Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is one of the world's top leading research universities. Established in 1963, it is the second oldest university in Hong Kong. CUHK is the only university in Hong Kong with a college system. The constituent colleges are: Chung Chi College, United College, New Asia College, Shaw College, Morningside College, C.W. Chu College, S.H. Ho College, Wu Yee Sun College and Lee Woo Sing College. The main faculties at CUHK are: - Faculty of Arts - Faculty of Business Administration - Faculty of Education - Faculty of Engineering - Faculty of Medicine - Faculty of Social Science - Faculty of Science - Faculty...

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Curtin University of Technology

Curtin University of Technology is Western Australia's largest and most multi-cultural university. It was previously known as the Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT). The University has campuses in Sydney, Malaysia and Singapore, and it conducts degree programs in Singapore, Vietnam, Mauritius, China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, and more. Curtin offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in business, humanities, health sciences, resources, engineering and related sciences. It offers higher degrees by research at the master and doctorate level. Research strengths are concentrated around four broad...

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Curtin Business School MBA

Curtin University of Technology is Australian top leading institution with five faculties including Curtin Business School (CBS), Faculty of Health Sciences, Centre for Aboriginal Studies, Faculty of Humanities, and Faculty of Science & Engineering. CBS has seven schools within the faculty: - School of Accounting - School of Business Law and Taxation - School of Economics and Finance - School of Information Systems - School of Management - School of Marketing - Graduate School of Business Curtin University Graduate School of Business offers two professional masters programs - the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and the Master...

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City University of Hong Kong

Established in 1984, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) is one of the best universities in Hong Kong, consistently placed among the world top leading institutions by a number of international league tables. All bachelor’s degree and postgraduate programs are organized under the Colleges and the Schools: the College of Business, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the College of Science and Engineering, the School of Creative Media, the School of Law, the Division of Building Science and Technology, and the Community College of City University. The College of Business consists of the following departments: Accountancy,...

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Chicago Booth School of Business

Chicago Booth offers Full-time, Part-time (Evening and Weekend) and Executive MBA programs. The University is also a major center for educating future academics, with graduate programs offering the A.M. and Ph.D. degrees in several fields. The program allows students to largely structure their own course of study subject to the constraint of a broad set of requirements. This is in contrast to other top-tier business schools, which impose a cohort or learning team system that includes coursework to be completed in a pre-determined order. The program differentiates itself by allowing students the flexibility to construct a program of study...

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University of Queensland

Founded in 1909, The University of Queensland (UQ) is a top ranked university located in Brisbane, Australia. It is the oldest university in Queensland and the fifth oldest in the country. UQ is a member of the Australia's Group of Eight (Go8), and the Universitas 21. It is the largest university in the state, with major campuses at St Lucia, Ipswich, Gatton and Herston. Other locations include teaching hospitals and health centres, the Dental school, veterinary science centres, agricultural science farms, marine research stations, physics research stations, seismography stations and a mine at Indooroopilly. University of Queensland...

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University of Melbourne

Founded in 1853, The University of Melbourne (Unimelb) is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria, with main campus located in Parkville.  It is a member of the "Group of Eight" leading research institutions, the Universitas 21 and Association of Pacific Rim Universities networks. University of Melbourne is consistently placed among the world's top 100 institutions by major ranking publications such as the ARWU, THE-QS and HEEACT. It is the second-largest research organisation in Australia after the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation). Melbourne is recognized as Australia's...

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University of Adelaide

The University of Adelaide is a top leading public university located in South Australia. It it is the third oldest university in Australia, founded in 1874. The main campus of the University is at North Terrace, with other campuses located in Roseworthy, Waite, Thebarton, the National Wine Centre, and a campus in Singapore. It offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in the areas of agricultural sciences; architecture; business and management; computer science; dentistry; engineering; information technology; law; mathematics; medicine; music; and many more. Associated with 5 Nobel Prize winners and more than...

