Awarded by: Financial Times
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's School of Business and Management (HKUST Business School) today announced that its joint Executive MBA program with the Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University, US, was ranked No. 9 in the world by the Financial Times of London. The program has a history of five years and this is the first time it has appeared in any ranking. The Financial Times describes it as the "highest ranked new school, at number nine in the table". Together on the top-ten list with the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA Program are Kellogg and six other US programs, and one program each from the UK and Spain.
The comprehensive survey provided a fair reflection on the overall strength of the HKUST Business School and its partnership program with Kellogg. Both emphasize recruiting and retaining excellent faculty. It reflected well on the international diversity of the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program in particular in terms of the composition of its students and faculty, which are rated No. 1 and No. 2 respectively in the world in this ranking. It also favored the partnership program, which caters for senior and experienced executives.
This is the third EMBA survey conducted by the Financial Times, which also publishes annual global rankings on full-time MBA programs and executive education. Its Executive MBA ranking this year includes 75 schools. Among them 42 are US schools, 21 are from Europe, 5 from Canada, 3 from China and one each from Argentina, Australia, Israel and Mexico.