The inaugural class of a new Executive MBA course was held in Hong Kong in May, with 35 students travelling from various countries to attend. The EMBA Global Asia programme is the result of a collaboration between three of the world's top business schools: University of Hong Kong, Columbia Business School and London Business School.
'The Columbia Business School and the London Business School have already worked together for several years, and our joint EMBA Global programme was ranked No1 in the world by the Financial Times last year,' said Lynn Hoffman, associate dean of the London Business School.
'While working together it became clear to us that one of the most important elements that was missing from our partnership was a focus on Asia.'
Professor Hoffman said as HKU was now part of the new course, the EMBA Global Asia combined the individual strengths of each school and gave students the opportunity to learn on a global stage, because courses would be taught in New York, London and Hong Kong.
Gary Biddle, dean of the faculty of business and economics at HKU, said: 'These are the cities that drive the global economy, so participants are getting the top business schools in the top cities of the world.'
He said that at the heart of the course were the carefully selected students who had already proved themselves as successes in the industries they worked in.