LSBF has signed a historic agreement with a leading Chinese University

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LSBF has signed a historic agreement with a leading Chinese University The London School of Business and Finance (LSBF) has signed a historic agreement with a leading Chinese University which will see the formation of a new institute, the Shanghai-London School of Business and Finance.
This is the first time a Shanghai University has partnered with a British business school to deliver its courses in the UK, and the exciting venture will bring to London an education provision from one of the largest and leading universities in China.
The partnership will see LSBF professional courses in accounting and finance being delivered in Shanghai from October 2011, and from February 2012 Shanghai University's Global Local MBA will be delivered at the new institute in London. Students will have the option to transfer their studies between the two campuses, offering a truly global study experience between the two centres and the two cities.
Shanghai University has chosen LSBF as its preferred global partner to share and combine LSBF's postgraduate executive development and professional examination programs with the best teaching practises of Shanghai University's MBA education, for the optimum learning experience.
The agreement signed yesterday (12/04/11) witnessed by the Lord Mayor of London on a trade visit to Shanghai, means that the two new centres of excellence will provide a platform to share and develop greater understanding and collaboration between the two cities, and ultimately the development of the next generation of corporate and financial professionals.
In line with Shanghai's ambitions to be recognised as an international financial and shipping centre by 2020, LSBF's founder and CEO, Aaron Etingen, said of the new joint venture: "We are delighted to be working with Shanghai University and are confident LSBF's innovative approach to academic learning will help mould Shanghai's future leaders and aid them in facing the challenges of tomorrow." Dr Steve Letza, LSBF's Global Academic Director said: "LSBF is well aware of the growing need for industry relevant, quality education providers in the emerging markets, such as China, Singapore and India. With our ethos of making education accessible to all, we have embarked on a programme of opening campuses in strategic parts of the world.
"Shanghai, with its rapidly developing economic business sector and need for well-educated professionals to help its continued expansion, was the perfect location," he added.
Professor Zhiming Ye, VP of Shanghai University said: "In China, we aim to leverage the successful experience of LSBF for non-degree executive development and professional examination programs for building global business and finance talents to serve Shanghai future development. In London, we would like to have LSBF's support to combine our world-class MBA education with LSBF resources for the European and global markets."
The MOU was signed in Shanghai and witnessed by the Rt. Hon Lord Mayor of London, Alderman Michael Bear, who is touring the region: "The quality of education offered in London is second to none. Therefore I am very proud to see that quality and excellence in learning being brought to China – a first in our respective histories," he said.
"Helping to forge relationships in both cities, we hope the unique partnership of this educational first will bring benefits to both city's economies and best practises," he added.
The MOU marks the beginning of a formal partnership between Shanghai University and LSBF and was signed by Roland Ng, Managing Director – LSBF Singapore and the VP of Shanghai University, Professor Zhiming Ye. Video here.
The Shanghai MBA, one of a small number of programmes in China that is delivered entirely in English, was ranked as the 'most influential' MBA in China by China Daily in 2007 and in 2009 enjoyed the highest team overall evaluation mark by the China MBA Supervisory Committee for the fifth and sixth batches of MBA programs in China. LSBF have recently enjoyed international success with its innovative Global MBA – the first ever online MBA to be taught exclusively through Facebook.

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