May 12, 2008. Shanghai campus - The China Europe International Business School’s Open Executive Education Programme today was ranked #20 worldwide in the Financial Times’ 2008 global business school rankings.
News of this ranking comes just months after the Financial Times rated CEIBS’ MBA Programme as #11 worldwide, and its Executive MBA Programme as #23 worldwide.
In this year’s survey of Open Executive Programmes, CEIBS ranked 20 out of 45 top international schools surveyed. The Financial Times global rankings are widely considered to be among the most thorough and most respected annual business school surveys. The new listing marks a significant jump over CEIBS’ placement in 2006, when the school was ranked 35th worldwide. Last year, the programme was not ranked due to insufficient responses from programme participants.
"For a young school like CEIBS, located in Shanghai, China, to have its MBA, EMBA and Open Executive Education programmes all listed amongst the top schools of the world is simply a tremendous achievement and encouragement,” said CEIBS Dean and Vice President Rolf D. Cremer. “The FT Ranking of the CEIBS Open Executive Education Programme confirms the importance of executive training in China and confirms that CEIBS is offering the right high quality programmes to meet current demand.”
In the 2008 Open Executive Education Programme ratings, CEIBS outpaced peer schools around the globe in several key criteria. In the category of “partner schools,” which measures “the quantity and quality of programmes taught in conjunction with other business schools,” CEIBS was rated #3 worldwide.
"We are extremely pleased to see the CEIBS Executive Education Programme maintain its ranking as #1 in Asia and to also receive recognition as a world class programme from one of the best respected global business school surveys,” commented CEIBS Co-dean Zhang Weijiong.
CEIBS scored sixth worldwide in terms of “faculty diversity,” which measures the mix of faculty by gender and nationality, and ninth worldwide in a measure of repeat business & growth in income. The school also scored a high 19th place in “new skills & learning”, which rates the relevance of new skills learned to the workplace.
Executive Education Programmes Director Hobbs Liu commented: “In recent years, CEIBS has put a tremendous effort into improving our programmes and service in order to provide the very best learning experience for our clients. The news of our 2008 ranking by the Financial Times is proof that we are heading in the right direction.”
About the CEIBS Rankings:
The China Europe International Business School, founded in 1994, was the first business school in China to be accredited by EQUIS (the European standard accreditation). The school holds the following international rankings:
CEIBS MBA Programme:
Financial Times
• #1 in Asia for 5 consecutive years
• #11 worldwide for 2 consecutive years
BusinessWeek China
• #1 in China for 2 consecutive years
Forbes China
• Most Valuable FT MBA in China for 3 consecutive years
Forbes
• #9 Top Non-US business schools, 2007
CEIBS EMBA Programme:
• #23 worldwide, Financial Times global EMBA rankings (2007)
• Top 50 worldwide, Financial Times global EMBA rankings (2001-2006)
CEIBS Executive Custom Programme:
• #2 in Asia , Financial Times global executive education rankings
CEIBS Executive Education Open Programme:
• #20 worldwide, Financial Times global executive education rankings 2008
For more information, contact CEIBS External Communications Director Laurie Underwood at lunderwood@ceibs.edu or (86-21) 2890-5505
