CATÓLICA-LISBON ranked 27th Business School in the world and 1st in Portugal in Customized Programs for Companies by the Financial Times Executive Education ranking 2022

Consolidating the outstanding results that already characterise it, Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, rose 23 places in the Financial Times Executive Education 2022 ranking, becoming the 27th Business School in the world and 1st in Portugal in Customized Programs for Companies.

According to Filipe Santos, Dean of CATÓLICA-LISBON, "the improvement of 23 places in the world ranking of CATÓLICA-LISBON, ascending to the world TOP 30 in executive education, is an excellent result that results from our strong investment in the talent of our faculty and in pedagogical innovation. Our Executive Training team is to be congratulated for these results, which make us responsible to serve even better the training needs of the professionals of the future, accelerating their careers and creating value for their companies".

Its classification in the Customized Programs for Companies stands out, where CATÓLICA-LISBON is the leader in Portugal, having improved 20 positions and conquered the 19th position worldwide and 12th in Europe, with special emphasis on the analysed criteria of Teaching Methods & Materials and New Skills & Learnings. In the Open Enrolment Programs, the school moved up 28 places, being the 44th best in the world and 25th in Europe.

For Céline Abecassis-Moedas, Director of Executive Training, "it is with great pride that we see CATÓLICA-LISBON's Executive Training ranked as the Portuguese school preferred by companies, to whom we are very grateful for this recognition. It is thanks to the strong connection with our clients that we are able to anticipate their needs and expectations for the future. Companies highly value the personalised experience they have with us and particularly the innovative pedagogical methodologies, which have an impact on the future of their professionals". Céline Abecassis-Moedas also emphasises that "future Executive Training will be even more aligned with the needs of clients and the trends and demands of the market in innovative and increasingly digital formats".

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