Master of Business Administration（MBA）

Release time: 2017-05-08 Source：

2017 IMBA (International MBA)

<!--[if !supportLists]-->1. <!--[endif]-->Introduction and Research Direction

In 2009, College of Management and Economics (CoME) was set up as a broad and new platform for management and economics disciplines. CoME now contains three PhD programs: Management Science and Engineering, Business Administration and Public Administration, and a master program in Applied Economics, an engineering PhD program, as Systems Engineering. CoME also has one first-class National Key Discipline, and one second-class National Key Discipline. Besides, it has 2 post-doctoral programs, and professional master degree programs including MBA, EMBA, MPA and MEM. Moreover, CoME offers eight bachelor degree programs.

CoME has 163 full-time teachers, among them 44 are professors, 87 are associate professors, and 32 are assistant professors. In CoME, Three faculty members were granted Distinguished Young Scientists by National Natural Science Foundation of China. One professor is on the list of One Thousand Talent Plan (recruitment program of global experts) by Organization Department of CPC Central Committee; 1 CKSP (Cheung Kong Scholar Program) chair Professor; Two professors were honored as Teaching Masters of Tianjin”; 14 professors were supported by the Ministry of Education’s Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (MOE’s NCET program); One Innovative Research team” is conferred by Ministry of Education; Two Outstanding Teaching Team are awarded by the Tianjin Municipal Government.

In addition, CoME has invited more than 50 part-time professors and visiting-professors, including scholars from domestic and foreign prestigious universities, senior managers of large state-owned enterprises as well as experts from government institutions. The late Mr. Herbert A. Simon used to be the Honorary Professor; and Mr. Li Rong-rong is the Honorable Dean of CoME, who was the former chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) of People’s Republic of China.

Over the past three decades, CoME has won more than one hundred science and technology awards. CoME’s publications have exceeded 3000, including academic papers, textbooks and monographs. CoME runs Journal of Management Science and Journal of System Engineering, both are highly authoritative academic journals. According to the latest periodical assessment report by ISTIC (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China), the Impact Factors of the two journals top the similar journals in China.

Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree program used for training students with certain management experience and potential leadership. It is through cultivating students' management theory and practical ability, especially focus on improving students' management, executive and entrepreneurial ability. Therefore, the curriculums of MBA program mainly composed by core courses and a variety of optional courses. Based on the general education, we take into full account of the interdisciplinary of the subjects, integrate the knowledge on managerial economics and provide multiple major courses for students to choose from. Paying attention to the combination of rational thinking ability and practical ability in order to cultivate advanced managerial talent. Tianjin University MBA program achieved five-year international accreditation of AMBA in 2013 and joined the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) at the same year and actively prepared for AACSB certification, and passed five-year Chinese Advanced MBA Education Accreditation (CAMEA)in 2015.

2. Program Objective

The mission of Tianjin University (TJU)’s MBA program is "We develop future leaders and entrepreneurs with creative thinking and executive capacity".

The above mission is alignment with the mission of College of Management and Economics (CoME) of TJU which is stated as We develop people who seek and apply the truth of management and economics”. It also reflects Tianjin University’s culture, that is TJU has proudly upheld the motto of "Seeking Truth from Facts", and its faculty prudently practices the guideline of Precise in Learning, Strict in Teaching”.

3. Training Mode and Study Duration

Full time study and learn in English. Couses study period is 1-1.5 years .Program period is 2 years.

4. Courses and Credits

Students are required to obtain at least 45 credits, with at least 31 credits of core courses, 5 credits of compulsory, and at least 9 credits of optional courses.