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Queensland University of Technology

Established in 1908, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a world-class university located in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is a member of the Australian Technology Network, a network of universities with strong focus on technological research. The university has main campuses in Gardens Point, Kelvin Grove, and Caboolture. QUT has the following Faculties and Institutes: - Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering - Faculty of Business - Creative Industries Faculty - Faculty of Education - Faculty of Health - Faculty of Law - Faculty of Science and Technology - QUT International College - Institute of Creative Industries...

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University of Western Australia

The University of Western Australia (UWA) is one of the best ranking universities in Australia. Established in 1911, it is the oldest and most prestigious institution of higher learning in the state of Western Australia. It has one of the most picturesque university campuses in the country. The university is a member of the prestigious Group of Eight -  a coalition of Australian top 8 research universities. It is also known as a "Sandstone University". The university has the following faculties: - Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts - Business School - Education - Engineering, Computing...

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Macquarie University

Founded in 1964, Macquarie University is one of the top universities in Australia with main campus situated in Macquarie Park. It has strong international reputation in various research and teaching areas, consistently ranks in the top 10 Australian universities for the number of Discovery Grants and Federation Fellowships awarded by the Australian Research Council and the number of major national research centres established on-campus. The university has the following faculties: Faculty of Business and Economics, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Science, and Faculty of Human Sciences. It offers a broad range of undergraduate...

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Cambridge tops QS University Ranking 2010

In the recent release of QS World University Ranking 2010, University of Cambridge (UK) took the top spot as Number One University in the world, ranked ahead of Harvard University (2nd) and Yale University (3rd). University College London has maintained its position (4th place) as was ranked in the 2009 league table. United States has the most number of universities ranked in the world's top 200 (53 institutions), followed by United Kingdom (30 institutions), Germany (12), the Netherlands (12), Canada (10), Japan (10). In Australia only the Group of Eight (Go8) universities are ranked in the global top 200, with ANU being the 1st nationally and 20th internationally, followed by University of Sydney (37th) and University of Melbourne (38th). In Asia the highest ranked institution...

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Australian Universities in THE Ranking 2010-2011

Australian universities performed very well in the rankings of world's top 200 universities by the Times Higher Education (THE) in its World University Rankings 2010-11. University of Melbourne improved its position as the highest ranked university in Australia, ranked 36th globally and ahead of Australian National University (43rd globally). A total of 7 Australian universities have made it into the top 200 best institutions in the world. Melbourne University is ranked top in Australia in teaching, research and citations, which measures research influence. It is rated second in industry income and third in international (proportion of international staff and students). University of Sydney is ranked 3rd in the country and 71st in the world. The University of Adelaide is ranked...

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Top 10 Universities in Australia

What are the best ten universities in Australia? Generally we would consider the Group of Eight (Go8) members as amongst the best 8 institutions in the country, followed by another two prestigious universities (they can be Macquarie, Flinders, Wollongong, Newcastle, ...). Here we will look at major ranking publications to justify the top 10 list: According to the Academic Ranking of World Universities released by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, ANU is the highest rated institution in the country, placed 1st nationally and 59th globally in 2008. Three schools are placed within the Global Top 100, the other two are Melbourne (73rd) and Sydney (97th). All the Go8 members and Macquarie University are placed in the top 9 positions, with another 5 schools rated equal 10th (they are...

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Australian Top 8 Research Universities

The Group of Eight (Go8) is formed by a group of top eight research intensive universities in Australia. 63% of Australia’s university research is at Go8 Universities. Following are details and information for the Go8 institutions (not in ranking order): 1.Australian National University : Canberra, The Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Phone number : 6126125511 Website : http://www.anu.edu.au/ 2.University of Melbourne : Victoria - 3010, Australia. Telephone : +(613) 83444000. Fax : +(613) 83445104. Telex : Unimel AA35185. Website : http://www.unimelb.edu.au/. 3.University of Sydney : NSW 2006, Australia. Phone Number : +612 93512222. ABN : 15211513464. CRICOS Number : 00026A. Website : http://www.usyd.edu.au/ 4.University of Queensland : Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia. Phone...

