Since the last changes in the procedure from Nov 2006, points are scored on the following five main criteria:

• Qualifications
• Previous earnings
• Age (on an expanded sliding scale)
• Bonus points for having studied or worked in the UK
• MBA provision

You need to score 75 points or more to qualify as a highly Skilled Migration. If you want to check your score please click here
Additional requirements not gaining points have to be met too so that you abide by the HSMP, such as:

• Proficiency in English;
• Proof of your will to continue working in the chosen field;
• Proof that you can support yourself without using UK public funds;
• Proof of your intention to make UK your main home;
• Evidence you have either never been made bankrupt or are considered to be a discharged bankrupt;

MBA provision and HSMP

In 2004 was announced and launched a new provision for graduates of 50 top business schools to work in the UK for up to twelve months upon completing their MBAs. The MBA provision now is a part of the Highly Skilled Migration Programme. The HSMP is designed to attract highly skilled people to the UK to seek and take work. The MBA provision within this aims to raise the quality of management of the UK companies by attracting highly qualified and talented managers to the UK as the Masters in Business Administration remains one of the most recognized and respected management qualifications.

The current list with the 50 top business schools.

UK
Ashridge
Bradford School of Management/Nimbas
City University: Cass
Cranfield School of Management
London Business School
Manchester Business School
University of Cambridge: Judge
University of Oxford: Said
University of Strathclyde
Warwick Business School

USA
Babson College: Olin
Boston University School of Management
Carnegie Mellon Univerity
Colombia Business School
Cornell University: Johnson
Dartmouth College: Tuck
Duke University: Fuqua
Emory University: Goizueta
Gerorgetown University: McDonough
Harvard Business School
MIT: Sloan
New York University: Stern
North Western: Kellogg
Rice University: Jones
Stanford University
UC Berkeley: Haas
UCLA: Anderson
University of Chicago
University of Maryland: Smith
University of Michigan
University of North Carolina: Keenan-Flagler
University of Pennsylvania: Wharton
University of Rochester: Simon
University of Southern California: Marshall
University of Virginia: Darden
Vanderbilt University: Owen
Yale’s School of Management

Australia
Australian Graduate School of Management
Melbourne Business School

Canada
University of Toronto: Rothman
University of Western Ontario: Ivey

Ireland
University College Dublin

Germany
Bradford School of Management/Nimbas

China
Ceibs

Italy
SDA Bocconi

Switzerland
IMD

France
Insead

Singapore
Insead

Spain
Iese Business School
Instituto de Empresa

Netherlands
Bradford School of Management/Nimbas
Rotterdam School of Management
Universiteit Nyenrode

Note that this list is being reviewed and re-published annually by the HM Treasury. Successful applicants will be awarded 75 points for their eligible MBA. You must prove that you have fully completed an eligible MBA programme. You still need to meet the remaining requirements of HSMP.

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