Four Fudan Management Programs Hit the Top 100 List

SHANGHAI, Oct. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Financial Times (FT) released its 2014 World Top 100 EMBA ranking list, with four programs of the School of Management, Fudan University (FDSM) topped the list. Three programs of the FDSM appeared on the Top 100 list in 2012, and this is the second time that its four programs have been nominated since 2013, an honor that gives the FDSM the same weight as the Kellogg School of Business of Northwestern University, a leading EMBA education institution in the U.S. However, the four programs of FDSM mainly recruit their students from senior management professionals in China, making it the largest EMBA program provider among those on the ranking list and demonstrating its mission of cultivating talents with global perspectives and competitiveness and familiar with Chinese conditions. Moreover, the ranks of the programs of FDSM in the three years show no radical change, indicating the school's consistent pedagogical excellence, a cachet of the objectiveness, reliability, and credibility of its education.

In 2006, the EMBA program jointly launched by Fudan University and Washington University made its first attempt to run for the world top 100 ranking. In 2012, three programs of the School, i.e., the program jointly presented by Washington University-Fudan University EMBA Program, the Fudan University EMBA program in Chinese, and the University of Hong Kong - Fudan University IMBA Program joined the ranking, following by the BI Norwegian School of Management - Fudan University MBA Program presented in 2013. This year four programs joined the world ranking, and they are getting in a higher ranking position each year, indicating a steady improvement of the school's comprehensive capability. Having withstood the test of time, the four programs cited on the list demonstrate the overall education quality of FDSM has been improved and achieve the international advanced level.

Since 2012, the EMBA program in Chinese of Fudan University has been running for the ranking for three consecutive years, and was ranked No. 35, 38, and 32 respectively. The rankings which fluctuated in a rational range reflected the consistent excellence of the program. "Our goal in the next three to five years is to rank within the top 30 in the world and maintain our ranking so that we can objectively show China's real strength in management education to the rest of world." Lu Xiongwen, Dean of FDSM., said at the press conference.

Widely celebrated for its pedagogical excellence worldwide, the FDSM is enjoying improvement of its prestige and influence on the global scene. From 2011 to 2014, it was ranked No. 112 on the UTD Top 120 Business School Research Ranking list in terms of research contributions, making it the top Chinese business school on the list. The UTD catalogue, a journal published by the University of Texas in Dallas, USA with 24 volumes in total, documents the highest quality papers published by global management institutions, and it is generally agreed that the management school with most articles published in this catalogue enjoys the highest academic standing and most extensive influence.

With the benefits from the development of education and research, the FDSM has nearly reached its goal of becoming a leading business school in Asia，and this has laid a solid foundation for the school to become a world-class one in the next six to ten years. Looking into the future, the FDSM will continue to live up to its mission and enhance its educational excellence and research strength, so that it can cultivate more elite talents with international competitiveness for the sustainable development of the Chinese economy.

SOURCE School of Management Fudan University