Awarded by: Financial Times
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's Executive MBA Program, jointly offered with the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, maintains its leading position in the world in this year's Financial Times EMBA global rankings. It ranks No. 2 overall. This follows its historic ranking as the world's No. 1 last year.
The program has been in the world's top ten since it first took part in the ranking in 2003. For four consecutive years since 2005, it has been in the world's top 3.
The program is listed No.1 for "salary today" of its participants and No. 1 in "international students", No.2 in "work experience" and No.3 in "international faculty". The Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program also comes first in "top salary in finance", "top salaries in industry" and "top salaries in consulting".
By nationality, 88% of the current class of the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program is international. Some 40% of the students are based outside of Hong Kong. On average they have 14 years of full-time working experience.
The Kellogg-HKUST program was launched in 1998 as a unique East-West partnership to offer the best management education for international talent based in Asia. It consists of 28 courses, each covered during two weekends, offered over a 16-month program. Teaching is shared equally between Kellogg and HKUST faculty.