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Executive MBA Rankings 2022: rising in East Asia


Business schools in East Asia have cemented their position as the leading global provider of Executive MBA in FT EMBA Rankings in 2022despite the pandemic and political disruption.

Three programs based in the region took the top spot: in order, Kellogg-HKUST in Hong Kong, Ceibs in Shanghai and Tsinghua-Insead EMBA covers China and Singapore. The second is operating with international partners, while Ceibs has a joint European operation and regularly employs visiting faculty.

Four other schools in the top 11 have campuses in Hong Kong, China or Singapore: Chicago Pavilion, University of Washington: OlinTrium’s University of New York and UCLA Anderson with National University of Singapore.

The rankings highlight the continued strong performance of schools in the region with global partnerships and the success of graduates and students enrolled in EMBA programs in Europe. and North America.

FT Executive MBA Ranking 2022

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However, there is uncertainty about the delivery of business education to foreign students in East Asia, amid the coronavirus lockdown and continued movement restrictions, as well as rising geopolitical and trade tensions. . There are similar questions surrounding EMBAs from schools in Russia, isolated by the war against Ukraine.

The 2022 rankings come at a time when demand is changing from students and faculty alike, both for the content of the courses and the way they are taught. FT’s methodology is based on data provided by business schools and by their alumni three years after completing their program.

The rankings consider factors including salary, professional service assessment, goals achieved and the quality of academic research, as well as gender balance and international diversity of students and faculty. pellets.

Professor Ding Yuan, dean of the Ceibs faculty, which was established by the Chinese government and the European Union, said that while demand for their Chinese-language EMBA remains high among domestic students, he has temporarily stopped marketing global qualifications for international applicants. and visa restrictions.

“People’s travel is complicated,” he said. “China’s demand is very strong, but it has only just begun to open up student visas to international students. It’s too late for this year and for next year, we’re still not clear. “

Professor Kai Lung Hui is the academic director of the top-rated Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program, which has been teaching remotely to many of his students, including in Singapore and the US. “Classes are still going on as usual and we are still giving students the highest possible interaction they can, given the limitations of Covid,” he said.

He noted that there is growing student demand for courses that offer topics around sustainability and technology, including blockchain, digital contracts, business analytics, and fintech.

Professor Kai Lung Hui, academic director of Kellogg-HKUST EMBA

Professor Kai Lung Hui: ‘Classes are still going on as usual and we are still giving students the highest interaction possible. . . put in place Covid restrictions’

More broadly, business schools are exploring ways to maintain online formats in place during the pandemic along with a return to face-to-face instruction. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania this year launched one of the first global EMBAs to be combined by top schools, priced the same as face-to-face courses but with about three-quarters offered remotely, interspersed with periods in Philadelphia, San Francisco and other locations.

Brian Bushee, associate dean of teaching and learning at Wharton, said: “We have imposed a ‘one size fits all’, but clearly there are people with different preferences, types of work and different family backgrounds.” “We wanted to reach entrepreneurs who would probably never directly consider an EMBA because of travel commitments.”

The most recent annual global survey of business education courses by the Graduate Management Admissions Council, the governing body for admissions tests, found late last year that only a third number of schools reporting an increase in the number of subscribers.

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The top two schools in the FT rankings also report the highest alumni salaries, led by Kellogg-HKUST at $584,197, adjusted for international purchasing power. The Yale School of Management in the United States ranks first in goals achieved, followed by Iese Business School in Spain and University of St Gallen in Switzerland.

Schools that achieve gender equality among faculty have IE Business School, University of Koc Graduated from business school, IBS-Moscow Ranepa and Graduate School of Management St Petersburg University. The only school to achieve gender parity among students was the St Petersburg Graduate School of Management, followed by University of Maryland: Smith (52% female), French schools Kedge (51) and Rennes (48), plus University of Washington: Foster (48).

The leading EMBA provider for research, based on rankings of recent publications in leading academic journals, is the University of Pennsylvania: Wharton, followed by the University of Chicago: Booth, MIT: Sloan, Insead and Northwestern University: Kellogg.

Among those who focus on environmental, social and governance factors in their curricula, Iese Business School comes out on top, followed by IE Business School, TBS Education, EMLyon Business School and ESCP Business School.

Of the 85 business schools that offer EMBAs ranked both this year and last year, the median salary was $213,000 in 2021 and only a modest increase to $214,000 in 2022. Total enrollment increased slightly. to 7,737 this year, with women making up just over a third. in total and international students just over two-fifths.

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