The Chinese University of Hong Kong has been ranked No. 1 in East Asia again by business magazine Asia Inc in its latest issue released in August. CUHK has now won this distinction two years in a row.

The rankings in the “Asia’s Best MBA Schools” survey are based on school and faculty quality, student quality and peer-reputation. The extensive links and network of the CUHK’s Faculty of Business Administration with local industry and with the Pearl River Delta are also well recognized by the magazine.

“Our faculty has always been one of our greatest strengths and pride. Our colleagues are not only academically accomplished: they also see themselves as mentors dedicated to bringing out the best in their students, and preparing them for careers best suited to their special talents and aspirations,” said Professor Vincent Lai, Associate Dean of The Chinese University’s Faculty of Business Administration and Director of the MBA Programmes.

“I like the international profile with lots of high-profile academics visiting,” said Winnie Biala, Class of 2002 and now marketing manager at L’Oreal.

“The beauty for me was the integrated core course which pulls together the full business cycle from beginning to end. So you go from basic economics, law, accountancy, onto IPO, IT and organizational behaviour,” said Dennis Fung, second-year student.

Jill Dodwell-Groves, head of executive development at Jardine Pacific, holds a similar view. “The flavour of the month for a long time was CUHK and it had probably the best MBA in town, which everybody wanted to get into,” she told Asia Inc’s reporter.

“I am naturally delighted by this recognition,” said Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Kenneth Young. “The Chinese University of Hong Kong has, for the past 40 years, worked towards excellence in both teaching and research. The ranking testifies to the quality of the teaching, learning and scholarship of the CUHK MBA Programmes. It also acknowledges CUHK as a first-class University offering quality education that consistently meets standards of excellence locally, nationally and internationally.

“I offer my hearty congratulations to the Business Administration Faculty,” added Professor Young, “They have done it again.”

Likewise, The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Executive MBA Programme has received consistently top rankings. It was ranked No. 1 in Asia by both London-based Financial Times and U.S. magazine BusinessWeek in 2001, and again by Financial Times in 2002 as No. 1 in Asia and No. 20 worldwide.