Antai Rises to 1st in Asia in FT Masters in Management Rankings 2018

-- Among Global Top 50 for Ten Consecutive Years

SHANGHAI, Sept. 13, 2018 /CNW/ -- On Sept. 10, 2018, the FT Masters in Management (MiM) Rankings 2018 were released by the Financial Times of UK. The Masters in Management of Antai College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University rose to 18^th in the world and 1^st in Asia. So far, the MiM of Antai is the first academic MiM program in China to take part in the FT Rankings and remain in the global top 50 for ten consecutive years.

Antai Rises to 1st in Asia in FT Masters in Management Rankings 2018

According to the indicators in the FT MiM Rankings 2018, Antai's rank for faculty research data and internationalization improved steadily; its alumni career progress rank remained top in the world: 1^st in the world for "employed at three months", 1^st in the world for a second successive year for "salary percentage increase", 4^th in the world for "careers service rank", and 15^th in the world for "career progress rank".

Antai's rank has improved greatly because of its remarkable faculty, high-quality student sources, and professional student service teams. In addition, internationalization is one of the priorities of Antai. Antai has signed dual degree programs with many famous foreign business schools, including ESCP, Instituto de Empresa, University of Southern California, and Rice University. There are 69 international students in the newly enrolled students in 2018, accounting for 25.3 % of all freshmen.

Dean Prof. Fangruo Chen pointed out: "Antai's MiM program is the first academic MiM program in China to participate in the authoritative international rankings. The result shows Antai's academic strength and we will further inject the impetus of pragmatism and innovation to build Antai into a world-class Chinese business school!"

The authoritative international rankings have comprehensively verified Antai's international influence. Antai is the only business school in China among the top 40 in the world for all the four core programs. By virtue of the outstanding performance of all its programs, Antai ranked 1^st in the Business Schools: Asia-Pacific 2017. Antai remained in the top 100 for four business and management disciplines in the QS World University Rankings 2018 and was in the top 50 in the world for three disciplines. Antai has been among the top 50 in the world for three consecutive years for its business and management disciplines.

SOURCE Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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