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Increase Global Competitiveness in

Business Education

Professor Shu-Hsing LiThe 19th Annual Conference on

Pacific Basin Finance, Economics, Accounting,and Management

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Areas for Global Competitiveness

• Elevate global recognition

• Increase international students intake

• Expand international programs

Faculty

Department Business Administration

Accounting Finance International Business

Information Management

Total

Professor 14 13 19 16 9 71

Associate Professor

4 4 5 6 5 24

Assistant Professor

4 6 1 3 3 17

Total 22 23 25 25 17 112

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Top-notch FacultyOur faculty members received PhD degrees from top universities abroad, some as follows:

Yale (1) Stanford(2)Cornell(1) U Penn(2)UCLA(7) MIT(4)Carnegie-Mellon(1) Northwestern(1) U of Chicago(3) U of Michigan at Ann Arbor(2) UC Berkeley(1) U of Texas at Austin(5)Columbia(1) U of Southern California(1)NYU(2) U of Wisconsin at Madison(4)Minnesota(3) U of Illinois Urbana-Champaign(5)

London Business School(4) Cambridge(1) Oxford(2)

U of Tokyo(1)

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Student Enrollment

PhD, 7.2%

Master, 18.0%

EMBA & GMBA,12.7%

Undergraduate,62.0%

Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Undergraduate 2272 2217 2196 2207 2241 2269 2283

Master 864 758 756 742 710 686 663

EMBA & GMBA 309 431 480 466 464 565 469

PhD 250 274 307 306 304 295 266

Total 3695 3680 3739 3721 3719 3815 3681

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Talented Students

Since its establishment, NTU College of Management has always been the NO.1 choice for students in Taiwan.

Student number/Acceptance rateUndergraduate: 2283 (3%)Graduate: 663 (5%)Global MBA: 115 (20%)Executive MBA: 354 (20%)PhD: 266 (15%)

International Diversity of StudentsInternational students: 111 (More than 34 nationalities)

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Elevate Global Recognition

• International Accreditations

AACSB, EQUIS, Association of MBAs

• Business School Rankings

Financial Times, Eduniversal

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Elevate Global Recognition (Cont’d)

Association to Advanced Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) - Accreditation for quality of business schools worldwide.

-Fu Jen Catholic University-National Chengchi University-National Chiao Tung University-National Sun Yat-Sen University-National Taiwan University

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Elevate Global Recognition (Cont’d)

EQUIS - An international system of assessment and accreditation of higher education institutions in management and business administration.

-National Chengchi University-College of Commerce

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Elevate Global Recognition (Cont’d)

Financial Times - Ranks Business Programs

- National Taiwan University-College of Management (2010 EMBA Ranking 37)- National Chengchi University-College of Commerce (2010 Master in Business Ranking 47)- National Sun Yat-Sen University-College of Management (2010 EMBA Ranking 53)

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2010《金融時報》全球 EMBA排名 37

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Elevate Global Recognition (Cont’d)Eduniversal - Selects the best 1000 Business Schools in more than 150

countries in the world.5 Palms:-National Taiwan University-College of Management4 Palms:-National Chengchi University-College of Commerce3 Palms:-Fu Jen Catholic University-College of Management-National Chiao Tung University-National Sun Yat-Sen University-College of Management-National Taiwan University of Science and Technology-School of

Management2 Palms:-National Cheng Kung University-College of Management

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Increase International Students Intake

• Improve English-taught courses/programs

• Offer Chinese language courses

• Regional specific courses/programs

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English-Taught Programs (Cont’d)National Taiwan University

Global MBA (GMBA): * 30/30 local and international students.

Two-year English-taught Program

* Graduation requirement ： 45 units (including thesis)

* Initiated in 2004 as a certificate program.

Transformed into a degree program in 2006.

* Aim to prepare students as future leaders in the global market.

* Theme ： entrepreneurship, innovation, and real-world practices.

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English-Taught Programs (Cont’d)

National Chengchi UniversityInternational MBA (IMBA):

* 50/50 local and international students.* Students can specialize in Finance, International Business, Management in Asia, or Marketing.

* Practical business projects/cases.* The IMBA program requires a minimum of 42 credits

to graduate.

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English-Taught Programs (Cont’d)

National Cheng Kung UniversityInstitute of International Management(IIMBA):*Local corporate visits.* Cross-cultural interaction, negotiation and cooperation between foreign and local students.

* The Master program requires a minimum of forty-five (45) credits consisting of thirty-nine (39) credits for course work and six (6) credits for the thesis.

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English-Taught Programs (Cont’d)

National Tsing Hua UniversityInternational MBA(IMBA):

* IMBA students require four semesters (but no more than eight semesters) of full-time registration. A minimum of 16 courses (48 credits) and master thesis (4 credits) are required for graduation from the IMBA program.

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English-Taught Programs (Cont’d)National Chiao Tung University

Global MBA(GMBA): Requires a summer internship. *Admits 20 domestic students and 20 international

students every yearRequired: 45 credits Fundamental courses: 21 creditsCore courses: 18 creditsMBA Thesis: 6 creditsElectives : 9 credits

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Offer Chinese language courses

Language Center

National Taiwan Univeristy-CLD(Chinese Language Division)-ICLP(International Chinese Language Program)

National Taiwan Normal University (師大 )-Mandarin Training Center

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Expand International Programs

• Exchange Student Program

(Chengchi 80+ and NTU 60+ partner schools)

• Dual-Degree Program

• Joint-Degree Program

• Cross-Country Project-Based Learning

Program

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Challenges Ahead

• Increase competition from Mainland China

• Lack of resources to compete globally

• Inflexible governmental regulations

• The future quality faculty supply

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