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Best Rated Australian Universities

Following are the top Australian universities with 'five-star' performance ratings in The Good Universities Guide, an independent guide which provides ratings, rankings, comment and information about Australian higher education institutions. Bond University - It is Queensland’s highest rating university earning the most five star ratings of any university in the state. The 2011 Good Universities Guide rated Bond University five stars for: Student:staff ratio, Positive Graduate Outcomes, Graduate Starting Salaries, Overall Satisfaction, Teaching Quality, Staff Qualifications, Generic Skills, Non-government Earnings. University of Wollongong - It is one of the country’s leading research institutions. UOW received five stars in seven key areas (where only the top 20 per cent...

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Australian National University (ANU)

Founded in 1946, Australian National University (ANU) is a top ranked teaching and research university located in Canberra, Australia. It is a member of the Group of Eight (Go8), the International Alliance of Research Universities, the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, and the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy. The university offers a range of undergraduate programs, postgraduate studies and research through the ANU Colleges of Arts and Social Sciences, Asia and the Pacific, Engineering and Computer Science, Law, Business and Economics, Physical Sciences, and Medicine, Biology and Environment. Rankings: -...

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Monash University

Established in 1958, Monash University is one of the world's premier educational institutions located in Melbourne, Australia. It is Australia's largest university with campuses in Clayton, Caulfield, Berwick, Peninsula, Parkville and Gippsland, as well as overseas campuses in Malaysia and South Africa, and a centre in Prato, Italy. The university is consistently placed among the world's best institutions by major international league tables such as the THES, ARWU, Newsweek, etc. The university has the following faculties: - Faculty of Art & Design - Faculty of Arts - Faculty of Business and Economics - Faculty of Education - Faculty...

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University of Sydney

Founded in 1850, The University of Sydney (USyd) is the oldest university in Australia, with strong international reputation for outstanding teaching and research excellence. The university has a number of residential colleges such as the Mandelbaum House, St Andrew's College, St John's College, St Paul's College, Sancta Sophia College, Wesley College, Women’s College, International House. USyd is a member of the Academic Consortium 21 (AC21), Group of Eight, the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) and the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN). Notable alumni of the university include Nobel laureates (Sir John Cornforth,...

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Harvard Business School

Founded in 1908, HBS started with 59 students. Once it innovated the case method of research and teaching in 1920, HBS ramped up the class size which reached 500 students during the decade. In 1926, the school moved from the Cambridge side of the Charles River to its present location in Allston (part of Boston)—hence the custom of faculty and students referring to the rest of Harvard University as "across the river." Women were first admitted to its regular two-year Master in Business Administration (MBA) program with the Class of 1965. HBS offers a two-year full time MBA program, which consists of one year of mandatory courses (Required Curriculum)...

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Judge Business School Cambridge

Location: Cambridge, England Admission rate: 18% Class size: 150 Term: One year Tuition: £30,500 ($61,090) Average starting salary: £55,029 ($110,240) Started in 1990, Cambridge's MBA program has quickly risen to the top. Teams of students work on consulting projects with small local companies as well as global corporations such as IBM, BP, and JPMorgan. Electives include courses on hedge funds, real estate, and nonprofit management. Graduates are entitled to work in Britain thanks to its Highly Skilled Migrant Program, and many indeed stay: Some 58% of students from last year's graduating class took jobs in Britain, though four-fifths of...

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ESADE Business School

ESADE Business School Location: Barcelona Admission rate: 20% Class size: 120 in 18-month program; 30 in one-year program Term: 18 months or one year Tuition: €57,000 ($89,700) for 18-month MBA; €42,500 ($66,900) for one-year MBA Average starting salary: €60,000 ($94,350) This Jesuit institution offers two MBA programs at its Barcelona campus: a yearlong course for students with undergraduate degrees in economics, engineering, or business administration and at least five years of work experience, and an 18-month track for students with academic training in other areas and less work experience. Small classes are a strong draw, as...

