The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology¡¦s Executive MBA Program, jointly offered with the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University has maintain its leading position in the world. Kellogg-HKUST EMBA ranked world no.1 in The Wall Street Journal Asia¡¦s first survey of EMBA program in 2008, and ranked world no.1 & no.2 in Financial Times EMBA Global rankings in 2007 & 2008 respectively. The program is listed No.1 for ¡§salary today¡¨ of its participants and No.1 in ¡§international students¡¨, No.2 in ¡§work experience¡¨ and No.3 in ¡§international faculty¡¨. The Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program also comes first in ¡§top salary in finance¡¨, ¡§top salaries in industry¡¨ and ¡§top salaries in consulting¡¨.

With the above outstanding and sustainable world records, it highlights the succession of the program¡¦s diversity aspects. The Kellogg-HKUST program was launched in 1998 as a unique East-West partnership to offer the best management education for international talent based in Asia. Over these 10 years, the school has consecutively aimed to foster a new network of leaders with global insights and local sensitivities.

To assure the standard of high level, students are required to be mature senior executives with the ability to demonstrate academic and real world business achievements. The mission of the program was designed to take the students out of their comfort zones and into new areas of thinking that spanned both industry and vocation. ¡§Think outside the box and be creative¡¨ are EMBA students and program directors would distinguish how theories are delivered in classes.

Each unique tailor made course benefits students to drive their career and organization to new levels of success. It enhances executives to perform better and more effectively with learning of real and practical value for their business today and tomorrow. Moreover, this premium educational program makes a difference, not just in what students know, this experience devoted to upgrading executives¡¦ knowledge and management skills in how they think (inspiration), decide (questioning), act (implementation) and relate (evaluation). As commented by a current EMBA student, Mr. Kevin Xu - Chief Executive Officer, Arvato Services (China) of the Bertelsmann Company ¡§Kellogg-HKUST EMBA helps me to build a better concept and open up my mind in an international way. The program inspired me to expand my thinking from a regional point to a broader marketing plan by inputting appropriate tactics to prepare challenges in today¡¦s market¡¨. Another current EMBA student, Mr. Deepak Lala ¡V Director, ASIC Development of Nevis Networks, Inc. summed up his comment on the Kellogg-HKUST program as ¡§Invite good program and good people attract good learning¡¨.

To learn ¡§internationally and extensively¡¨, it is essential to have a diversity of ideas reciprocating; which bring out one of Kellogg¡¦s EMBA feature. According to the current class profile of the Kellogg-HKUST (2008 ¡V 2009), there are 60 participants in each class with 70% men and 30% women. The average age is 38 years old up to 50+ with the average of 14 years of work experience in a wide range of senior executive working backgrounds. As Steven Dekrey, Associate Dean and Director, Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA said ¡§Our students come from a vast spectrum of backgrounds and industries, providing fertile ground for senior executives to learn from each other¡¨. Also, there are 14 different nationalities enrolled with the program with the largest percentage of 25% Americans followed by 13.3% Singaporeans and Australians, 11.6% HK Chinese and other nationalities from Asia, Europe and Canada. The mixture of nationalities in a study group helps engaging multi-national interactions and backgrounds to stimulate student¡¦s ideas when adapting to the global context.

Kellogg-HKUST EMBA participants learn about the latest global management tools and concepts for solving complex managerial problems through 28 courses, each covered during two weekends, offered over a 16-month program. An exchange opportunity will be offered in the second year of study. Participants can take classes at Kellogg international partnership programs around the globe including U.S.A., Canada, Germany and Israel. This leverages a worldwide network by allowing students to study unique courses in a wide variety of specialist subjects with classmates from top business schools in the Kellogg family.

To maintain a sustainable World-Class study program, it is essential to have the world class brain-power. Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program brings together the best faculty, the two schools professors with the allocation of 50% from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and 50% from HKUST. All professors are proven to be ¡¥best of the best¡¦ with professional teaching experiences and teaching awards. In recent years, highly influential leaders from a wide array of backgrounds and industries have been invited as guest speakers in the Leaders course to provide a practical insight of the studied content. Guests include: Mr. Mark Bown, President, Sands and Venetian, Macao and Mrs. Anson Chan, Former Chief Secretary for Administration, The Hong Kong SAR Government, China and many more.

Enable best stimulation and convenience for students to interact and brainstorm ideas during small group discussions, participants are required to stay on campus in custom-built apartments in the HKUST¡¦s University Centre. Two participates share one serviced apartment with separate bedrooms. Participants will have access to catering, sports and recreation facilities. Daily breakfast, lunch, tea breaks and dinner are provided.