Antai MBA dual-degree programs creating future global business leaders
Antai College of Economics and Management, or ACEM, at Shanghai Jiao Tong University is nurturing the next global business leaders with its well-designed MBA dual-degree programs.
The dual-degree programs, first offered in 2012, allow qualified students to spend one year at a foreign university. Upon graduation, students will earn degrees from both schools. ACEM’s partner universities are IE Business School in Spain, Tulane University and Rice University in the United States and ESCP Europe.
IE Business School was founded in 1973 and now attracts approximately 1,900 students from 90 countries and regions each year. Up to five qualified candidates from ACEM’s dual-degree pathways can enroll in IE Business School every year.
ACEM and Tulane partner in offering a fast-track MBA, and the Global MBA and Master of Global Management dual-degree option. Candidates are selected from the first-year ACEM MBA program and successful candidates spend one year on Tulane Freeman GMBA or MGM.
Rice University partnered with ACEM in 2016 to offer an MBA and Master of Accounting dual-degree program aimed to nurture accounting and management professionals with international perspectives.
The partnership with ESCP Europe, one of the oldest business schools in the world with six campuses in Paris, London, Berlin, Madrid, Warsaw and Turin, started in 2012. The Master of Business Management and Master in Management dual-degree program allows students to experience ESCP’s flagship Master in Management program. Each year up to five students from ACEM may choose to participate in this program by studying at ESCP for one year.
Alexandra Cieplinska, a student from Poland, enrolled in the Master in Management program at ESCP Europe in 2017. She spent the first year in ESCP Europe and the second year in ACEM, and said ACEM’s dual-degree program benefited both her career and personal development.
“The double-degree program allows me to get to know both European and Chinese working cultures, and offers an opportunity to work with people from different countries and backgrounds,” Cieplinska said.
She plans to look for a job in China upon completion, which is “a growing economy with many interesting career opportunities”.
“I would definitely like to challenge myself more and try to apply what I’ve learned in the workplace. Additionally, my experience in Europe would allow me to further develop my aspirations to become a truly international professional in its global meaning,” Cieplinska said. “I strongly believe that an international MBA program will enable me to develop myself as a future leader and will open for me the possibility to work in China.
“The program is taught using a global business perspective with a Chinese focus, which is a perfect match for both my professional and personal goals,” she added.
Apart from the dual-degree programs, ACEM also has many tuition-free exchange programs for students. More than 60 of the world’s leading institutes, including MIT’s Sloan School of Management, The University of British Columbia and Nanyang Technological University, are available for students. Those universities offer more than 80 exchange positions to students in ACEM each year.
ACEM also receives delegations from top business schools around the world, including Wharton, USC, IE, Aarhus, Kyushu and KAIST, for informational exchanges. These visits not only help business schools from around the world to learn about China and its rapidly developing business education, but also give ACEM students opportunities to learn from other students at outstanding international universities.
Apart from establishing cooperation with some of the top business colleges, ACEM also builds partnerships with outstanding international organizations, including the Graduate Management Admissions Council, also known as GMAC. ACEM is one of only five business schools in China to become a GMAC member college. Being a GMAC member provides ACEM with a platform to interact with top business colleges from around the world.
ACEM’s MBA program is recognized by the CFA Institute. This has promoted student interest in becoming a chartered financial analyst, and has led to an increased number of ACEM’s students that take the CFA examinations.
Moreover, ACEM also offers a twoweek overseas study tour and sevento 10-day short-term international course called International Module, designed to strengthen students’ exposure to foreign culture. On these trips, every year more than 200 ACEM students visit prestigious business colleges abroad, and learn from phenomenal professors. Students also tour local companies, where they witness classroom management concepts being applied in the workplace. Students can also learn about the local and national culture, history, and daily life in the country that they choose to visit.
ACEM is also receiving an increasing number of international exchange students. More than 120 students from the US, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Japan, Canada have studied at ACEM over the past three years, according to the school. Every international exchange student can participate in free Chinese learning courses and will have a Chinese student to assist them with study and living. They will also have chances to visit leading companies in China and exchange ideas with industrial leaders. Online