These are the top 25 business schools in Asia-Pacific

05 Dec 2018

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It’s undeniable that a graduate business degree can be a major boost to your career prospects and future earning potential. But where that qualification comes from can make all the difference.

Financial Times has released its annual ranking of the top 25 business schools in Asia-Pacific to help you identify what degree offers the best return on your time and money.

Experts examined each school’s performance across a range of specialties – including the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Executive MBA and Master’s in Management (MiM) – to determine the best overall business schools in the region.

While the well-regarded MBA is the most popular business-related graduate degree, it’s not the only course of value on offer at these world-class Asian business schools.

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The Times notes that those schools that have improved most since last year’s rankings are not those that rely solely on the MBA, but those that provide flexibility and variety to fit with the changing demands of today’s students.

Asia-Pacific schools are proving more than equipped to rise to this challenge, with applications in the region growing by 8.9 percent this year. That’s faster than anywhere else in the world, according to the Graduate Management Admission Council.

China – including Hong Kong – dominates the list, claiming 11 of the top 25 business schools. Top of the ranking is Antai School at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, followed by China Europe International Business School (Ceibs).

Singapore’s National University of Singapore Business School comes in third, with India’s Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Business School rounding out the top five.

Here’s the full ranking of best business schools in Asia-Pacific:

2018 Rank	2017 Rank	School name	Country
1	1	Shanghai Jiao Tong University: Antai	China
2	2	Ceibs	China
3	3	National University of Singapore Business School	Singapore
4	4	Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad	India
5	5	HKUST Business School	China
6	13	Singapore Management University: Lee Kong Chian	Singapore
7	7	Nanyang Business School, NTU Singapore	Singapore
8	6	Indian Institute of Management Bangalore	India
9	10	University of Hong Kong	China
10=	8	Tongji University School of Economics and Management	China
10=	11	Melbourne Business School	Australia
12	9	CUHK Business School	China
13	14	Indian Institute of Management Calcutta	India
14	17	Fudan University School of Management	China
15	12	University of Sydney Business School	Australia
16		Renmin University of China School of Business (RMBS)	China
17	16	Indian School of Business	India
18	20	AGSM @ UNSW Business School	Australia
19	15	Korea University Business School	South Korea
20	18	Yonsei University School of Business	South Korea
21	19	National Sun Yat-sen University	Taiwan
22		Sungkyunkwan University GSB	South Korea
23		Peking University: Guanghua	China
24		Hong Kong Baptist University School of Business	China
25=		NUCB Business School	Japan
25=		Lingnan College at Sun Yat-sen University	China