| With China becoming the 6th largest economy in | | | | China operations.Together with the top-ranked |
| 2004 and likely to rank 4th in 2005, this is likely to | | | | Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, the University of |
| fuel further anxieties over the impact of China`s | | | | British Columbia is also offering an International |
| rising economic might for the world economic | | | | MBA in China. Besides having the same curriculam |
| leaders. But for company executives and aspiring | | | | as its Canadian MBA, professors from the |
| young entrepreneurs, it has become imperative to | | | | University of British Columbia teach all of the |
| understand China so as to explore the increasing | | | | courses.Another EMBA program is the Cass EMBA |
| business opportunities in China.One of the usual | | | | 2-year part-time off-campus program by City |
| route for this is to study and build social networks | | | | University from Britian which has been launched in |
| at the leading Chinese universities. Latest available | | | | collaboration with Bank of China and the Shanghai |
| figures show that there were about 85,000 | | | | University of Finance & Economics.Britain`s |
| foreign students studying in China in 2002. Almost | | | | Nottingham University is the first foreign |
| 500 Chinese universities, mainly in Shanghai and | | | | university to establish a physical campus in Ningbo |
| Bejing, accept foreign students. The top 5 | | | | in September 2004. Nottingham Ningbo`s degree is |
| universities with the largest foreign students are | | | | comparable with its degree from the British |
| Beijing Language and Culture Center, Fudan, | | | | campus with all courses conducted in English.The |
| Peking, Tsinghua and Shanghai universities.If you | | | | Chinese government is actively promoting more |
| are planning to do a post-graduate MBA program | | | | educational tie-ups in China to develop university |
| while working in China, there are many learning | | | | graduates who will be better geared for the |
| organizations to choose from.The University of | | | | many multinational corporations operating in China |
| Maryland`s Smith School of Business offers a | | | | and spearhead economic growth. Currently, there |
| degree, custom and certification programs at | | | | are about 700 such jointly managed educational |
| learning centers within Beijing and Shanghai. | | | | programs in China.With the many future and |
| Smith`s first executive MBA program class | | | | current leaders and managers in China enrolling in |
| started in Jan 2003 and graduated in spring | | | | the many tertiary education and post-graduate |
| 2004.The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee`s | | | | MBA programs, it makes good career sense to |
| School of Business Administration has recently | | | | take up these courses and build a social network |
| launched an EMBA program in Beijing in | | | | which will be useful for operating within Chinese |
| partnership with Motorola for staff of Motorola`s | | | | business community for the future. |