Master of Business Administration (MBA in English)

The class would open with no less than 15 students.

A brief introduction to the MBA center of NCU

Entrusted by the Ministry of Education, NCU has the right to award Master's Degrees in Business Administration. In 1977, NCU started to cooperate with the University of Poitiers in France in the field of jointly educating MBAs. For 12 years, more than 100 students from France have studied and received internship in China, while more than 800 Chinese students have finished their study and internship in France, from which rich experiment of running MBA programs is accumulated by the center. With integrating the distinguished teaching staff that have specialized attainments both in theory and practice, making use of the advantages of NCU in aspects of rational specialties setting, excellent campus environment and infrastructure, and the wide-ranging bases for social practices, the objective of the MBA program of NCU is cultivating business administration elites with a modern management ideology and comprehensive qualities in management. There is an excellent management team in MBA Education Center of NCU. Devoted to the objective of developing and perfecting MBA education, these efficient, committed, united and creative members in this team are at the service of people who are passionate in pursing a career in the field of business administration. In 2009, with the aim of enhancing international communication, Nanchang University decides to develop this two years' Master of Business Administration program (MBA).

The vision of this MBA program is to become a world-class incubation center of future leaders equipped with the competencies to excel in the global business arena. Our curriculum has been carefully structured and designed to integrate the knowledge and the leadership skills essential for advancement in a complex international business environment. Meanwhile, cultural sensitivity and communication skills are enhanced while working with classmates from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds, and through interactions with renowned faculty members and visiting executives from around the world, in a collaborative environment that leverages the power of cross-functional teams for practical business projects and rigorous business competitions.

We can capitalize on this substantial industry experience to supply students with meaningful connections with businesses in China Specially designed courses on Asian business comparisons and regional studies make our program the perfect conduit to learn about the growing East Asian region and its emerging markets.

We believe that MBA knowledge, combined with work experience from internships, practical business projects and field studies, will prepare you for further career development to attain remarkable achievement.


Advantages ofthe MBA program of NCU
◆ Carefully structured and designed curriculum
◆ Specially designed courses on Asian business comparisons and regional studies
◆ Various studying activities in forms of internship, seminars, and social practice. etc.
◆ An international studying environment with classmates from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds
◆ Professional and devoted faculty members
◆ Excellent campus environment and infrastructure
◆ Low tuition


Cultivating Objectives
The objective of the MBA program of NCU is cultivating talents in the field of business administration who:
◆ Equipped with modern management knowledge and professional skills
◆ With excellent competencies in analyzing, judging, decision making, organizing and leadership
◆ With spirits of competition, creativeness and commitment
◆ With business ethics of sincerity, credit and repay the society
◆ Good at communication, cooperation and teamwork


Studying Contents

◆ Regular Courses
The courses of this program consist of three parts: basic courses, core courses and core selective courses. Among them, basic courses and core courses are compulsory, while at least three core selective courses must be chosen.
1) Basic courses: Business Chinese, General Introduction to China
2) Core courses: Enterprise Management, Managerial Economics, International Marketing, Strategy Management, International Accounting, International Corporate Finance, Human Resources Management, and International Business Environment
3) Core selective courses: Supply Chain Management, Macro Economics, Micro Economics, Project Management, Investment Management, Performance Measurement and Evaluation, Management Communication

◆ Case study
Students apply the instruments of economic analysis to cases and real world examples so that they also learn about specific industries and world trade areas. Students learn to work in internationally composed teams and they train their ability to work in an English-speaking environment.

◆ Internship
Students are required to conduct internship during their studying. The school will hold activities that helping the students seeking intern opportunities from time to time. The school will also invite enterprise executives come and give lectures to the students.

◆ Dissertation
In the last Semester, students should work on their dissertations which are required to conduct a research project on an international business issue. In the dissertation, students should apply the theories and methodologies they learned to analyze and solve a practical business problem.

◆ Social practice
★ Visit the largest automobile Plant of Jiangxi province - Jiangling 
★ Visit the tea cultural center of Jiangxi Province - Wuyuan
★ Visit the porcelain cultural center of China - Jindezhen
★ Visit the economic center of China - Shanghai
★ Visit the political and cultural center of China - Beijing


Teaching and Studying Approaches

Seminars, group discussions, case studies and role plays assigned to small teams of students are used to integrate the above-mentioned competences. The Master program is based on a student-centered learning approach so that class-contact hours may be rather used for discussion than traditional lectures. Social competences and leadership skills are developed through field research, team assignments and projects, and the presentation and defense of the Master thesis.

Learning and teaching is focused on applied studies. Thus, theories and models are learned and taught within the context of their application to international business issues and applied in practical projects, case studies, and market analyses. Company visits and the invitation of company representatives to participate in class discussions help to integrate the practical company view into academic studies. Also, the Master thesis deals with real-life issues of businesses in an international environment. Ideally, students write the thesis in cooperation with a company while combining desk with field research. 

English as the language of instruction and assessment, courses in a second foreign language, the integration of visiting professors in teaching and exchange students in learning groups, the use of text books and articles published by authors from different parts of the world, and the obligation to spend two semesters abroad guarantee the students on this program are immersed in an international setting suitable for preparing them for a career in multinational companies or institutions.

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