The Personal MBA experience in Hong Kong and a brief comparison with the American MBA

The Personal MBA experience in Hong Kong and a brief comparison with the American MBA
Through my own personal experience and comparison with some friends studying for an MBA in the United States Summary: I deeply feel that studying for an MBA in Hong Kong, "the letter bid" is sometimes higher than in the United States to study for an MBA and has for the future development greater practical significance.

I enter the Chinese University of Hong Kong in August, the MBA degree. To introduce personal strength: 20 amount is not enough, prior to the application before the application 60 that is not worth so chose a feel cost-effective and affordable. I think my situation or representative, of course, easy to apply to the United States before the 20 cattle people there is no need to look down.
Through my own personal experience and comparison with some friends studying for an MBA in the United States, I feel deeply studying for an MBA in Hong Kong, "the letter bid sometimes higher than in the United States to study for an MBA and has for the future development of greater practical significance. I I was studying for an MBA at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (referred to as "big"), for example, to elaborate on the advantages of MBA study in Hong Kong from the following seven aspects:
1 ranking
Most of the mainland students choose a school is the most important ranking, the University of Hong Kong's top three rankings are world-class (top 50): The Chinese University of Hong Kong listed first in the world in the latest World University Rankings in U.S. News (US News) 46; University of Hong Kong (referred to as "Hong Kong"), 24; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), 35. Many mainland students are familiar with many American cattle school, such as: New York University (52), Boston University (54), Washington University in St. Louis (73), rankings are not, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Moreover, this is still the Americans their rankings.
Business School, Zhongshan University, the University of Hong Kong, three universities, HKUST Business School is just the Asian top three business schools, MBA courses is the best.
2 time / cost
MBA studying time and cost is also very concerned about the in-service applicants, MBA and more in Hong Kong is the British school system, will be able to complete their studies within a year and a half, tuition and living expenses are also relatively cheap.
Zhongshan University, for example: the standard school system for 16 months, four semesters, theoretically fastest 12 semester can graduate. Tuition fees totaling HK $ 320,000, or about RMB 28 million, the cost of living (including accommodation) approximately RMB 5,000 a month, 16 months is 80,000 yuan tuition living expenses totaled approximately RMB 360,000. This is not scholarship expenses, MBA in the large majority of students have scholarships, so the overall cost is generally not more than 300,000.
Compared to U.S. MBA need to read at least two years to graduate tuition general living expenses (including accommodation) for $ 40,000 a year, a conservative estimate of $ 10,000 a year, two years down also need about 10 million dollars, about 70 million RMB. And most of the MBA students in the United States are not scholarship.
So in the time and cost of the above, an MBA in Hong Kong enjoys a great advantage.
Looking for work / location
An MBA out to find a better job. To find a good job depends not only on a good school diploma, often depends on the geographic location of the school. This is why the New York school so sought reasons. Hong Kong is a financial center in the Asia-Pacific region, one of the world's three major financial centers, geographic advantage Needless to say more. Especially for financial services, logistics and other popular and the next great development in the Mainland was the industry is particularly important for learning and work background. Another important point, Hong Kong is now at the forefront of the recovery in the world economy, has been the emergence of a large number of employment opportunities. Me where in 2009 the full-time MBA, speaking before the Christmas holidays, as of 2009, after only four months of course, has about 10% of the students find work. This case in the currently slow economic recovery in the United States is difficult to meet. Especially in small local school, even elite, away from the big cities will be a lot less competitive advantage.
It is worth mentioning point is Hong Kong's enterprises by the background of the applicant in the Mainland are very important, because most of the Hong Kong Companies eager to open up or expansion of the mainland market, coupled with similar cultural backgrounds, mainland talent mainstream the degree of acceptance by the population relative to the much greater in the United States and other Western countries.
Teachers / instructors / students / alumni
Hong Kong University faculty is world-class. Zhongshan University, for example: in the Mainland, the renowned economist, Mr. Lang is professor of Zhongshan University Business School, MBA students can choose his class. Well-known Nobel laureates Yang Chen is also a professor at Zhongshan University. The winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics, "Father of Fiber Optics", Mr. Gao Kun, Zhongshan University professor, and served as the Vice-Chancellor.
Zhongshan University MBA implementing tutorial system, every student will be accepted during the MBA study a mentor "one-to-one tutoring. These trainers are not the school's faculty, but active in different sectors in Hong Kong has a figure of considerable influence. Between them: The executive director of the major financial institutions, large enterprise executives, members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, chairman of the industry association. These influential figures in the establishment of a direct relationship between teachers and students, not only on the current study and work, even in the future will have a significant impact on life.
Most of the MBA students and alumni from the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan for mainland students, this is also a great deal of wealth. Compared to Western countries, the students, and between students with the Mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, easier to build valuable contacts, which is significant for the future development of significance. U.S. MBA students of the same cultural background relatively little long-term maintenance and use of the contacts is relatively a lot less.
Course / exchange study abroad / double degree
MBA curriculum with international standards, and are based on English teaching. Zhongshan University MBA, in addition to the formal curriculum, but also arrange a lot of very practical seminars, courses and training, such as: job-seeking skills training, corporate headhunter meeting, business visits, CEO lectures, field survival training.
Double degree abroad exchange of learning and studying abroad is the MBA yet another attractive place. Zhongshan University, for example, MBA students can apply to go around the world 38 famous University Business School exchange student in the last semester, prestigious universities including: University of Chicago, New York University, University of Michigan, London Business School. Dual degree program inside the territory MBA is unique Zhongshan University, Zhongshan University MBA students in the second year of the MBA will go to the Business School of the partner universities continue to learn Japanese school awarded two degrees, a large double degree partner institutions are three schools of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Texas, HEC Paris Business School. The exchange of learning and dual-degree programs not only meet the aspirations of MBA students to study in Europe and America, while still allowing the student's educational background and diversified experience, very helpful on the job. This project is not carried out among U.S. MBA.
6. Hardware environment
University of Hong Kong, to provide students with extremely comfortable learning environment. Zhongshan University, for example, a wireless network covering the whole school, free school bus everywhere, subway pass directly to the school gate, dormitory canteen, kitchen, laundry room, gym, piano room, computer room Jacuzzis. Library up to six for the whole. There are also special student art center, often free concerts, opera, drama and other performances. CUHK MBA students have their own activity room and meeting rooms, a large number of financial newspapers, and magazines for students to read. This hardware configuration are not less than any one university.
7 other factors
Study abroad is a big problem and family members, lovers separated. Especially an MBA students, many of them have been married. And family members, lovers long separation will bring a lot of inconvenience and problems, and even affect their studies. Read MBA, in Hong Kong this problem is not so prominent as between Hong Kong and the Mainland than from Europe and the United States and from a lot easier and also saves a lot of time and money. This is also in Hong Kong, one of the advantages of an MBA.