Booth Relocates Asia EMBA to Hong Kong
Beginning this year, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business will relocate its Asia Executive MBA Program from Singapore to Hong Kong in a move that expands the school’s already strong presence and influence across the continent.
Booth’s prestigious faculty will begin teaching classes at the new location to corporate and organizational leaders from across Asia, North America and Europe. Other programming, including research, entrepreneurship, remote teaching, custom executive training and alumni events, will expand to Hong Kong, even as activities continue in Singapore.
“Asia is a critical region to University of Chicago faculty, students and alumni, and the University brings its distinctive intellectual approach to the region in many ways,” said Robert J. Zimmer, president of the University of Chicago. “By establishing programming in Hong Kong, Chicago Booth takes an important step in this growing engagement.”
Booth’s foray into Hong Kong strongly reflects the school’s strategy to deepen its global engagement and influence in Asia. The program will take advantage of and contribute to the University of Chicago’s overall engagement in Asia and expansion of many activities there. It will allow Booth to influence some of the best organizations in some of the world’s fastest-growing economies. The proximity to China, the world’s second-largest economy, is particularly attractive, Kumar said.
In Hong Kong, the Asia Executive MBA Program and curriculum will follow the same structure as Booth’s other Executive MBA programs, said Robert Gertner, deputy dean of the Part-Time MBA programs and Joel F. Gemunder Professor of Strategy and Finance. Students studying in Asia interact closely with students in the North American and European campuses, spending three weeks together in Chicago and one week in London.
“All of our courses are taught by Booth’s faculty, who fly to our campuses in Asia and Europe. This approach is unique to Chicago,” Gertner said.
In addition to the Asia GMBA Program, Booth also has Executive MBA Programs in Chicago, London and Singapore.
