Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, India
Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, India

Business schools in the Asia-Pacific region are expanding and offering students exposure to some of the world’s fastest-growing markets.

So the Financial Times has compiled a list of postgraduate business and management courses that are currently offered there. The schools listed also appear in the FT’s MBA 2022, Executive MBA 2021, and Masters in Management 2022 league tables, and are ranked according to categories including the average salary of alumni, graduate employment rate and proportion of students studying overseas.

This directory comprises schools with campuses in mainland China, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, India, Taiwan and Australia.

Asia-Pacific business education directory
LocationSchool nameProgramme FT 2022/2021 ranking positionAverage salary (US$ PPP)Salary percentage increaseAims achieved (%)Female students (%)International students (%)Overall satisfaction
France/SingaporeInseadInsead MBAMBA 2022 (3)189,374938937949.33
ChinaCeibsCeibs full-time MBAMBA 2022 (16)170,6971478550388.79
SingaporeNational University of Singapore Business SchoolThe NUS MBAMBA 2022 (21)160,3161498748928.81
IndiaIndian School of BusinessPost Graduate Programme in Management (PGP)MBA 2022 (32)160,951184853818.99
ChinaFudan University School of ManagementFudan International MBAMBA 2022 (32)136,709183876499.18
Hong KongHKUST Business SchoolHKUST full-time MBAMBA 2022 (36)146,0421028939459.00
SingaporeNanyang Business School, NTU SingaporeNanyang MBAMBA 2022 (39)133,9481238543948.56
ChinaPeking University: GuanghuaFull-time MBAMBA 2022 (42)156,4881158337469.35
Hong KongCUHK Business SchoolCUHK MBAMBA 2022 (50)127,9031238646218.35
SingaporeSingapore Management University: Lee Kong ChianMBAMBA 2022 (51)121,9071188754848.77
IndiaIndian Institute of Management BangaloreMBA (one-year, full-time)MBA 2022 (53)161,013147852009.06
ChinaShanghai Jiao Tong University: AntaiIMBAMBA 2022 (58)133,9601608151338.68
Hong KongHKU Business SchoolHKU full-time MBAMBA 2022 (59)129,1491128432507.97
ChinaTsinghua University School of Economics and ManagementTsinghua Global MBAMBA 2022 (60)159,1481048046389.10
IndiaIndian Institute of Management AhmedabadOne-year full-time PGP in Management for Executives (MBA-PGPX)MBA 2022 (62)183,26298812408.99
South KoreaSungkyunkwan University GSBFull-time MBAMBA 2022 (65)135,730888558719.04
ChinaTongji University School of Economics and ManagementInternational MBAMBA 2022 (65)145,204151777739.15
IndiaIndian Institute of Management CalcuttaMBA for ExecutivesMBA 2022 (68)164,667125871608.76
AustraliaMelbourne Business SchoolMBAMBA 2022 (97)101,220588639718.93
AustraliaAGSM at UNSW Business SchoolAGSM MBAMBA 2022 (98)107,185558439458.00
ChinaTsinghua University School of Economics and ManagementMaster in ManagementMiM 2022 (11)114,668748963259.81
ChinaShanghai Jiao Tong University: AntaiMaster in ManagementMiM 2022 (18)104,037918760119.73
ChinaTongji University School of Economics and ManagementMaster of Global ManagementMiM 2022 (21)112,896798477319.42
IndiaIndian Institute of Management BangaloreMBAMiM 2022 (31)142,58836823109.51
US/China/SpainGlobal 3: McIntire/Lingnan/EsadeGlobal3: Masters in ManagementMiM 2022 (33)93,931588757639.25
Spain/US/TaiwanIQS/LMU/FJUMaster in Global Entrepreneurial Management (MGEM)MiM 2022 (35)75,141608450838.65
IndiaSP Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR)Post Graduate Diploma in ManagementMiM 2022 (44)121,22237853009.26
AustraliaUniversity of Sydney Business SchoolMaster of ManagementMiM 2022 (50)68,172528766858.22
IndiaIndian Institute of Management LucknowPost Graduate Program in ManagementMiM 2022 (64)126,50133823209.04
SingaporeSingapore Management University: Lee Kong ChianMSc in Management MiM 2022 (69)64,800498462988.71
TaiwanNational Sun Yat-sen UniversityMBA in International BusinessMiM 2022 (73)61,717368249558.50
IndiaIndian Institute of Management UdaipurMBAMiM 2022 (81)86,11348833909.24
IndiaIndian Institute of Management IndorePost Graduate Programme in Management (PGP)MiM 2022 (89)99,69446813409.16
IndiaNMIMS Mumbai, School of Business ManagementMBAMiM 2022 (96)92,99452812908.34
IndiaInternational Management Institute New DelhiPost Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)MiM 2022 (97)71,59850853208.84
Hong KongKellogg/HKUST Business SchoolKellogg-HKUST EMBA EMBA 2021 (2)508,964647631719.50
China/Switzerland/GhanaCeibsCeibs Global EMBA EMBA 2021 (2)487,372687840579.30
US/Hong Kong/UKEMBA-Global Asia: Columbia/HKU/LBSEMBA-Global AsiaEMBA 2021 (4)347,828968140809.00
France/UK/US/ChinaTrium: HEC Paris/LSE/NYU: SternTrium Global EMBAEMBA 2021 (5)427,223548226879.43
ChinaArizona State University: CareyArizona State University WP Carey/SNAI EMBAEMBA 2021 (9)485,94694803109.82
ChinaShanghai Jiao Tong University: AntaiSJTU Antai EMBAEMBA 2021 (10)486,808110753929.26
China/France/Singapore/UAETsinghua University/InseadTsinghua-Insead EMBAEMBA 2021 (11)371,258608130599.48
ChinaFudan University School of ManagementFudan EMBAEMBA 2021 (13)483,20077773839.52
France/Singapore/UAEInseadGlobal EMBA (GEMBA)EMBA 2021 (15)314,435387731819.18
Hong KongCUHK Business SchoolEMBAEMBA 2021 (19)307,256587940319.32
South KoreaKorea University Business SchoolEMBAEMBA 2021 (20)415,67297782109.80
US/UK/Hong KongUniversity of Chicago: BoothEMBAEMBA 2021 (21)319,771647526649.51
SingaporeNational University of Singapore Business SchoolThe NUS EMBAEMBA 2021 (22)389,951507828869.35
ChinaWashington University: OlinWashington University-Fudan EMBAEMBA 2021 (23)391,88658720 ‡0 ‡9.76
SingaporeSingapore Management University: Lee Kong ChianEMBAEMBA 2021 (28)337,738417623469.08
US/SingaporeUCLA: Anderson/National University of SingaporeUCLA-NUS EMBAEMBA 2021 (29)281,413567530659.14
ChinaHKU Business SchoolHKU-Fudan MBA (International)EMBA 2021 (32)244,39693735309.27
South KoreaYonsei University School of BusinessEMBAEMBA 2021 (40)330,8029872709.59
ChinaBI Norwegian Business School/Fudan University School of ManagementBI-Fudan MBAEMBA 2021 (45)244,50997746418.92
France/Germany/SingaporeEssec Business School/Mannheim Business SchoolEssec & Mannheim EMBAEMBA 2021 (45)192,854587441669.09
France/ChinaKedge Business SchoolEMBAEMBA 2021 (45)218,234727639148.92
France/Morocco/ChinaEMLyon Business SchoolEMBAEMBA 2021 (61)141,34247753189.25
ChinaZhejiang University School of ManagementZhejiang University EMBAEMBA 2021 (65)259,78360803719.70
IndiaIndian School of BusinessPGP in Management for Senior Executives (PGPMAX)EMBA 2021 (68)319,47046711309.37
France/China/IranNeoma Business SchoolGlobal EMBAEMBA 2021 (70)131,454397447248.70
Brazil/China/Mexico/USFGV/XMU/Egade/MHBSOneMBA: FGV/XMU/EGADE/MHBSEMBA 2021 (74)216,81879740 ‡0 ‡8.59
AustraliaMelbourne Business SchoolEMBAEMBA 2021 (82)177,410417331469.17
Switzerland/Greece/UAE/Oman/Bahrain/Malaysia/SingaporeUniversity of Strathclyde Business SchoolStrathclyde EMBAEMBA 2021 (84)176,170706740318.83
ChinaLingnan (University) College at Sun Yat-sen UniversityEMBAEMBA 2021 (95)307,60648703609.05

