China’s top EMBA players moving up the ranks of the world’s best

A growing number of Chinese EMBA programmes are claiming a position in the latest Financial Times Executive MBA Ranking 2014.

Of the 15 China EMBA programmes listed in the 2014 rankings published recently, thirteen are in the top 50, including the three programmes offered by Hong Kong universities.

The Kellogg-HKUST EMBA has kept its top position, ranking first in Asia and second globally. In the past eight years the programme clinched the number one position globally for six years, and was ranked number two for the other two years.

Launched in 1998, the programme is jointly offered by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology’s School of Business and Management (HKUST Business School) and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. The programme is known for its’ graduate’s excellent work experience before starting the course (ranking third globally) and achieving the highest average salary hike at US$403,560 per annum three years after graduation. This represents a 33 per cent increase from their pre-EMBA average salary.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School EMBA has ranked 24th in the global contest. Maintaining a spot in the top 25 for the 14th consecutive years, it is the highest-ranking independent programme in Asia for more than a decade.

“We were the first EMBA programme in Hong Kong and it is a truly ‘Made in Hong Kong’ product. As always, ranking is not our foremost pursuit, what is important is to maintain our ability of nurturing top-notch management talent to meet the needs of Hong Kong, the mainland and the world,” said Professor Andrew CF Chan, EMBA programme director at CUHK Business School.

Ranking 49th this year having steadily progressing from 54th place in 2012 to last year’s 51st place, the executive stream of the Faculty of Business and Economics of The Hong Kong University and the School of Management of Fudan University’s Master of Business Administration (International) programme (IMBA) launched in 2007 has also come of age and made it into the elusive top 50 ranks.