Level 3 ***** Progressing
• Adam Smith Business School University of Glasgow, UK
• Berlin School of Business and Innovation (BSBI), Germany
• Bern University of Applied Sciences, Business School, Switzerland
• BI Norwegian Business School, Norway
• EDHEC Business School, France
• EM Lyon Business School, France
• FHNW School of Business, Switzerland
• HEC Montréal, Canada
• I.H. Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, Canada
• ICHEC Brussels Management School, Belgium
• IIM Visakhapatnam, India
• K J Somaiya Institute of Management, India
• KEDGE Business School, France
• King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Economics and Administration, Saudi Arabia
• Loughborough Business School, UK
• Miller College of Business, Ball State University Miller College of Business, USA
• Montpellier Business School, France
• Odette School of Business, University of Windsor, Canada
• Robert Morris University Rockwell Schol of Business, USA
• School of Business Economics and Law University of Gothenburg, Sweden
• Silberman College of Business, FDU, USA
• Sprott School of Business Carleton University, Canada
• Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina
• University of Economics and Human Sciences Warsaw, Poland
• University of Namur, Belgium
• University of Rhode Island College of Business, USA
• University of Salford Business School, UK
• University of San Francisco School of Management, USA
• ZHAW School of Management and Law, Switzerland