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