NEW YORK, March 06, 2018 -- Ivy Exec’s third annual EMBA rankings are out and The INSEAD Global Executive MBA, and London Business School Executive MBA occupy the top spots in the 2018 Best Executive MBA Programs – Asia ranking. To compile these rankings, Ivy Exec undertook a quantitative, survey-based perception study of its nearly 1-million-member strong professional community of high-achieving, advancement-oriented executives.
The Top Executive MBA Programs in the Asia are:
- INSEAD Global Executive MBA
- London Business School Executive MBA
- NUS Asia Pacific Executive MBA
- SMU Executive MBA
- Nanyang EMBA
- CEIBS Global MBA
- PGPMAX Post Graduate Programme in Management for Senior Executives
- SP Jain Executive MBA in Dubai
- University of Sydney Global Executive MBA (GEMBA)
- University of Melbourne Executive MBA
The rankings are the result of a robust study of 6,245 global participants. Drilling down on the respondent pool, an impressive 55% held 20+ years of work experience. The study intentionally excluded participants with less than seven years of work experience and entry-level titles.
Other top-ranked programs in Asia include MBA Executive at University of Auckland and RMIT Executive MBA (Vietnam).
View the full list of 14 ranked programs in Asia, plus comprehensive profiles on each program here.
Global Joint EMBA Programs were also ranked in a separate list, and include EMBA-Global Americas and Europe (London Business School, Columbia University), The Kellogg-HKUST EMBA Program (Northwestern University & Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology), The TRIUM Global Executive MBA (New York University & London School of Economics & HEC Paris School of Mgmt.), The Cornell Executive MBA Americas (Queens University & Cornell University), and Kellogg-WHU Executive MBA Program (Northwestern University & WHU) . The full list of Global Joint programs can be found here.
For more information on the rankings, please contact [email protected].
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