FT 2015 Global MBA Ranking: Antai MBA Leaped to No.1 of China Local Business School

FT 2015 Global MBA Ranking was released on Jan. 26th. Antai College of Economics and Management SJTU ranked 55th in the list, 22 ahead from last year’s 77th, and headed No.1 of China local business school, which was the authorized reorganization of its strong faculty power and reputation.

“Antai MBA remained in top 100 shows that we have successfully developed into the best business school in the world and we are able to compete with those world first-class business schools now.” Professor Zhou Lin, Dean of Antai College, said. Also, the salary increase rate and the employment rate, two of the most appreciated index, continued to top the ranking (160% and 100%), showing the importance that Antai College has attached to its students’ career development.

Leading in Reform and Innovation, Increasing in Program Quality and Reputation

Since the foundation of Antai MBA in 1990s, Antai College has believed in “standardization leads to good quality, good quality leads to better brand and better brand leads to development” and gradually passed internationally recognized authorization like AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB. It has educated many economic elites and business leaders for China, Asia and even world market.

This achievement was not attained by accident for sure but closely related with long time brand building and diligent hardworking. Antai MBA has promoted a great number of reforms during these years and has headed the development of China MBA. For example, it has first brought up the interview before enrollment in 2008, co-educated talents with MIT, Mechanic College and partner industries and sent its students to oversea countries for two-week study tour on the foundation of double major and international exchange program. It also set up a 20 million MBA Venture Fund on the foundation of venture curriculum and venture competition to encourage and establish for students a perfect career platform. And the free open class program made lifelong education possible for its alumni. Those reforms no doubt promote the reputation of Antai MBA.

“Business schools should listen to companies and students’ needs and only by realizing and tailoring the curriculum to those need, can we be approved by society and companies and better developed.” Said Professor Dong Ming, vice dean of Antai College.

First in Salary Increase Rate and Employment Rate, Life-long Benefits for Graduates’ Career

Nowadays, students come to MBA are not simply for a certificate. More and more of them are concerning about the help that MBA can bring to their career. According to the ranking list, the salary increase rate and the employment rate are respectively 160% and 100%, topped the global list. 

From the perspective of career development, there are three kinds of need of MBA students: career transformation, promotion and venture founding. With continuous development, Antai MBA has advanced in internalization over recent years and became the first business school that has passed the AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA, helping students realize their carre dreams. In order to help full-time students realize career transformation, Antai MBA has sent many students to world first-class business schools like MIT, Harvard and Wharton to open their minds by means of double major, international exchange program and oversea study tour. The CLGO project, co-operating with MIT, has built up deep strategic cooperation with famous companies like Apple, Amazon, Nike and Honeywell. For part-time students, by leadership and innovation study, they have broadened the international view and 90% of them have got promotion in three years.

Venture education was the distinguished character of Antai MBA. According to statistic, 70% students have the dream to found their own career but only 12% of them did. Prime Minister Li Keqiang said on 2015 winter Davos forum that “grass-root venture founding was the inexhaustible gold mine.” Antai MBA has established 20 million MBA Venture Funding in order to apply venture theory to practice, and finished the close-loop by adopting venture curriculum, venture competition and venture funding. 

Focusing on Inner-building, Heading Top 100 in MBA/EMBA /MSC Education

FT Global Ranking was one of the world recognized authoritative survey, the annual ranking could provide professional advice for students to pick a satisfied school and for schools to pick partners institutions. The prerequisite was very strict and only schools passed AACSB and EQUIS could participate. The data was collected independently and mainly from questionnaires to above three-year graduates. The standard covered three major aspects and twenty index figures including salary, career development and internationalization of business schools and MBA projects.  

The global rankings of MSC and EMBA have already been released in September and October, 2014. Antai College MSC ranked 44th, remained in the top 50 for six years. EMBA rose to 17th, headed local business school in Chinese EMBA. Antai College has been the only business school in China with three core programs ranking world top 100 at the same time for two years. This proved the world leading position of Antai College in business teaching and practical area and also the result of continuous inner building since the re-founding of Antai thirty years ago. 

Thirty years has witnessed the high-speed development of Chinese economy and the progress of Antai College. The remaining in top 100 and heading in China local business schools in FT ranking was a step forward to world first-class business schools. In the report, its curriculum arrangement, teacher training, academic ability, company cooperation, international exchange and career development were highly approved. Antai College will work on the idea of educating business leaders with integrity, open-mind, solid foundation, creativity and profound knowledge to world business market and contribute to the construction of world top business school.