Originally Posted by cat_spidey Hi Friends,
Many applicants of the HKU Full Time MBA programme have certain doubts and queries regarding the MBA programme. I think the below mentioned points will answer most of their queries:
In Education Experience, HKU MBA is ranked 2nd worldwide, ahead of many premier B Schools like Harvard, Kellogs, Wharton etc by the 2007 MBA ranking of Economist (EIU), one of the most respected and trusted MBA Rankings world wide. In the overall ranking the programme got 37th position worldwide... Rest, it is the only Asian programme in the world to come in the top 50 positions of an MBA Ranking (MBA Ranking of the Economist) consistently for 3 years... Here I would also like to highlight the fact that the Full Time MBA programme of HKU is able to achieve this level of world recognition even when it is a very young programme of only ~ 6 years...
Rest, Please note: In the MBA rankings by Financial Times and Business Week, HKU is never rated because to participate in the MBA rankings of FT and BW, an MBA program must be at least 6 years old and HKU full time MBA being a very young programme will become 6 years old in this year only.
Now, the education exp is given such a high rank because :
1. HKU is one of the very few B Schools in the world to have a partnership with London Business School (LBS) and Columbia Business School (CBS) for a ‘compulsory’ exchange programme in which the students of HKU spend one full semester with the MBA/EMBA students of LBS/CBS as a part of their curriculum. This provides the students with strong networking and learning opportunities… Students who go to LBS are given alumni status of the London Business School (excluding the placement services from LBS). Students who go to CBS are provided with most of the services that are provided to a normal MBA/EMBA student of the B School…
2. Programme structure in which students spend 9 months in Hong Kong (one of the top 3 financial hubs in the world), 3 to 4 months either in London or New York (proper Manhattan) and then 2 months in Shanghai hence, providing opportunities of great international exposure…
3. Good Faculty… Ranked 16th by the Economist 2007 MBA Ranking Worldwide…
4. Good exposure of China, one of the biggest economic giants along with Europe/ US…
5. A good mix of international students… The current batch which has a class size of some 50 students have students from as much as 11 nationalities…
6. Average work experience of students is 5-6 years… This contributes well towards a mature class room discussion and understanding…
7. The MBA programme is a part of one of the most reputed universities worldwide: ‘The University of Hong Kong’ in short ‘HKU’. HKU is the oldest university of Hong Kong and is ranked 18th worldwide by the THES-QS World University Rankings 2007… In other University rankings also HKU always come in the top 100 positions worldwide…
8. Small batch size of some 50 students leads to a greater students and faculty interactions…
9. Strong research centres focusing on Asian case studies and knowledge…
10. Being located in the main campus of University of Hong Kong, the students get full excess to all the facilities of the University Campus ranging from Main Library, Seminars and course enrolment in other University departments, University Festivals, Computer Facilities, Recreation Centres like Restaurants, Sports Complex etc….
11. Accredited by EQUIS
12. Last but not least; the way the reputation of HKU Full Time MBA programme is rising, it is highly commendable… Even if it is a very young programme, of just ~ 6 years, it has attained a very respectable position at international level…
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