NUSNUS Business School rises in Financial Times rankings for Executive MBA programmes to be among world's Top 29
Singapore, October 23,
2006 - NUS Business School has been ranked among the best business schools in the world for its Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) programmes. Its Asia-Pacific Executive MBA programmes in English and Chinese, takes 29th spot in the just-released Financial Times (FT) 2006 EMBA ranking of the Top 85 EMBA programmes, ahead of even some of the well-known business schools from the United States and Europe. It came in 30th in the FT rankings last year.
"I am delighted that NUS Business School's APEX MBA programmes have once again been recognised as being among the best EMBA programmes in the world. This latest accolade underscores our School's efforts in giving executives the best of the East and the West in business education and research, with a special focus on Asia-Pacific.
It is also noteworthy that our APEX MBA is the only Asian programme to make it to FT's Top 85 list. This achievement reinforces our School's positioning as Asia's global business school," says Dean Christopher Earley.
NUS Business School did extremely well in two of the sub-categories -
it came out Top 5 for the categories of 'International Attendees', and 'Top Salaries in IT/ Telecommunications'. In the survey, its 2003 EMBA cohort of 73 students, comprising nine nationalities, had travelled to China, India, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam in six intensive two-week segments to complete their 17-month course. These graduates enjoyed 47 per cent increase in post-graduation salary.
The rankings also noted that 96 per cent of the School's 110-strong faculty held doctorates from the best universities in the world. The School seeks to blend the best of the East and the West in its business education and research, and its EMBA programmes should appeal to senior managers in global businesses interested in the Asia-Pacific market, with China, Taiwan and India playing an increasing role.
Says Associate Professor Prem Shamdasani, the academic director of the NUS APEX EMBA Program (English): "The APEX MBA's consistent top ranking by FT is testimony of the NUS Business School's ability to deliver a quality and integrated learning experience to senior executives who embrace globalisation and value the diverse and rewarding experience of learning and doing business in Asia-Pacific."
The ranking is based on the data collated from two sets of questionnaires - one for the business schools and the second for alumni who graduated in 2003 and who have been in the workplace for three years since graduation. In the survey of 104 business schools around the world, FT ranked their EMBA programmes based on 16 criteria: career progress of the alumni: salary today; salary percentages increase; career progress; work experience; aims achieved; women faculty; women students; women board; international faculty; international students; international board; international course experience; languages; faculty with doctorates; FT doctoral rank; and FT research rank.
NUS Business School is the only Singapore business school to make it to FT's ranking this year. This year's ranking also puts NUS Business School in FT's Top 30 list consecutively for two years.
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