China and Canada EMBAs on FT Top 100 List
Mainland China’s EMBA market has grown like gangbusters in the less than two decades since the first school was set up in 1995. In the Financial Times just released 2012 ranking of the top 100 EMBA programs around the world, 13 Greater China EMBAs made the cut – eight mainland programs along with four Hong Kong based and one in Taiwan. Seven of them are joint ventures between Chinese and foreign institutions. Eleven years ago, in FT’s 2001 ranking, only two mainland Chinese institutions were mentioned.
Analyzing the results, FT declared unequivocally: “The EMBA is to China what the MBA is to the US, the masters in management is to France and PGP (Post-Graduate Program in Management) is to India – the most popular diploma for managers and executives. This is reflected in the ranking, with nine of the top 12 programs taught at least partly in Asia.”
Significantly, first-timers on the list, Tsinghua University/INSEAD catapulted to 4th ahead of traditionally strong INSEAD and CEIBS and Sun Yat-sen University Business School came in 11th, fighting well above its weight class. Fudan University School of Management entered at 35th while its JV with the University of Hong Kong tied for 54th. The Kellogg Graduate School of Management/Hong Kong University of Science and Technology program topped the world for a third year in a row.
Although the newspaper commented on Beijing-based Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, privately backed by the Li Ka-shing Foundation, the popular school does not appear on the list, the reasoning for which is unexplained. Also, Sun Yat-sen University made previous rankings without specific reference to the Business School, placing 54th in 2011 and 53rd in 2010.
Six Canadian schools made the list but their positions were invariably pushed downward due in part to the surge of high-performing mainland Chinese schools. York University Schulich School of Business’s collaboration with Kellogg was the top Canadian program, tying for 27th overall.
The University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management was a little behind at 29th, followed by the University of Western Ontario which also operates in Hong Kong (43rd), Queen’s University’s joint program with Cornell University (45th), Queen University’s own program (tied for 92nd), and University of Alberta/University of Calgary program (99th).
Greater China-based programs:
Greater China World School
2012 2012 2011 2010
1 1 1 1 Kellogg/Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School
2 4 Tsinghua University/INSEAD
3 7 11 18 CEIBS
4 9 15 18 Fudan U. School of Management/Washington U. Olin School of Business
5 11 Sun Yat-sen University Business School
6 17 14 10 Chinese University of Hong Kong Business School
7 21 20 28 Shanghai Nat’l Accounting Inst./Arizona State U. Carey School of Business
8 24 26 22 OneMBA: Chinese University of Hong Kong (US, Holland, Brazil and Mexico)
9 35 Fudan University School of Management
10 43 36 29 U. of Western Ontario Ivey School of Business (Canada and Hong Kong)
11 54 University of Hong Kong/Fudan University School of Management
12 66 45 37 National Taiwan U. College of Management
13 86 56 39 Tongji U./Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech (ENPC) School of Int’l Mg
Canadian programs:
Canada World School
2012 2012 2011 2010
1 27 11 23 Kellogg/York University Schulich School of Business
2 29 28 29 University of Toronto Rotman School of Management
3 43 36 29 University of Western Ontario Ivey
4 45 44 55 Queen’s U. School of Business/Cornell U. Johnson School
5 92 84 69 Queen’s University School of Business
6 99 73 48 University of Alberta/University of Calgary business schools