Business Colleges in China
China's economy continues to grow at an impressive rate, far outpacing economic performance in most of the world's industrialized nations, which continue to grow slowly or, in some cases, not at all. China's leadership has moved aggressively to build business schools to turn out the legions of business executives and managers that will be needed to keep the country's business sector vibrant and dynamic.
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In the Mold of America's Best
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In a 2006 article about the business school boom, Business Week reported that a visitor to a classroom at one of China's major business schools would find a striking similarity to what one might see at Harvard Business School, MIT's Sloan School or Wharton. "True, there's a preponderance of Asian faces and the occasional smattering of Mandarin," the Business Week report observed. "But the classes, course materials, subject matter and even the teachers are virtually identical to their U.S. counterparts."
Four of the Best
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Learn4Good.com offers brief profiles of four of China's best business schools. Two of the schools are in Beijing, one is in Shanghai and the fourth has campuses in both cities. The Beijing-only schools are the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) and Beijing International MBA (BiMBA), which is affiliated with the China Center for Economic Research (CCER) on the campus of Peking University. Shanghai is home to DongHua University's business school, and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business holds classes in both Beijing and Shanghai.
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UIBE
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Founded in 1951 as the Beijing Institute of Foreign Trade, UIBE offers 22 undergraduate degree programs and 15 postgraduate degree programs---11 master's and 2 doctoral. The school's enrollment includes more than 20,000 Chinese students and 600 foreign students representing more than 30 countries.
BiMBA
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Located on the campus of Peking University, this business school has a close relationship with CCER, which provides many of the instructors for its MBA programs. It is also affiliated with Belgium's Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, which actually grants the degrees earned by BiMBA students. The Belgian school is one of the few business colleges in the world to hold accreditation from all three international business school accrediting bodies.
DongHua
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DongHua University's business management degree programs are offered by the Center of International Programs on the university's Shanghai campus. Two degree programs, both undergraduate, are offered: a bachelor of management in business administration and a bachelor of economics in international trade. English is the language of instruction.
Cheung Kong
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Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business was founded in 2001 and, according to Learn4Good.com, is China's "first private, free-standing and independent business school." The school offers an intensive 12-month MBA program. The language of instruction is English.
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