MBA

MBA Program Overview

The MBA (Masters of Business Administration) program of School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University started in 1996, with the first batch of students officially enrolled in 1998.As of to date, more than 5,000 managerial elite individuals in society have benefited from our program. We are committed to cultivating entrepreneurs with strategic awareness of globalization and professional managers who can adapt to the global competition, the compliance with international standards in teaching and soft power development. We are the first business school in South China and the second in China that was awarded triple accreditations by AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB, ranking among the international mainstream business schools. The MBA program of School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University attaches great importance to practice and social responsibility, and has made its MBA program one of the internationally-recognized and most influential MBA brands in China after 20 years of development.

The MBA program of School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University follows the school motto as ��Study Extensively; Enquire Accurately; Reflect Carefully; Discriminate Clearly; Practice Earnestly��, based on the mission of integrating Chinese and Western wisdom, developing students�� spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation, practice of social responsibility and cultivation of business management elites��, committed to cultivate business elites with international vision and global competitiveness and pay equal attention to theory and practice, good at solving practical problems, with innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, and create value for enterprise and society.

The MBA program of School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University was ranked the Top 3 for eight consecutive years in the Most Influential MBA of China by World Entrepreneur magazine, a subsidiary of the World Manager Group.The MBA program of School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University was listed as the World��s Top 100 MBA programs by Economist for six consecutive years, being the only business school in mainland China on the list, which further shows that the MBA program of our school has been recognized worldwide. In 2017, Business Administration discipline of our school was selected into the list of ��Double-First Class�� Construction Discipline by the Ministry of Education and was tied for first place (A+) in the fourth round of national discipline evaluation. Furthermore, it has ranked first in China for six consecutive years (2019-2024) in the Shanghai Ranking��s ��Best Chinese Disciplines�� rankings.

��Rooted in South Guangdong, facing the whole country and covering the whole world��, our MBA program aims to be the first-class in Asia, world-recognized and influential MBA program, adhere to the practice orientation, pay attention to the combination of theory and practice, the dual characteristics which combines the international and the domestic, adhere to the education philosophy as ��International education and local response��.

Program Settings

Program	MBA (Part-time)	International MBA (Full-time)
School Hours (Compulsory Courses)	Saturday to Sunday, all day	Monday to Friday
Teaching Language	Mainly in Chinese	Mainly in English
Length of Schooling	3-year	2-year
Location of class	Guangzhou/Shenzhen	Guangzhou
Qualification	Up to the year of admission, Bachelor degree��s obtained for 3 years and master degree��s obtained for 2 years.
Enrolling Scope	Worldwide
Time of Enrollment	Every August
Certificate Granted	Sun Yat-sen University Master Postgraduate Graduation Certification, Sun Yat-sen University Master Degree Certification

MBA Courses Description

The MBA program system is divided into four modules: Management basic module, manager mental cultivation module, global campus module and executive competency module. And the executive post competency module includes six courses directions which are CEO/Entrepreneur, CFO, COO, CMO, CHRO and CIO.

1��Management Basic Module

Name of Course	Course Nature	Credit
Management Communication	Compulsory	3
Data Modeling and Decision Making	Compulsory	3
Managerial Economics	Compulsory	3
Management Consulting	Compulsory	2
Financial Accounting	Compulsory	3
Operations Management	Compulsory	3
Management Information System	Compulsory	3
Strategic Management	Compulsory	3
Organizational Behavior	Compulsory	3
Marketing Management	Compulsory	3
Corporate Finance	Compulsory	3

2��Manager Mental Cultivation Module

Name of Course	Course Nature	Credit
Political Theory	Compulsory	2
Business Ethics	Compulsory	2
Lectures on Humanities and Business Literacy	Compulsory	1
International Law	Selective	2
Business English	Selective	2
Personal Finance	Selective	2
Psychology of Happiness	Selective	2
Social Psychology	Selective	2
Wealth Management	Selective	2
Business Research Methods	Selective	2