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HEC Paris

Location: Jouy-en-Josas, France Admission rate: 20% Class size: 188 Term: 16 months Tuition: €42,000 ($65,875) Average starting salary: €97,096 ($152,300) Since 2005, all MBA students at HEC Paris have received iPods, which are used in nearly all courses to publish student presentations, provide near-instant feedback from professors, and offer on-demand explanations of course material. Students may earn a second MBA or an additional master's degree from one of nine partner schools, including the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the London School of Economics, and NYU's Stern School of Business. HEC Paris has worked hard to improve class diversity:...

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IE Business School

Location: Madrid Admission rate: 21% Class size: 280 Term: 13 months Tuition: €48,000 ($75,700), plus €1,100 ($1,735) contribution to the IE Business School Foundation Average starting salary: $120,190 More than 90% of full-time MBA students at Instituto de Empresa Business School come from outside Spain and comprise about 57 nationalities, with Latin American students making up 40% of the student body. Some students complete dual degrees in international affairs at the Fletcher School at Tufts University or in logistics and supply chain management at MIT. In 2004, IE opened a Center for Eco-Intelligent Management to promote sustainable business. Source:...

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IESE Business School

Location: Barcelona Admission rate: 19% Class size: 216 Term: 18 months Tuition: €64,900 ($102,000) Average starting salary: €84,400 ($133,000) IESE's MBA program includes intensive Spanish courses to ready students for business in Spanish-speaking countries. A third of students begin the program on a bilingual track, taking half their coursework in Spanish; others who improve their language skills sufficiently may take business courses in Spanish their second year and earn a bilingual degree. IESE naturally attracts Latin Americans, who make up 14% of the class; Spaniards make up another 20%. Next year's intake will include 35...

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London Business School

Location: London Admission rate: 15% Class size: 315 Term: 15 to 21 months Tuition: £44,490 ($88,980) Average starting salary: £61,699 ($122,900) It's not all work and no play at this elite institution: students participate in clubs devoted to pastimes ranging from rugby to wine and cheese. About 17% of students are American, one of 59 nationalities in the full-time class. Up to seven women's scholarships are granted yearly, including two £11,000 ($22,070) allotments from the school's Women in Business Club; three £20,000 ($40,130) awards from Deutsche Bank; and two £20,000 fellowships from the Forté Foundation, a consortium of corporations,...

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IMD

Location: Lausanne, SwitzerlandAdmission rate: 27%Class size: 90Term: 11 monthsTuition: CHF 58,000 ($58,000)Average starting salary:€94,000 ($147,600)As part of its rigorous leadership training courses, IMD offers students 20 sessions with a psychologist as an elective to increase self-understanding and empathy.  Since 2002 classes have traveled to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Argentina, and South Africa to learn how business development can improve the lot of fragile countries.  This year's class comprises 44 nationalities: 33% are European, 22% Asian, and 15% African or Middle Eastern. Last year, 70% of the class...

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INSEAD FULL TIME MBA

Location: Fontainebleau, France, and SingaporeAdmission rate: UndisclosedClass size: 919, divided among September and January entriesTerm: 10 monthsTuition: €50,000 ($78,000)Average starting salary: €81,831 ($128,600) Aside from its two physical campuses, INSEAD runs a virtual campus on Second Life, where students and professors in France, Singapore, or elsewhere can interact in real time. Students can choose among 15 electives in entrepreneurship—including one that involves starting a business on Second Life—and contend for €10,000 ($15,800) in semiannual business venture competitions. A third of students start out in Singapore,...

