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Chinese MBAs are becoming more popular as the world’s students and businessmen start to realize that the largest market on the globe is gaining purchasing power and business savvy. Programs range from focused studies in Asian/Chinese business to week-long trips to China during winter break to intensive month-long immersions to exchange programs for extended study at Chinese Universities. Many resident Chinese MBA programs have partnerships with universities overseas and some are even partially funded by these schools.

Lingnan (University) College at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou works very closely with MIT Sloan in designing their curriculum, training their teachers, and obtaining teaching materials. In fact, once a year Sloan students visit the Lingnan campus for a couple days of exchange and teaching called Project Team China. These visits are overall an effective and rewarding experience for most of the students in the program. In speaking and sharing with the MIT students, we noticed a number rather distinct differences between the two programs. Some of the differences are indicative of the difference in American and Chinese culture. Others are maybe ways both programs could improve or change. As these are just impressions left by a small sample of MIT students, they may not necessarily be representative of the entire student body. (more…)