Globalization: Preparing Students to Lead in Tomorrow s Global Economy

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1 APRU Business School Deans Meeting Globalization: Preparing Students to Lead in Tomorrow s Global Economy Tim Chou May 23, 2008

2 National Taiwan University The oldest, most prestigious & most privileged university in Taiwan (founded in 1928) A full-scale active research university with 11 colleges Over 33,000 students with over 3,000 faculty members In the center of the capital city, Taipei

3 College of Management The first school of commerce in Taiwan, tracing its root back to 1919 Reorganized as NTU s seventh college, the College of Management in 1987 Committed to become one of the premier and influential business schools in the Asia- Pacific region

4 Structure 5 departments covering all business disciplines - Business Administration - Accounting - Finance - International Business - Information Management Each department offers programs for - undergraduate (BBA, 4-year) - graduate (2 local MBA & 3 MSc, 2-year) - PhD Global MBA (day-time, 2-year) Executive MBA (part-time, 2-year)

5 Faculty 100 Full-time faculty members Most of our faculty members received PhD degrees from universities abroad: - Columbia University, Cornell University, Harvard University, MIT, New York University, Northwestern University, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, University of Illinois, University of Pennsylvania, USC, University of Texas at Austin, University of Wisconsin, Yale University - London Business School, Lancaster University, University of Cambridge, University of Manchester, University of Warwick - University of Tokyo

6 Students The College has always been the No. 1 choice for students in Taiwan (business track) Acceptance rates - Undergraduate: 3% - Graduate: 5% - Global MBA: 13% - Executive MBA: 20% - PhD: 15% Current enrollment :around Undergraduate: Master (2 local MBA & 3 MSc): Global MBA: 70 - Executive MBA: PhD: 306

7 Global MBA Purely taught in English 2-year post-experience day-time program Graduation requirement: 45 units (including thesis), 1.5 to 2 years Initiated in 2004 as a certificate program. Transformed into a degree program in Aim to prepare students as future leaders in the global market

8 Class size Global MBA cont d - Currently 45 (local:30 international: 15) - Expected to reach 60 (local:30 international: 30) in 2008 Student Profile - Average age: 31 - Average work experience: 7 years - Top Backgrounds by industry: IT 40% Where are they from - Majority of students hold bachelor or master degrees from world top universities including Boston University, UC Berkeley, New York University, University of Michigan, University of Maryland, University of Melbourne, University of Toronto and so on

9 Curriculum course offering Core: vigorous quantitative and analytical training; case-based qualitative training - Managerial accounting, Managerial economics, Marketing, Information management, Organization behavior, Financial management, Operation management, Strategy Courses by invited international scholars - Innovation and Entrepreneurship (UCB) - Cross cultural management & Ethics - International marketing and Branding Courses by program appointed faculty - China economy, Emerging financial markets, Emerging technologies and business opportunities

10 Real world practices Global Consulting Practicum - Collaborate with Wharton on real world consulting practices Leadership training - Hands on skills training and practices - Internal and international contests Internship with global companies - Special internship arrangement with Ernst & Young - Other strong partners including TSMC, Acer, Giant, BENQ, Trend Micro, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citibank, Google, Intel, etc.

11 Int l learning community International students - To make up 50%+ of the student body Exchange program - With over 40 international partners Joint programs

12 Market trends Study tours - Beijing, Shanghai, Vietnam Bilingual training - English and Chinese (Mandarin) - Mandarin training for international students - Interact with local students through bilingual classes and certificate programs

13 College-level Exchange Partners Canada Simon Fraser University University of Victoria University of Toronto York University USA UCLA, Anderson School of Management USC Marshall School of Business Thunderbird School of Global Management Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University China Guanghua School of Management, Peking University The School of Management, Xi an Jiaotong University School of Business, Renmin University of China CUHK (Chinese University of Hong Kong) India Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad Japan Keio University Waseda University Kobe University Korea KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology ) Yonsei University Sungkyunkwan University Belgium Solvay Business School, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) ICHEC Brussels Management School France EM Lyon Grande Ecole IAE de Lyon, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 INT Management, Institut National des Télécommunications Blaise Pascal University Germany Leipzig Graduate School of Management (HHL) University of Mannheim Netherlands RSM Erasmus University Universiteit Maastricht Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) Poland Warsaw School of Economics Karol Adamiecki University of Economics Switzerland HEC Lausanne Zurich University of Applied Science, Winterthur UK Manchester Business School Lancaster University Management School

14 Thank you