The School of Business Administration, South China University of Technology has officially received re-accreditation from the Association of MBAs (AMBA), one of the world’s leading authorities on post-graduate business education, demonstrating its continuing commitment to excellence in management education.
The School of Business Administration is located in the Wushan campus of South China University of Technology in Guangzhou. Its two full-time MBAs, part-time MBA and executive MBA are all accredited by AMBA.
Accreditation from the Association of MBAs (AMBA) represents the highest standard of achievement in post-graduate business education. Its rigorous assessment criteria ensure that only the highest-calibre programmes which demonstrate the best standards in teaching, curriculum, and student interaction achieve Association of MBAs accreditation.
Members of AMBA’s visiting accreditation panel, representing senior management at AMBA-accredited Business Schools globally, commended the positioning of the School as being part of a strong science and technology university. The panel thought this created opportunities for cross-discipline collaborations through entrepreneurship and business education.
The culture of the School was also noted by the panel, which was said to be continuously improving under the senior management team.
‘Being re-accredited by AMBA is an external validation that the School of Business Administration at SCUT continues to be one of an elite group of Business Schools in the field of management education. Taking advantages of the AMBA accreditation, our School will make continuous improvements driven by its mission and vision, and will be committed to cultivating management elites to serve the business world’, said Dean Professor Zhang Weiguo, School of Business Administration at South China University of Technology.
AMBA accreditation is international in scope and reach, and AMBA works under the belief that accredited programmes should be of the highest standard and reflect changing trends and innovation in post-graduate management education. Its accreditation process reflects this commitment to fostering innovation, and demanding Business Schools to perform at the highest level continually.
Upon receiving AMBA accreditation, all current MBA students and MBA alumni of SCUT SBA are invited to join AMBA’s global member community of more than 50,000 students and alumni in more than 150 countries on a free basis, for networking, thought leadership, career development, and a variety of benefits.
Andrew Main Wilson, Chief Executive of the Association of MBAs and Business Graduates Association (BGA), said, ‘AMBA accreditation ensures that students are gaining the finest business education available in the market, SCUT SBA certainly provides this top-class business education. The panel were impressed with the quality of the accreditation documents provided and therefore I would like to congratulate everyone at the Business School for this re-accreditation.’
For more information or interviews, please contact:
- David Woods-Hale, Director of Marketing and Communications, AMBA & BGA – d.woods@associationofmbas.com
- Ellen Buchan, Communications and Insight Assistant, AMBA & BGA – e.buchan@associationofmbas.com
- Li Huiying, Director of Accreditation Office, SBA, SCUT – accrsba@scut.edu.cn
About The School of Business Administration, South China University of Technology
http://www2.scut.edu.cn/sba_en/
Set up in 1982, the School of Business Administration (SBA) is affiliated to South China University of Technology (SCUT, founded in 1952)-a public research-intensive university directly governed by the Ministry of Education of China, locating in Guangzhou city in South China. SCUT is a ‘211 Project’, ‘985 Project’ and ‘Double First-Class’ university, which is synonymous with top-tier university in the context of China.
Capitalising on the University’s overall strength and adhering to the School’s mission and vision, SBA is determined and steadfast in its pursuit of being a top business school and offering students the best education in the full range of management disciplines. In the most-recent MOE (Ministry of Education of China) Discipline Ranking (in 2017), the School was ranked A- (top 5%) in Management Science and Engineering and ranked B+ (top 10%) in Business Administration. The School’s MBA programme was ranked A- (top 7%-15%) in China University Professional-degree Ranking in 2018.
