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Top Asian study destinations
Country Percentage of MBA aspirants
who would consider studying there
Singapore 19%
India 8.6%
Japan 7.7%
Hong Kong 6.8%
Malaysia 4.8%
China 4.5%
Source: QS Applicant’s Survey 2007
Hong Kong cityscape
(or more) the rate of the western economies in is the sixth most popular destination for overseas Chinese University of Hong Kong’s intake of
the past decade or so has resulted in a growing students while the other nations have also seen overseas students is a high 75%, whilst the National
disposable income for a large sections of society. increases (see table 1). More and more recruiters are University of Singapore's international contingent
With this comes a growth in both tertiary services now keen to hire locally from the region stands at a staggering 95%, making it amongst the
and the traditional industries and the need for thanks to the choice of top schools such as most international schools in the world. Most
talented managers and leaders. National University of Singapore, and Hong Kong schools, particularly those offering English-
“The MBA can often fill the gap at a stage University on their doorstep. language MBAs, are reacting to this by trying to
of one’s career when one rises to middle increase their own percentage of overseas students.
management. In the case of Asia, an increasing International mix Of course this benefits the schools financially,
number of professionals from a technical back- In annual QS TopMBA research many schools yet it is also extremely important to top level
ground – such as I.T or engineering, want to showed a significant increase in the number of recruiters to find talent with a strong international
acquire softer skills in management in an effort international students on their programs. The background.
towards a career switch post-MBA.”
Not only are Asians looking overseas to study
“The MBA can often fill the gap at a stage of one’s career when one
at business schools (the top 5 destinations are USA,
rises to middle management. In the case of Asia, an increasing number
UK, Australia, Canada and France according
to the QS TopMBA Applicants Survey 2007)
of professionals from a technical background – such as I.T
but aspiring MBAs from those countries are
or engineering, want to acquire softer skills in management”
strongly considering Asian schools too. Singapore
QS Search and Scorecard 2007
Back to work
With the MBA remaining a global standard of
Top business schools in Asia searched by School Reputation entry to the most attractive management jobs in
(Data from www. topmba.com/scorecard) Asia, it is interesting to view the recruitment
1 NUS Business School, National University of Singapore
transitions. With the downturn in key areas such
2 Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
as telecoms, media, consulting and banking, the
3 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
demand for MBAs has relocated from large
4 Indian School of Business
companies to two non-traditional sectors: start-up
5 The Chinese University of Hong Kong companies and local companies. Companies
6 International University of Japan founded by entrepreneurial MBAs during the last
7 Waseda Business School
decade have been hiring the current class at afford-
8 Asian Institute of Management
able salaries; and the Asian region has also
9 Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University
absorbed larger numbers of MBA graduates into
10 Guanghua School of Management , Peking University
its local job market, most significantly in China
and India.
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