Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2001

CUHK's EMBA Programme Numb e r One i n As i a I n O c t o b e r 2 0 0 1 , t h e U n i v e r s i t y 's E x e c u t i v e M a s t e r o f B u s i n e ss A d m i n i s t r a t i on ( E M B A ) p r o g r a m me was r a n k e d number. o n e i n A s i a b y b o t h BusinessWeek a n d Financial Times, t w o independent p u b l i c a t i o ns o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l r e p u t e . T h a t was t h e first t i me b o t h p u b l i c a t i o ns h a d u n d e r t a k e n a g l o b a l s u r v e y o f t h is s o r t. The p r o g r amme was r a n k e d n umb er 18 globally a nd n umb er one i n Asi a i n the Financial Times survey. A total of 72 top-tier international business schools participated i n the comparison, w h i c h was largely based o n the annual income of the graduates, their w o r k experience and salary increase over the last three years, programme aims achieved, and qualifications of the teachers. The top three programmes i n this survey are offered respectively b y the Universit y of Pennsylvania (Wharton), Co l umb i a Un i v e r s i ty (GSB), and L o n d o n Business School. I n the BusinessWeek survey, the C U H K programme, the only one i n the Asia-Pacific area (including Australia) that made it to the list, is ranked 33 globally. Eighty-two schools w i t h EMBA programmes w h i ch me t the basic criteria for inclusion were firs t identified. T h e n over 3,000 recen t g r adua t e s of the p r o g r a mm e s w e r e s u r v e y e d o n t h e i r experience of their business schools, the quality of teaching and the support services of their programme. Finally the directors of the 82 programmes were asked to select the 10 best schools to develop a ranked list. On ly the top 35 programmes were published. Prof. M u n K i n - c h o k , d i r e c t o r of the EMBA p r o g r amme , was excited abou t the results, and a t t r i bu t e d the success of the p r og r amme to the u n t i r i n g efforts of all faculty members a n d administrative staff. 'The appearance of the CU EMBA p r og r amme on the same list as the best business p r o g r amme s i n the w o r l d not only reaffirms the quality of o u r p r o g r a mm e b u t b r i n gs greater prestige to th e Un i v e r s i t y 's business school,' he said. The Un i v e r s i t y first i n t r o d u c e d a t wo - year full-time M B A programme i n 1966, an d a part-time programme 10 year s after that. Both p r o g r a m m e s h a v e p r o v e d t o b e m o s t s u c c e s s f ul a n d t h e i r q u a l i t y h as b e e n internationally recognized. (Upper) A visit to Sun Microsystems, Inc. in Silicon Valley (Lower) Lively learning ‘ a t mo s p h e r e 30

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