MBA

MBA Program Overview

The MBA (Masters of Business Administration) program of School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University started in 1996, with the first batch of students officially enrolled in 1998.As of to date, more than 5,000 managerial elite individuals in society have benefited from our program. We are committed to cultivating entrepreneurs with strategic awareness of globalization and professional managers who can adapt to the global competition, the compliance with international standards in teaching and soft power development. We are the first business school in South China and the second in China that was awarded triple accreditations by AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB, ranking among the international mainstream business schools. The MBA program of School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University attaches great importance to practice and social responsibility, and has made its MBA program one of the internationally-recognized and most influential MBA brands in China after 20 years of development.


The MBA program of School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University follows the school motto as ¡°Study Extensively; Enquire Accurately; Reflect Carefully; Discriminate Clearly; Practice Earnestly¡±, based on the mission of integrating Chinese and Western wisdom, developing students¡¯ spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation, practice of social responsibility and cultivation of business management elites¡±, committed to cultivate business elites with international vision and global competitiveness and pay equal attention to theory and practice, good at solving practical problems, with innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, and create value for enterprise and society.


The MBA program of School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University was ranked the Top 3 for eight consecutive years in the Most Influential MBA of China by World Entrepreneur magazine, a subsidiary of the World Manager Group.The MBA program of School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University was listed as the World¡¯s Top 100 MBA programs by Economist for six consecutive years, being the only business school in mainland China on the list, which further shows that the MBA program of our school has been recognized worldwide. In 2017, Business Administration discipline of our school was selected into the list of ¡°Double-First Class¡± Construction Discipline by the Ministry of Education and was tied for first place (A+) in the fourth round of national discipline evaluation. Furthermore,?it?has ranked first in China for five consecutive years (2019-2013) in the?Shanghai Ranking¡¯s ¡°Best Chinese Disciplines¡± rankings.

¡°Rooted in South Guangdong, facing the whole country and covering the whole world¡±, our MBA program aims to be the first-class in Asia, world-recognized and influential MBA program, adhere to the practice orientation, pay attention to the combination of theory and practice, the dual characteristics which combines the international and the domestic, adhere to the education philosophy as ¡°International education and local response¡±.

Program Settings

Program MBA (Part-time) International MBA (Full-time)
School Hours (Compulsory Courses) Saturday to Sunday, all day Monday to Friday
Teaching Language Mainly in Chinese Mainly in English
Length of Schooling 3-year 2-year
Location of class Guangzhou/Shenzhen Guangzhou
Qualification Up to the year of admission, Bachelor degree¡¯s obtained for 3 years and master degree¡¯s obtained for 2 years.
Enrolling Scope Worldwide
Time of Enrollment

Every August
Certificate Granted Sun Yat-sen University Master Postgraduate Graduation Certification, Sun Yat-sen University Master Degree Certification

MBA Courses Description

The MBA program system is divided into four modules: Management basic module, manager mental cultivation module, global campus module and executive competency module. And the executive post competency module includes six courses directions which are CEO/Entrepreneur, CFO, COO, CMO, CHRO and CIO.

1¡¢Management Basic Module

Name of Course Course Nature Credit
Management Communication Compulsory 3
Data Modeling and Decision Making Compulsory 3
Managerial Economics Compulsory 3
Management Consulting Compulsory 2
Financial Accounting Compulsory 3
Operations? Management Compulsory 3
Management Information System Compulsory 3
Strategic Management Compulsory 3
Organizational Behavior Compulsory

3
Marketing Management Compulsory 3
Corporate Finance Compulsory 3

2¡¢Manager Mental Cultivation Module

Name of Course Course Nature Credit
Political Theory Compulsory 2
Business Ethics Compulsory 2
Lectures on Humanities and Business Literacy Compulsory 1
International Law Selective 2
Business English Selective 2
Personal Finance Selective 2
Psychology of Happiness Selective 2
Social Psychology Selective 2
Wealth Management Selective 2
Business Research Methods Selective 2