Key to the table

The directory is based on the most recently available published data. The Executive MBA, MBA, and Masters in Management information is taken from our 2022 and 2021 rankings.

FT ranking positions

This column shows which ranking the school featured in, with the rank position in brackets. For MBA and Masters in Management, the ranks are from 2022. For EMBA, the ranks are from 2021.

  • The Masters of Business Administration (MBA) is a post-experience degree where the majority of students have at least three years’ work experience.

  • The executive MBA (EMBA) is designed for senior working managers. The majority of students have at least 10 years’ work experience.

  • The Masters in Management (MiM) is for students with very little or no prior work experience.

International students (%)

The percentage of the most recent students whose citizenship differs from the country in which they study (at the time when the survey was carried out).

Female students (%)

Percentage of female students from the most recent class (at the time when the survey was carried out).

Average salary (US$ PPP)

Average alumni salary three years after completion, US$ purchasing power parity equivalent.

Salary increase (%)

For MiM, this is the average difference in alumni salary between completion and today, a time span of three years. For MBA and EMBA, this is the average difference in alumni salary from before the start of the programme to the time of the survey, three years after the completion of the degree.  

Aims achieved (%)

Extent to which alumni fulfilled their stated goals or reasons for studying their chosen programme — for example, to increase their salary or change career.

Overall satisfaction

Average evaluation by alumni of the course, scored out of 10. This figure is not used in the ranking.

‡ No data available. School did not have student enrolments during the specified timeframe from July 2020 to July 2021, due to the pandemic.


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