Tsinghua SEM Top 10 News Stories have been selected out last week, as follows:

1,Tsinghua Achieves AACSB Accreditation for Business Education, First in Chinese Mainland

Tsinghua SEM was awarded accreditation by AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) in April, 2007. This makes Tsinghua SEM the first in Chinese Mainland to be accredited for having met the highest standard of achievement in education and research for business schools worldwide.

2,Tsinghua SEM Undergraduate Enrollment: 15 Provincial No.1's

Tsinghua SEM has enrolled 169 new undergraduate in 2007; 15 students among them are No.1 in entrance examination to colleges in their provinces and regions, accounting for 36.6% of all No.1 students admitted by Tsinghua University in 2007. Among the 169 new undergraduate, 72 are among the top 10 examinees in the entrance examinations in their respective provinces and regions.

3,Tsinghua SEM retains No.1 in National Business Management Discipline Ranking, Three Disciplines Accredited as National Key Disciplines

China's Ministry of Education released its latest result of 2006 China National Discipline Rankings in March, 2007, in which Tsinghua SEM has once again come to the top of the list of Business Management Discipline Ranking. The School won the second place in the discipline ranking for Management Science and Engineering. Meanwhile, three disciplines offered by Tsinghua SEM were accredited as national key disciplines by Ministry of Education in August. They are: Management Science and Engineering (basic discipline), Business Administration (basic discipline) and Quantitative Economics (secondary discipline). In recent appraisal for national key disciplines conducted by Ministry of Education, 22 basic disciplines and 15 secondary disciplines offered by Tsinghua University are recognized as national key disciplines.

4, Tsinghua SEM Ranks No.1 Among China’s Best EMBA Programs

Tsinghua SEM has come to the top of the ranking of China’s Best EMBA programs by the Manager Magazine. The School has obtained highest scores in assessing indexes of participant’s satisfaction, recruiter’s comments and brand influence. The Manager Magazine has launched survey about Chinese Business School and issued “the Ranking of China Best MBAs” annually since 2004. It issued China’s EMBA ranking for the first time in October, 2007. The result of the ranking was based on its polls on business schools, EMBA participants and employers.

5, 2007 Tsinghua Management Global Forum Held

The inaugural 2007 Tsinghua Management Global Forum was held at Tsinghua University on October 30, 2007, bringing together more than ten elite business leaders from renowned international companies to discuss the hot issues concerning management. During the three sessions of the forum, panelists exchanged their insights and ideas on topics including “the Development of Financial System in Emerging Market” “Competitive Strategy in the Context of Globalization” and “Corporate Social Responsibility”. The forum aims at providing government officials, business executives and scholars a platform for closer communications on ideas and insights concerning management issues worldwide. It’s expected to become one of the influential events in international management community in the University.

6, Tsinghua SEM Advisory Board Held its 8th Meeting

Thirty-one members of the Advisory Board attended the 8th meeting of Tsinghua SEM Advisory Board on October 31, 2007. Later in the day, Chinese Vice Premier ZENG Peiyan met with some participants at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The Vice Premier expressed his appreciation for Tsinghua SEM Advisory Board’s efforts in supporting China’s reform and opening-up especially in China’s education development. He also confirmed that the Advisory Board has played a positive role in introducing advanced education mentality, enhancing teaching and research quality as well as creating more international ties for the School.

7,Tsinghua SEM Achievements Recognized by Ministry of Education

The review team for universtity's undergraduate program from Ministry of Education visited Tsinghua SEM during Oct.22-26,2007,as part of its appraisal on the University's undergraduate program. The review team spoke highly of the achievements the School has made during recent years, including its education management, social practice, teaching and research, internationalization, etc..

8, Tsinghua SEM Overseas Exchange Program Expands

Students are having more opportunities to study abroad as Tsinghua SEM has expanded its student exchange programs with overseas universities. In 2007, 174 SEM students went abroad including 78 MBAs, 55 undergraduates, 25 graduates, and 16 Ph.D students. The number of exchange students has seen an increase of 55 % compared to last year.

9, National Funds Granted to Support SEM Faculty Research

Professor BAI Chong-en from Department of Economics received Cheung Kong Chair Professorship in March. Up to now, two other Tsinghua SEM professors who also have received the positions are Professor CHEN Guoqing from the Department of Management Science and Engineering and Professor LI Daokui from the Department of Finance. Meanwhile, by September 2007, 14 programs initiated by SEM faculty received funding by National Natural Science Foundation and 2 programs received funding by National Social Sciences Foundation.

10,Significant Increase in English-taught Courses

As Tsinghua SEM is pushing for internationalization and aiming to attract overseas students, the School is expanding its English-taught courses. During the spring semester of 2007, more than 50% of the courses offered in the undergraduate program are taught in English. All courses in SEM’s International MBA program are instructed in English.