NUS
NUS 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.
http://www.bschool.nus.edu/Media/PR20061023.htm
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