Awarded by: Financial Times
The Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA program has surpassed all leading institutions in the world as it has once again been ranked no. 1 by the Financial Times 2009 EMBA global rankings.
The success of the part-time Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program is largely attributed to the superb career track records of the graduating class in 2006 and their geographical diversity in terms of nationality and overseas working experience. The program is jointly offered by Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
The average number of years of working experience of the 2006 class was 14, ranked second among 95 schools surveyed by the Financial Times. Their ability to climb further up the corporate ladder after graduation was boosted significantly as they were able to fetch an average of 81% more in salary. The ranking exercise tracked the performance of students who graduated in 2006 to take into account their career advancements three years after attaining the EMBA qualification.
At US$ 345,111 per annum, their average salary three years after completion of the studies is listed number one among all institutions.
The spread of geographical locations represented by students who flew to Hong Kong to attend classes over the weekends, and those who lived here but held a non-Hong Kong passport is the second most diverse of all ranked EMBA programs.
A half of the current class of the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program is based outside of Hong Kong with their offices operating out of London, New Jersey, New Delhi, Bangkok, Seoul, Helsinki, Moscow and a number of cities in Mainland China. Around a third of them is originally from Asia, followed by America (27%), Europe (22%), Oceania (10%), the Middle East (2%), Eastern Europe and Central Asia (7%). The average age and years of work experience of our current cohort is 37 and 14 respectively.
This is the second time since 2007 that the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program has topped the international rankings chart.
The Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program has been consistently ranked among the world's top 10 by the Financial Times since debuting on the newspaper's annual global EMBA rankings in 2003. The program has been consecutively ranked among the world's top three since 2005.