3¡¢Global Campus Module

Name of Course Name of Subject Course Nature Credit

Global Campus

North American

 UC Berkeley Big Data & AI Selective 2

Global Campus

European

 EM Lyon Business School

Brand Management and Luxury Marketing

Selective

 2
Grenoble ?cole de Management

Brand Management and Luxury Marketing

 ?
WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management

The Competitiveness of The German Economy and The Business Environment

ESMT European School of Management

Industry 4.0

Stockholm University Business School

Swedish Innovation Model

Global Campus?Asian/African/Latin American

KAIST Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Innovation Management

Selective

2
NUS National University of Singapore

Quality Management

 ?
TAU Tel Aviv University

Strategic Thinking and Innovation - Israeli Model

UCT The University of Cape Town

Social and Environmental Innovation and Sustainable Development

4¡¢Executive Competency Module

CEO/Entrepreneur

Name of Course Course Nature Credit
Business Decision Simulation Selective 2
Corporate Governance and Incentive Mechanism Selective 2
Entrepreneurship Selective 2
Enterprise Management in Changing Environment Selective 2
Leadership and Teamwork Selective 2
Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation Selective 2
Growth Strategy of New Enterprises Selective 2
Business Model Innovation Selective 2
Social Entrepreneurship Selective 2
Economics of Tertiary Industry Selective 2

CFO

Name of Course Course Nature Credit
Enterprise Risk Management Selective 2
Financial Statement Analysis Selective 2
Management Accounting and Cost Control Selective 2
Tax Planning Selective 2
Financial Risk Management Selective 2
Merger and Acquisition Selective 2
Securities Investment Selective 2
Funds Management Selective 2
Financial Markets and Financial Institutions Selective 2
Investment Evaluation Selective 2
Introduction to Art Investment Selective 2
Enterprise Listing and Private Equity Investment (PE) Practice Selective 2
Financial Institute Risk Management Selective 2
Analysis of Big Data in Finance Selective 2
Risk Management Selective 2
Private Equity Investment Selective 2
Financial Technology Selective 2

COO

Name of Course Course Nature Credit
Endowed Business with Intelligence:?Business Revolution Driven by IT Selective 2
Multinational Companies Operation in China Selective 2
Project Management Selective 2
Modern Logistics Management Selective 2
Management Model and Optimization Selective 2
Procurement & Supply Chain Management Selective 2
Project Risk Management Selective 2
Quality Management Selective 2

CMO

Name of Course Course Nature Credit
Network Marketing Selective 2
Customer Relationship Management Selective 2
Sales Management Selective 2
Marketing Research Selective 2
Channel Management Selective 2
Brand Management Selective 2
Consumer Behavior Selective 2
Global Marketing Selective 2
Innovation Management and New Product Development Selective 2
Service Management Selective 2
Service Marketing Selective 2
Marketing Breakout in Digital Era Selective 2

CHRO

Name of Course Course Nature Credit
Performance Management Selective 2
Incentive and Performance Management in the New Economic Era Selective 2
Human Resource Management Selective 2
Enterprise Culture Construction Lecture 0
Corporate Control and Organizational Structure Design Lecture 0
Job Interview and Screening Techniques Lecture 0
Competency Model Construction and Talent Assessment Lecture 0
Echelon Construction Of Key Talents Lecture 0
Establishment Of Training System Based on Enterprise Strategy Lecture 0
Design and Optimization of Incentive Compensation System Lecture 0
Employee Relations And Labor Law Practices Lecture 0

CIO

Name of Course Course Nature Credit
IT Strategic Planning Lecture 0
Information Construction Based on The Overall Architecture Lecture 0
IT Governance and Information Security Management Lecture 0
Principles and Practices of ERP, CRM and SCM Lecture 0
Big Data Planning and Information Architecture Lecture 0
Business Intelligence and Decision Support Lecture 0
Design and Implementation of Business Process Based on Data Asset Management Lecture 0
IT New Technology And Management Trends Lecture 0

Contact us

Contact£ºMr. Lai & Ms. Zhang
Tel£º020-84115584/ 020-84113622
Email: sysumba@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Address£ºS135, School of Business,?Sun Yat-sen University 135 Xin Gang Rd West, Guangzhou, P. R .China
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