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Saïd Business School University of Oxford

Location: Oxford, England Admission rate: 20% Class size: 215 Term: 11 months Tuition: £30,000 ($60,000) Average starting salary: £65,000 ($130,600) Oxford MBA students carry out two major undertakings during their studies: an entrepreneurship project, in which they develop business plans to present to venture capitalists, and a strategic consulting project, in which they work for corporations around the world. Just 5% of students are British, but 48% of last year's graduates took jobs there. An additional 11% found employment elsewhere in Europe, 20% in North America, and 14% in Asia-Pacific. In 2004, Oxford launched the Skoll Centre for Social...

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SDA Bocconi School of Management

Location: Milan Admission rate: Approx. 33% Class size: 100 Term: One year Tuition: €36,000 ($56,500) Average starting salary: €62,900 ($98,800) SDA Bocconi scrapped its Italian-language track this year to boost international enrollment, and raised the number of female students to 40% from 18% in three years thanks to a mix of grants and marketing. In the final two months of the program, students choose one of three concentrations: marketing and innovation, finance, or strategy. A limited number of students may opt to spend their last four months of study at one of many partner schools around the world, including China Europe International...

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ONLINE MBA RANKING - BUSINESS WEEK

• Aarhus University• Aberdeen Business School• Arizona State University (Carey)• Babson College (Olin)• Ball State University (Miller)• Boston University• CENTRUM Católica• Colorado State University• DeVry University (Keller)• Drexel University (LeBow)• East Carolina University• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University• Euro-MBA• Florida State University• Georgia WebMBA• IE Business School• Indiana University (Kelley)• INSEAD• James Madison University• Michigan Technological University• Mississippi State University• Northeastern University• Pace University (Lubin)• Pennsylvania State University - World Campus• Portland State University• Regent University• Rowan University (Rohrer)• Sam Houston State University• Southern Nazarene University• St. Joseph's University (Haub)• Suffolk University (Sawyer)•...

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EXECUTIVE MBA RANKING - BUSINESS WEEK

1 Northwestern University (Kellogg)2 University of Chicago (Booth)3 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)4 Columbia University5 University of Southern California (Marshall)6 IE Business School7 University of Michigan (Ross)8 University of California - Los Angeles (Anderson)9 Southern Methodist University (Cox)10 Duke University (Fuqua)11 University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)12 Emory University (Goizueta)13 IESE Business School14 New York University (Stern)15 Ohio State University (Fisher)16 IMD17 ESADE18 Georgetown University (McDonough)19 INSEAD20 University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)21 Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead)22 University of Texas - Dallas23 Boston University24 London Business School25 Queen's Univers...

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US PART-TIME MBA RANKING - BUSINESS WEEK

US TOP BUSINESS SCHOOLS: 1 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 2 University of California - Los Angeles (Anderson) 3 University of California - Berkeley (Haas) 4 University of Nebraska - Lincoln 5 University of Michigan (Ross) 6 Elon University (Love) 7 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 8 Rice University (Jones) 9 Indiana University Southeast 10 Drexel University (LeBow) 11 Emory University (Goizueta) 12 University of Chicago (Booth) 13 Loyola Marymount University 14 Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead) 15 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 16 Loyola University - Chicago 17 University of Richmond (Reynolds) 18 Belmont University (Massey) 19 University of Southern California (Marshall) 20 Ohio State University (Fisher) 21 University of Nevada - Reno 22 Boston University 23 New York...

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FULL TIME MBA RANKING - BUSINESS WEEK

US TOP BUSINESS SCHOOLS: 1  University of Chicago (Booth)2  Harvard University3  University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)4  Northwestern University (Kellogg)5  Stanford University6  Duke University (Fuqua)7  University of Michigan (Ross)8  University of California - Berkeley (Haas)9  Columbia University10  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)11 University of Virginia (Darden)12 Southern Methodist University (Cox)13 Cornell University (Johnson)14 Dartmouth College (Tuck)15 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)16 University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)17 University of California - Los Angeles (Anderson)18 New York University (Stern)19 Indiana University (Kelley20 Michigan State University (Broad)21 Yale University22 Emory...

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