Fudan-MIT biz school marks 10th anniversary

来源于：《Shanghai Daily》2006-6-13

记者： Tracy

Fudan University kicked off a series of activities recently to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its School of Management’s collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Founded in 1996, the program between Fudan and MIT’s Sloan School of Management was one of the earliest joint MBA programs in China.

With “Foresight and Growing Up” as the theme, the celebration activities serve to look back at the program's achievements over the past 10 years and extend Fudan's appreciation to MIT for the Sloan school's contribution to Chinese management education.

The word “Foresight” was chosen to represent the pioneering spirit of the two founders in establishing this school when none of such had existed and to recognize the high expectations for this program's next ten years. “Growing up” reflects the students' broadening vision, growing competition in the international job market, the program faculty's improved abilities, as well as the research output of the Fudan-MIT venture.

An MBA student career development forum will be held on June 24 at Fudan University, during which a student career report will be released. On July 7 and 8 the school will hold a graduation ceremony. Many renowned MIT professors are scheduled to attend the ceremony.

Founded in 1997, the program has seen 476 graduates and is currently home to 213 students who are studying at the school.

The curriculum of the international MBA Program is jointly developed by the two schools, with the objective of cultivating senior managers with an international perspective and entrepreneurial spirit who are well adjusted to the demands of economic globalization and Chinese enterprises.

Over the past ten years, MIT Sloan has sent faculty members to lecture at Fudan, while more than 150 Chinese professors have been sent to the United States for short-term training in the school’s exchange program.

IMBA Program participants who complete all required courses and master’s thesis

are awarded an MBA diploma from Fudan University and a course certificate

from MIT Sloan.

Zheng Zukang, dean of Fudan School of Management, said that the collaboration between the two leading management schools has generated fruitful results.

“With (China’s) economic development, we are glad to find that our students and alumni are ready for the opportunities and challenges in this world of increasing globalization,”Zheng said.

He added that Fudan will continue to team up with MIT to broaden the vision of

Fudan's curriculum and seek more international cooperation.

Richard Schmalensee, dean of MIT Sloan, said that MIT is trying to make its

unique contribution to China's ongoing economic reform, and that MIT is in China not

as a competitor, but in the spirit of helping to "build indigenous capacities" and help Fudan and other institutions become world-class.”

“(In the past 10 years), we have seen significant changes in our partners, and changes that reflect the dramatic evolutions of China as a whole,” Schmanlensee said. “From the start, this partnership is about building indigenous capacities, about helping Fudan and our other Chinese partners to become world-class.”

The two schools also awarded Dr. Philip Kwok, board member of the Fudan-MIT

IMBA program, for his contributions to the program.