
Our Members
“Our working groups and task forces have worked collaboratively to produce valuable outputs that are driving the Alliance forward. One of our key achievements this year has been advancing the establishment of FOME as a legal entity in Belgium, a major milestone for the Alliance. We are also making strides in expanding our membership to include prestigious institutions that will further enhance our global reach.”
FOME Alliance Chair, Prof. Steve Muylle, Vlerick Business School
Current FOME Alliance Chair Institution
Vlerick Business School
Vlerick Business School is a place where entrepreneurial dreams are born and game-changing ideas become reality. Since 1953, we have been a force for positive change in society, through teaching, research, and the impact our students have in the world. Vlerick is triple accredited and we are consistently ranked in the Financial Times’ top 20 European business schools. Our Online MBA ranks number 12th in the world. Our customised programmes are amongst the best in Europe and the best in the Benelux. This is because we make robust learning real, practical and enjoyable, and we bring cutting-edge business practice to life in hands-on, thought-provoking ways.
BI Norwegian Business School
BI Norwegian Business School is an independent, not-for-profit foundation and the main provider of research-based knowledge in business and management disciplines in Norway.
With over 20 000 students from 115 different nations in a wide range of full time-, executive- and corporate programs, Financial Times ranks BI as Norway’s best business school for the fifth straight year in a row in its yearly European Business Schools Ranking.
ESMT Berlin
ESMT Berlin is the highest-ranked business school in Germany and Top 10 in Europe. Founded by 25 leading global companies, ESMT offers Master’s, MBA, and PhD programs, as well as executive education on its campus in Berlin, in locations around the world, online, and in online blended format.
Focusing on leadership, innovation, and analytics, its diverse faculty publishes outstanding research in top academic journals. Additionally, the international business school provides an interdisciplinary platform for discourse between politics, business, and academia. ESMT is a non-profit private institution of higher education, accredited by AACSB, AMBA, and EQUIS, and is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion across all its activities and communities.
Imperial College Business School
Imperial College Business School inspires the best minds to become future business leaders. As part of Imperial College London, a global leader in science and technology, we drive business advantage through the fusion of business and technology and an entrepreneurial mindset. Our world-leading research informs our postgraduate and Executive Education programmes and is sought by governments, policy-makers and global business leaders who often partner with us on research projects. We are proud to be part of the FOME alliance which offers member schools with global reach, pooling resources, knowledge, expertise, co-developing new pedagogies and collaborating on programmes.
Luiss
Luiss Business School is the Business and Management School of Luiss Guido Carli University of Rome (Italy). The School supports the growth of its community, whether individual, institutions or corporate, through a unique, smart, flexible, and customisable educational model that focuses on the learner.
Our approach is characterised by an entrepreneurial emphasis combined with problem-solving, creativity and critical thinking, enhancing the importance of sustainability, social impact, and diversity. Programmes are designed to offer an impactful learning experience to foster a “can-do” attitude and nurture students as innovative leaders, able to lead change. With 4 hubs, programmes are delivered in multiple locations: Rome, Milan, Belluno and Amsterdam.
The University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is consistently ranked in the top 35 leading universities globally in teaching and research. The Faculty of Business and Economics offers extensive undergraduate, graduate and research higher degree study options, including an expanding online portfolio.
Our mission is to enable individuals and organisations to be global leaders. Rigour and relevance underpin the work of the Faculty and it is in this spirit that The University of Melbourne values the FOME Alliance. The FOME Alliance enables effective collaboration with leading education peers and for our students to access advanced online business learning platforms.
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Grounded in the Johns Hopkins legacy of excellence and research, Carey Business School shapes business leaders who seize opportunity, inspire change, and create lasting value for society. Carey’s MBA programs, specialized MS degrees, and non-credit executive education courses prepare graduates to “build for what’s next” in the global marketplace.
Through the collective FOME Alliance efforts, we are able to share practices, content, and experiences to benefit our students and faculty. By leveraging FOME and the Insendi platform, our Business of Health programs allow students to explore technology-driven, human-centered solutions to complex global health challenges.
HKUST
HKUST Business School, established in 1991 and located in Hong Kong, is one of the youngest and respected global business schools in Asia. The School has a mission to advance global business knowledge, develop leaders in Asia for the world and contribute to the economic and social advancement of the region.
ESADE
Founded in 1958, Esade is a global academic institution with campuses in Barcelona and Madrid and a presence throughout the world, thanks to collaboration agreements with 185 universities and business schools. Each year, more than 12,000 students participate in its courses. Graduates represent 147 nationalities in more than 100 countries. The Esade Executive Education unit reaffirms that innovation in the learning experience through collaborative environments allows for the enhancement of talent, the development of new skills, and the capacity for impact of leaders and companies. For the second consecutive year, Esade is ranked as the 4th best business school in the world for Executive Education by the Financial Times.
SMU
SMU aspires to generate leading-edge research addressing Asian issues of global relevance as well as to produce broad-based, creative and entrepreneurial leaders for the knowledge-based economy in the region and beyond. SMU is committed to an interactive, participative and technologically enabled learning experience. SMU aims to be the EdTech Hub of Asia, employing blended delivery as a means to attract busy working professionals in Asia who need the additional flexibility of high-quality business education. Our participation in FOME multiplies our reach by opening up research and education partnerships across the world in the virtual and physical environment
EDHEC
EDHEC Business School is a leader in higher education, ranking among the top 10 business institutions in Europe. Founded by French entrepreneurs more than a century ago, EDHEC equips undergraduate, graduate, and executive students with the intellectual, analytical, and technical skills they need to make an impact.
EDHEC’s 2025 Strategic Plan, Impact Future Generations, represents a bold new vision of business education, one that places sustainability, cultural diversity, and social impact at the centre of finance,marketing, and management learning. Offering hybrid degrees that connect engineering, science,and law to business strategy and management, EDHEC gives students the knowledge and experience they need to solve society’s most pressing problems.
Ivey Business School
At the Ivey Business School, we aim to provide students and Executive Education participants with a variety of hard and soft skills that can be applied within their current roles and throughout their careers. Historically, Ivey has been predominantly a case-based classroom, challenging students to apply business concepts to real-world scenarios from day one. Through the FOME Alliance, however, we aim to augment the case class with online learning and digital challenges, requiring students to learn new tools and skills necessary to lead inspiringly, think strategically, and act globally.
RSM
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University is the leading business school in the Netherlands. Founded more than 50 years ago, our mission is to be a force for positive change in the world. We aim to educate leaders who will shape tomorrow’s world, drawing on the insights, the capabilities and the relationships they develop while studying at RSM. We inspire our learners through competency-centred education that will equip them to become responsible leaders for a sustainable digital economy.
“In the wake of a global pandemic, and in need of sustainable business practice, business education needs to reinvent itself. The FOME Alliance is at the vanguard of innovative curriculum design and its technologically enhanced delivery modes. The University of Melbourne will explore and push the boundaries of this exciting global partnership.”
Paul Kofman
Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Melbourne.

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