China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)

China Europe International Business School is a school of international business located in Shanghai, China. China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) offers one of the top-ranked MBA programs in China and is among the top 25 programs in the world. Its executive MBA program is one of the largest in the world.

China Europe International Business School is the only business school on mainland China. Thus, the Chinese government designated its property as a "Special Education Zone." CEIBS was the result of a joint project between Europe and China and receives a portion of its funding from the European Union and Shanghai governments.

The mission of CEIBS, as they declare it, is to educate "responsible leaders versed in 'China Depth, Global Breadth' in line with its motto of 'Conscientiousness, Innovation and Excellence'." Leaders from the Chinese central government and the EU have respectively lauded CEIBS as “a cradle of excellent executives” and “a role model of EU-China cooperation.”

CEIBS offers MBA, EMBA, Global EMBA, Finance MBA, Executive Education and PhD programs. Known for its challenging academic environment, CEIBS was the first business school on the Chinese mainland to have been accredited by both EQUIS and AACSB and the only business school in Asia to have been named to the Financial Times’ top 30 list of MBA, EMBA and Executive Education programs.

CEIBS maintains campuses in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Accra in Ghana, and Zurich in Switzerland. It counts more than 20,000 alumni from 80 countries and has provided a broad range of continuing education and management certificate programs for more than 130,000 executives around the world.

While drawing on overseas experience, CEIBS is committed to conducting in-depth analysis of Chinese business practices. Among the 2017 list of Most Cited Researchers from Chinese Institutions, nine of the academics in the business, management and accounting category were from CEIBS. Three of these nine professors are among the top 10.

Since its founding, CEIBS has grown alongside with the Chinese economy and is committed to continuing to emphasize innovation, transformation, and globalization of the Chinese economy in the spirit of facilitating global economic cooperation.

When CEIBS was established and founded in part by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD). These organizations continue to provide the institutional guarantees that help maintain CEIBS position as a center of excellence in business management and research within Asia and across the world.