3��Global Campus Module

Name of Course	Name of Subject	Course Nature	Credit
Global Campus North American	UC Berkeley Big Data & AI	Selective	2
Global Campus European	EM Lyon Business School Brand Management and Luxury Marketing	Selective	2
	Grenoble ?cole de Management Brand Management and Luxury Marketing
	WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management The Competitiveness of The German Economy and The Business Environment
	ESMT European School of Management Industry 4.0
	Stockholm University Business School Swedish Innovation Model
Global Campus Asian/African/Latin American	KAIST Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Innovation Management	Selective	2
	NUS National University of Singapore Quality Management
	TAU Tel Aviv University Strategic Thinking and Innovation - Israeli Model
	UCT The University of Cape Town Social and Environmental Innovation and Sustainable Development

4��Executive Competency Module

CEO/Entrepreneur

Name of Course	Course Nature	Credit
Business Decision Simulation	Selective	2
Corporate Governance and Incentive Mechanism	Selective	2
Entrepreneurship	Selective	2
Enterprise Management in Changing Environment	Selective	2
Leadership and Teamwork	Selective	2
Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation	Selective	2
Growth Strategy of New Enterprises	Selective	2
Business Model Innovation	Selective	2
Social Entrepreneurship	Selective	2
Economics of Tertiary Industry	Selective	2

CFO

Name of Course	Course Nature	Credit
Enterprise Risk Management	Selective	2
Financial Statement Analysis	Selective	2
Management Accounting and Cost Control	Selective	2
Tax Planning	Selective	2
Financial Risk Management	Selective	2
Merger and Acquisition	Selective	2
Securities Investment	Selective	2
Funds Management	Selective	2
Financial Markets and Financial Institutions	Selective	2
Investment Evaluation	Selective	2
Introduction to Art Investment	Selective	2
Enterprise Listing and Private Equity Investment (PE) Practice	Selective	2
Financial Institute Risk Management	Selective	2
Analysis of Big Data in Finance	Selective	2
Risk Management	Selective	2
Private Equity Investment	Selective	2
Financial Technology	Selective	2

COO

Name of Course	Course Nature	Credit
Endowed Business with Intelligence: Business Revolution Driven by IT	Selective	2
Multinational Companies Operation in China	Selective	2
Project Management	Selective	2
Modern Logistics Management	Selective	2
Management Model and Optimization	Selective	2
Procurement & Supply Chain Management	Selective	2
Project Risk Management	Selective	2
Quality Management	Selective	2

CMO

Name of Course	Course Nature	Credit
Network Marketing	Selective	2
Customer Relationship Management	Selective	2
Sales Management	Selective	2
Marketing Research	Selective	2
Channel Management	Selective	2
Brand Management	Selective	2
Consumer Behavior	Selective	2
Global Marketing	Selective	2
Innovation Management and New Product Development	Selective	2
Service Management	Selective	2
Service Marketing	Selective	2
Marketing Breakout in Digital Era	Selective	2

CHRO

Name of Course	Course Nature	Credit
Performance Management	Selective	2
Incentive and Performance Management in the New Economic Era	Selective	2
Human Resource Management	Selective	2
Enterprise Culture Construction	Lecture	0
Corporate Control and Organizational Structure Design	Lecture	0
Job Interview and Screening Techniques	Lecture	0
Competency Model Construction and Talent Assessment	Lecture	0
Echelon Construction Of Key Talents	Lecture	0
Establishment Of Training System Based on Enterprise Strategy	Lecture	0
Design and Optimization of Incentive Compensation System	Lecture	0
Employee Relations And Labor Law Practices	Lecture	0

CIO

Name of Course	Course Nature	Credit
IT Strategic Planning	Lecture	0
Information Construction Based on The Overall Architecture	Lecture	0
IT Governance and Information Security Management	Lecture	0
Principles and Practices of ERP, CRM and SCM	Lecture	0
Big Data Planning and Information Architecture	Lecture	0
Business Intelligence and Decision Support	Lecture	0
Design and Implementation of Business Process Based on Data Asset Management	Lecture	0
IT New Technology And Management Trends	Lecture	0

Contact us

Contact��Mr. Lai & Ms. Zhang
Tel��020-84115584/ 020-84113622
Email: sysumba@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Address��S135, School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University 135 Xin Gang Rd West, Guangzhou, P. R .China
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