Asia's Top Business Schools

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Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

India
Admission Rate: N/A
Class size: 350
Term: Two years
Annual tuition: $11,500
Average starting salary for graduates: $32,000

IIM Bangalore is where Indian students go for a top-notch preparation to become high-level executives in a program that has a collaboration with Stanford University, London School of Economics, and the University of Chicago's business schools. But for the lucky students who get in, being in Bangalore, India's outsourcing hot-spot, with its young population and urban sophistication is part of the package. The school also runs a small entrepreneurship center, so students get a hands-on chance to work with startup companies, especially IT-related ones.

 

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Indian School of Business, Hyderabad

India
Admission Rate: N/A
Class size: 578
Term: One year
Annual tuition: $39,000
Average staring salary for graduates: $38,000

The youngest of India's top business school, ISB Hyderabad started up in 2001, with overseas collaborations from the Kellogg School of Management and the Wharton Business School. Since then, it has climbed into the ranks of the top 20 business schools worldwide, and its graduates get more than one job offer per person, even in this economy. Its focus is specifically geared toward bringing global benchmarks and practices to emerging markets, but with five "centers of excellence," the students have more than enough to choose from.

 

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Hitotsubashi University (ICS)

Japan
Admission Rate: 35%
Class size: 60
Full-time program: One year
Part-time program: Two years
Annual tuition: $5,358
Average staring salary for graduates: $120,000

Students at Hitotsubashi University's Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS) have no shortage of opportunities for international study. The first full-time MBA program in Japan with English as the language of instruction, ICS has exchange programs with 10 overseas schools, including London School of Economics, Anderson School of Management at the University of California at Los Angeles, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

 

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McGill Japan

Japan
Admission Rate: N/A
Class size: 40
Term: Two years
Annual tuition: $2,400
Average starting salary for graduates: $9,500

Based in Tokyo, McGill Japan is an affiliate of Montreal's McGill University, one of the premier schools in Canada. Offering classes on weekends, McGill Japan's program is geared toward working people. As a result, the starting salary numbers are hard to compare to graduates coming out of full-time programs.

 

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INSEAD Singapore

Singapore
Admission Rate: N/A
Class size: 937
Term: One year
Annual tuition: $67,000
Average staring salary for graduates: $104,000

INSEAD is not just the most international MBA program in Asia, it's among the most international in the world, with students from 76 different nationalities in the current class. More than two-thirds of its students in the one-year MBA program divide their studies between INSEAD's two campuses in Singapore and Fontainebleau, France. Applicants must speak at least two languages and have mastered a third by the time they graduate. INSEAD is particularly well known for its entrepreneurship program.

 

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Nanyang Business School

Singapore
Admission Rate: 13%
Class size: Between 160 and 180
Full time program: 16-24 months
Part-time program: 24-36 months
Annual tuition: $26,700 to $33,400
Average starting salary for graduates: N/A ($90,000 three years after graduation)

Part of Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Business School is recognized as one of the best in Southeast Asia. It has a strong international focus. Thirty-one percent of Nanyang students are from outside Singapore, and the school has formed partnerships with Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Illinois. Asian partners are Japan's Waseda University and China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

 

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National University of Singapore

Singapore
Admission Rate: N/A
Class size: 45
Full-time program: 12-17 months
Part-time program: 24-72 months
Full-time tuition: $33,400
Part-time tuition: $33,400
Average starting salary for graduates: $52,500

The National University of Singapore's business school is one of the oldest in the region, dating back to 1965. It has strong ties with schools outside Singapore. For instance, it was among the first to team up with a Chinese partner, having formed an alliance with Beijing-based Tsinghua University in 1994. In 2001, NUS Business School began offering an International MBA with China's Peking University, and in 2004 it started an Executive MBA Program with the Anderson School of Business at the University of California at Los Angeles

 

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INSEAD Singapore Class size: 937  厉害啊

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Korea University Business School (Global MBA)

South Korea
Admission Rate: 38%
Class Size: 60
Term: One year
Annual Tuition: $35,000
Average Starting Salary: N/A

Korea University is leading a campaign in Korea to globalize business school programs. In a country where Korean is the only official language, all lectures are given in English. It is offering exchange programs with about 100 B-schools in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. It won accreditation from the U.S.-based Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in 2005 and the Brussels-based European Foundation for Management Development in 2007.

 

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Seoul National University

South Korea
Admission Rate: 25%
Class Size: 61
Term: One year
Annual Tuition: $31,000
Average Starting Salary: $50,000

Seoul National runs many 30-hour special courses lectured by visiting star professors from the world's top 20 business schools throughout the year. Students have an option to earn a second degree from Duke University in the U.S. if they complete a second year there after a one-year course in Seoul. A similar dual-degree program will be available from France's Essec and China's Peking University.