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December 13, 2011. Shanghai, China - CEIBS MBA Programme has been ranked #1 in China in Bloomberg Businessweek China’s rankings for 2011/2012, retaining the top spot held since the last survey in 2007. The ranking solidifies CEIBS MBA Programme’s #1 position in the last 3 consecutive Businessweek China surveys.

This year’s #1 placement is significant in that recruiters’ recommendations are a major factor in compiling the rankings, a newly-added element to the survey. In addition, Bloomberg Businessweek collaborated, for the first time this year, with Britain’s authoritative QS Quacquarelli Symonds in surveying 2000 global recruiters. The results are an indicator of the increasing global recognition of the value of hiring MBA graduates from CEIBS and other b-schools in Mainland China and Hong Kong. CEIBS tops the list when recruiters were asked which school’s MBA grads they would hire. This is borne out by the numbers in the CEIBS 2011 Career Report: 94.2% of the students from Class of 2009 landed jobs within three months after graduation. In addition, 71% of graduates successfully completed a career switch. The average annual salary was RMB472,000 (RMB393,000 for Chinese students), a 17% increase over the year before . In the past 8 consecutive years, CIEBS’ MBA programme has ranked among the Top 5 in terms of “Percentage Salary Increase”.



The growing reputation of CEIBS MBA graduates in the business world is also reflected in the increasing number of recruiters who visit the campus in order to identify candidates for their corporate leadership development programmes (LDP). This year, nearly 40% of LDPs are at the global level. This highlights CEIBS’ unique ability to offer “China Depth, Global Breadth”, both in terms of its faculty’s impressive knowledge base and its graduates’ capabilities. CEIBS also tops the Bloomberg Businessweek China rankings in terms of average GMAT scores (691), a reflection of the high-calibre applicants that the school attracts.


“The strong showing of CEIBS MBA Programme in the Bloomberg Businessweek China ranking, both in 2011 and over the last few surveys, is an indicator of our commitment to consistently enrolling the best students and - within 18 months - equipping them with the skills needed to make them highly-sought after employees, or entrepreneurs, when they graduate,” said CEIBS MBA Programme Director Lydia Price.

In 2010 CEIBS Career Development Centre was merged with the MBA programme, part of an initiative to ensure that students achieve an optimal balance between the academic skills needed for the workforce and having clearly-defined career goals. The internship programme for the Class of 2010 is now underway, with 300+ positions open to CEIBS students. These include globally-recognised names such as Bain, Roland Berger, JP Morgan, IDG, Bayer, Dow Chemical, DuPont, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Google and Tencent.


“CEIBS #1 ranking in this year’s survey means that our efforts to ensure that our students have the best opportunities available to them when they graduate - both within China and abroad - have paid off,” said MBA Director, Admissions and Career Services Yvonne Li. In 2011, 450 companies posted 1500+ job openings to CEIBS’ 184 graduates. Each student had 7-8 job opportunities, on average.

CEIBS typically enrols about 200 students each year. Applications are now being accepted for the 2012 class, which begins next July. The deadline is March 29, 2012. The Job Fair for 2010 students will be held on January 11, 2012. For more information please visit http://www.ceibs.edu/career_c/events/index.shtml or contact the Career Development Centre at +86-21-2890 5142.

CEIBS MBA Programme is also ranked:
• #1 "Most Valuable Full-time MBA Programme in China" (2005-2010): Forbes China
• #5 Top Non-US Two-Year MBA (2011): Forbes (in Top 5 since 2009)
• #17 worldwide, full-time MBA Programme (2010): Financial Times
• #1 "Best Business School in China" (2011, 2010, 2009), #33 worldwide: Ed Universal (award chosen by 1000 international b-school deans)
• #1 Chinese B-School in the Asia Pacific (2012) QS Top MBA

About CEIBS
The China Europe International Business School (www.ceibs.edu) offers a unique combination of “China Depth, Global Breadth” - taking advantage of its position as the leading business school in China after 17 years of phenomenal growth.

CEIBS is the first business school in mainland China that offers a full-time MBA, an Executive MBA, and a wide array of Executive Development Programmes; and it is the only Asian business school to have achieved global ranking for all three programmes.

CEIBS operates a main campus in Shanghai, a second campus in Beijing, as well as representative offices and teaching facilities in Shenzhen and Accra, Ghana.

Each year, roughly 190 MBA students and 700 EMBA students graduate from CEIBS (making it the largest EMBA programme in the world in terms of students). Roughly 10,000 students enrol in the Executive Education (non certificate) programmes per year. CEIBS' impressive alumni base includes 1000+ CEOs and top-level decision makers.