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Joined: 16-04-2024
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Meet The CEIBS MBA Class Of 2022
MBAs seek action. They pursue promise and possibilities. It is part of their DNA. They don’t just want to watch history – they plan to be part of it.To get more news about top mba colleges in China, you can visit acem.sjtu.edu.cn official website.
These days, the action – and the capabilities and fortunes that come with it – has increasingly shifted to China. The world’s largest exporter, China’s GDP rose to $22.5 trillion dollars in 2019 – nearly $2 trillion more than the United States. More impressive, according to the World Bank, the nation has lifted nearly 850 million people out of poverty over the past 40 years. This growth has captured the imagination of talented young professionals. Home to 1.4 billion people, China is the world’s largest consumer market. When you combine its deep natural resources and technological prowess with its sheer size and growth trajectory, China becomes the perfect place for business school graduates to launch their careers.
“In China’s early growth years, entrepreneurs and companies were looking at bringing mature business models and ideas from the West to China, where the market was less developed,” explains Priyesh Patel, a mechanical engineer and software developer from the United Kingdom. “We are starting to see reversals of this trend, with Western companies now looking to the East for ideas. Additionally, as Chinese companies look outwards to expand to nearby markets like Southeast Asia and India, you are presented with employment opportunities in this region that you could not find as easily while based in Europe.”
To truly understand China, you need to live there. That is one of the attractions of CEIBS – the China Europe International Business School. The MBA program is located in Shanghai, home to 720 multinational companies and 461 foreign R&D centers. More than location, CEIBS is known for its rigorous business programming. According to The Financial Times, it consistently ranks among the top ten MBA programs in the world – and the top business school in Asia. Perhaps the program’s distinguishing feature is its focus on how to do business in China.
“At CEIBS, we have the opportunity not only to gain first-hand in-depth knowledge about China, but also to visit giants such as Huawei, Tencent, Alibaba, and other well-known Chinese companies,” explains Dong Chen, an investment manager who previously studied at Ivy League Columbia University. “Earning an MBA in China also enables us to better pursue potential China-specific growth opportunities.”In particular, students can immerse themselves in Chinese culture, customs, language, and perspectives. For one, classes are tailored to Asia in general and China in particular. “CEIBS’ faculty is international, yet so adept in their knowledge and understanding of China” writes Priyesh Patel. “At CEIBS, you study the same case studies taught at other top MBA schools, but we benefit from the addition of Chinese cases that give us that added Asian perspective.”
This China experience is deepened through daily interactions with classmates. Traditionally, two-thirds of CEIBS MBAs hail from the mainland and Hong Kong. Despite this, classes are taught in English (with some proficiency in Mandarin required). Even more, the program is designed to help MBAs tap deeply into the country’s professional network. Notably, the program boasts its Integrated China Strategy Project (ICSP), a critical opportunity for a student body that historically consists of 80% or more career changers.
“The [ICSP] module is unique to the CEIBS curriculum, where you engage with a real international company operating in China,” writes Priyesh Patel. “It is a great opportunity to get hands-on momentum in a new functional role, industry, and location.”Daniel Amorim de Paiva joins the Class of 2022 from Brazil, where he was constantly reading about China’s ascension in the newspapers. Such stories gave him an epiphany: to prepare for the coming decades in the West, he needed to become fluent in the East. Thus far, his CEIBS experience has exposed him to just that.
“It has been being able to open my mind and to see the world from new angles, as I’m interacting daily with dozens of different cultures,” he tells P&Q. “It has only been three months and I can already tell how much I have changed, being much more conscious about how different cultures have different approaches for solving the same problem.”
In contrast, Sila Beste Tekin boils the CEIBS value proposition down to one sentence: “It is the best b-school in Asia, located in the heart of an economic megalopolis and it has the most sophisticated industry knowledge and network of world’s fastest-growing economy.” |
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