Financial Times Announces Its Global MBA Ranking 2022: MBA Program of ACEM SJTU Ranks 58th Globally and 1st in Career Progress in China 2022-02-14

On February 14th 2022, the Financial Times (FT) published its 2022 Global MBA Top 100 officially, which places the MBA program of ACEM SJTU at the 58th in the world. As the only local business school in Chinese mainland ranking among the top 100 for nine consecutive years, ACEM MBA has secured its leading position in overall strength and is ranked No. 1 in China and No. 4 worldwide in the Career Progress Rank with the Salary Increase of 160%.

As a competitive stage for top business schools, FT Global MBA Top 100 is the most competitive one of all rankings.

In addition to the top-tier place in the general ranking, the MAB program of ACEM SJTU also records outstanding performances in key indicator rankings such as Salary Increase and Career Progress: Employment Rate of three months for ACEM's MBA graduates hits 100% and Salary Increase rises dramatically to 160% with Weighted Salary reaching $133,960. What's more, it is worth mentioning that ACEM's MBA ranks No.1 in China and No. 4 in the world in the Career Progress Rank. These outstanding data fully demonstrate the unique advantages of ACEM's MBA program in talent cultivation and its continuous growth in brand power amongst the industries. 

The continuous improvement and dedication of the MBA program of ACEM SJTU are reflected in its remarkable results in other national and international authoritative rankings and assessments. For example, the MBA program of ACEM SJTU is placed at No. 60 in the QS Global MBA Ranking 2022 and is ranked No.1 among local business schools in Chinese mainland for three consecutive years.

Since the environment for innovation and entrepreneurship imposes increasingly higher requirements on talent cultivation, the MBA program of ACEM SJTU has actively transformed its concept by further developing the full-cycle talent training system for entrepreneurial practice to cater for the new context.

The MBA Entrepreneurship Elite Class composed of investors, on-campus entrepreneurs and alumni entrepreneurs, offers 8 entrepreneurship courses, 2 offline activities as well as offline training for more than 1,000 attendances to deliver full support and stand side by side for their development in various aspects, such as business selection for startup, battle with the pain points for business growth as well as exploration for profit model, etc. The MBA program of ACEM SJTU has accelerated the integration with the innovation and entrepreneurship education of the University by strengthening cooperation with Student Entrepreneurship Center and School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation of SJTU to support and guide the entrepreneurship programs of SJTU students. Furthermore, it actively connects with the post-doctoral technology programs of SJTU, taking the first step in the transfer of scientific and technological achievements and technological fusion.

As a program in direct cooperation with top-echelon international schools, the CLGO program of ACEM SJTU maintains close communications with the LGO program of MIT. On the premise of keeping the curricula synchronized and in order to meet the actual needs of students, which are constantly developing along with the changing times, the CLGO program actively upgrades the curriculum system and offers innovative courses, such as lean operation, probability statistics and machine learning, big data and business analysis. In the meantime, in response to the proposal by China's central government to "build the new development pattern featuring dual circulations in which domestic and overseas markets reinforce each other", the MBA Office focuses its attention on the leading local enterprises in China, continuously explores resources of new corporate partners and innovates a new cooperative mode between the school and the enterprise.

It is believed that the cold winter due to the pandemic will eventually go away as the enthusiasm for cooperation at home and abroad continues to grow, and innovative methods and thoughts continue to bear fruits. The MBA program of ACEM SJTU will keep up its pragmatic and innovative approaches based on its strong faculties to attract outstanding students, while developing high-quality curricula and promoting the industry community, in order to move forward more steadily and further on the journey of cultivating future business leaders with advanced ideas and industry practice, and to make greater contributions to sharing the story of ACEM and expressing the sound of China!