The Financial Times ranked Helsinki School of Economics as the top 42 Business School in 2009. In Europe, Helsinki School of Economics is the top 17 Business School ranked by Financial Times.

The Executive Education Ranking is published by the Financial Times every spring and is highly regarded in the management education field.

Financial Times publishes a list of the top Executive MBA program in the world. HSE Executive MBA program was successful particularly in the category of International Course Experience being placed number 31. In the overall ranking program was placed number 67.

HSE Executive Education has been placed consistently as number one in Finland for the Taloustutkimus corporate image survey. In the survey, company's decision makers gave evaluations on companies that provide business management education in the Helsinki region. The interviews were made typically in the August - October period.

HSE Executive Education's most explicit strengths were in the two top features for the interviewees: the quality of the products and services (the most important feature) and the staff expertise (second most important).

Talouselämä publishes the biennal Corporate Image Survey on education organizations. HSE Executive Education was ranked consistently as the best education organization in Finland. Respondents valued especially HSE Executive Education’s instructors.