SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST: MBA - beyond the deal

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To further demonstrate the prominence of MBAs in Asia, look no further than the Global MBA at the Alliance Manchester Business School at The University of Manchester. One of the most prominent business schools in the UK, the school has been delivering MBAs in Hong Kong since 1993.“The Manchester MBA is a truly global programme, with a delivery model that sees our academics travel to our centres in Manchester, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Dubai and São Paulo,” says MBA programmes director Xavier Duran.

The part-time course is unique because it’s designed for people working in a wide range of professions. Duran says this is because people began moving out of traditional business fields after the “financial tsunami” of 2008.

“The MBA is a generalist business and management qualification. As such, it attracts people from every walk of life,” Duran says. “The mix of students applying to our MBA programmes has evolved. There has been a shift of applications from fields like banking, finance and engineering, to fields like tech, consultancy, pharma, telecoms and even entrepreneurship,” Duran says.