London Business School Visits Hong Kong

London Business School Visits Hong Kong

October 12, 2006

Demand Continues to Grow for Qualified Business Professionals in Asia

    HONG KONG, Oct. 12 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The number of
Chinese students enrolling in London Business School's
Masters in Finance programme has nearly doubled over the
last year.  This growth reflects an increasing interest by
Chinese executives for stronger business knowledge, coupled
with a demand from employers for greater financial
expertise.

    Senior staff from London Business School are in Hong
Kong this week to meet with prospective students
considering undertaking an MBA, Executive MBA (EMBA),
Masters in Finance degree (MiF) or Sloan Fellowship. 
Representing the School are Ms. Sabine Vinck, Associate
Dean of the MiF programme; Ms. Ruth Allen, MBA programme
manager; and Ms. Linden Selby, Senior Admissions Manager
for the EMBA and Sloan Fellowship programmes.  The team
will host an information session at the Conrad Hotel on
October 12.

    London Business School offers the widest range of
degree programmes among top business schools, The School's
top-ranked MBA programme develops multi-skilled
professionals into tomorrow's global leaders.  The 20-month
part-time EMBA and EMBA global programme (run in association
with the Columbia Business School in the U.S) are as equally
demanding as the full-time programme but more flexible for
fully employed professionals.  The Masters in Finance
programme is offered on a full-time or part-time basis, and
provides training in the principles and practice of finance.
 The Sloan Fellowship is a 10-month, full-time, business
masters programme for mid-career professionals leading to
an MSc qualification.

    "We have witnessed a strong increase in the number
of Hong Kong and Mainland China students on the Masters in
Finance programme over the past two years," says
Vinck.  "This reflects a growing demand for suitably
qualified business and finance professionals in the
region.

    "The number of Mainland China students in the
School's MiF programme has nearly doubled over the past
year, from 7 percent of graduates in 2006 to 13 percent
expected to graduate in 2007.  Currently, 52 percent of all
students on the MiF courses are from Asia, a quarter of whom
are from Mainland China."   

    More than 300 alumni from London Business School's
degree programmes are now working in Hong Kong and Mainland
China, representing a mix of nationalities.  They are
working in a wide variety of industries but predominately
in finance, investment banking, consulting and with
multinationals.  Some are also entrepreneurs. 

    The MBA programme at London Business School has
undergone changes to its curriculum over the past year,
making the programme more flexible for students.  There is
now an option to complete the programme in 15-21 months.  


    "In addition, our Entrepreneurship module has now
become a compulsory subject, reflecting the popularity of
this module and the results of our study among 100 senior
business leaders, "Global Business Capabilities",
which identified innovation as a key requirement from MBA
graduates," Allen says. 

    The School will also host a whole class of Hong Kong
University MBA students for a term next year to further
links with the Hong Kong-Mainland China region.

    London Business School has a strong alumni community,
with more than 25,500 alumni in 100 countries worldwide. 
Hong Kong-based alumni from MBA, Sloan, EMBA global and MiF
programmes will be on hand at today's information session to
share their experience of studying at the School, and the
benefits they have experienced from their degrees, with the
prospective students.

    The London Business School team is also visiting Tokyo
and Singapore this month, and representatives from the
School will be travelling to Shanghai and Beijing later in
the year to meet prospective students in Mainland China.

    Notes for Editors

    London Business School's Vision is to be the
pre-eminent global business school, nurturing talent and
advancing knowledge in a multi-national, multicultural
environment.  Founded in 1965, the School graduated over
800 MBAs, Executive MBAs, Masters in Finance, Sloan Fellows
and PhDs from over 70 countries last year.  The School's
executive education department serves over 6,000 executives
on its programmes every year.  London Business School is
based in the most accessible and international city in the
world and is one of only two UK business schools to have
twice been awarded the highest research rating of five-star
(5*), by the Higher Education Funding Council for England
(HEFCE), confirming the School as a centre of world-class
research in business and management. http://www.london.edu


    For more information, please contact:

     Jenny Chan
     Burson-Marsteller Hong Kong
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     Email: [e-mail] 

     Kerry Taylor
     Senior Press Officer
     London Business School
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