Where MBAs Want to Work
Each year, Universum Global surveys business students from around the world to compile a list of most desirable employers. This year’s list includes companies from every corner of the globe, and spans a large number of industries. Tech and finance are well-represented among the top 50, but so are consumer goods and even retail.
Students are provided with a list of over 3000 companies, and then asked to select which companies they would consider working for. They’re also asked to select their top 5 ideal employers.
Tech powerhouse Google took the top spot for the 4th year running. PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young came in second and third respectively. There were also some newcomers on the 2015 list, including luxury goods conglomerate LVMH (#34) and accounting/consulting firm Grant Thornton (#37).
Of all of the companies on this year’s list, Barclays made the biggest jump (from #35 to #27) while Volkswagon had the biggest fall (from #23 to #36).
Here are the top 50 most desirable employers according to their survey:
| 2015 Rank | Company | Change from 2014 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) | +1 |
| 3 | EY (Ernst & Young) | -1 |
| 4 | Goldman Sachs | +4 |
| 5 | KPMG | -1 |
| 6 | Deloitte | -1 |
| 7 | Apple | +2 |
| 8 | Microsoft | -2 |
| 9 | J.P. Morgan | +1 |
| 10 | Procter & Gamble (P&G) | -3 |
| 11 | L’Oral Group | +1 |
| 12 | McKinsey & Company | -1 |
| 13 | The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) | 0 |
| 14 | Morgan Stanley | +1 |
| 15 | BMW Group | -1 |
| 16 | Sony | 0 |
| 17 | Unilever | 4 |
| 18 | Nestl | +2 |
| 19 | Bank of America Merrill Lynch | -2 |
| 20 | The Coca-Cola Company | +4 |
| 21 | IBM | +1 |
| 22 | Johnson & Johnson | +1 |
| 23 | Deutsche Bank | -5 |
| 24 | Adidas Group | +3 |
| 25 | Bain & Company | 0 |
| 26 | IKEA | +4 |
| 27 | Barclays | +8 |
| 28 | Citi | -2 |
| 29 | HSBC | 0 |
| 30 | PepsiCo | +1 |
| 31 | Credit Suisse | +1 |
| 32 | Daimler/Mercedes-Benz | +5 |
| 33 | Accenture | -5 |
| 34 | LVMH | - |
| 35 | GE | -2 |
| 36 | Volkswagen Group | -13 |
| 37 | Grant Thornton | - |
| 38 | Heineken | -2 |
| 39 | Ford Motor Company | +5 |
| 40 | UBS | 0 |
| 41 | Intel | -3 |
| 42 | Shell | -3 |
| 43 | AB InBev | 0 |
| 44 | ExxonMobil | -3 |
| 45 | General Motors | - |
| 46 | 3M | -1 |
| 47 | Dell | -5 |
| 48 | Toyota | -1 |
| 49 | Siemens | -3 |
| 50 | Samsung | - |