Asia Europe Business School was founded by East China Normal University and Emlyon business school on June 24, 2015. The School was co-built by East China Normal University, Emlyon business school, Municipality of Minhang District Shanghai and Shanghai Zizhu Hi-Tech Zone (Group) Co., Ltd. The establishment of Asia Europe Business School is the crystallization of nine years in-depth strategic cooperation between East China Normal University and Emlyon business school, which marks another leap forward development of the cooperation between the two institutions, and an important step for East China Normal University in the process of internationalization.

Program Training Objectives:

• Through the Master Program in International Business (Technology and Innovation Management), students with a science and engineering background can develop strategic insight and management expertise, and students with a business management background can increase their analytical decision-making ability regarding emerging technologies.
• Cultivate students' international vision and the ability to have an insight into the economic, social, political, cultural and other macro-environmental situations of the countries along the "Belt and Road" of Eurasia.
• Moult students' thinking logic needed to become an excellent manager in an uncertain world, including critical thinking, data thinking, and disruptive innovation thinking.
• Cultivate students' ability to conduct business operations and operating management as senior executives, including leadership, team management, and strategic decision-making.
• Exercise students' ability and means to identify, evaluate, select, implement and manage technology solutions and related business strategies based on the emerging industry environment, so as to create business opportunities and obtain excellent value.

Degrees Awarded:

• Master of International Business of the East China Normal University
• Master's Graduation Certificate of the East China Normal University

Enrollment Object:

• Professionals with the science and engineering background who are interested in learning the knowledge of international business and business management and hope to become management leaders in the corresponding technology field
• Candidates who hope to establish career development in the field of technology transfer and innovation and have obtained a bachelor's degree or above in science or engineering.
• Candidates who hope to learn new engineering technical themes such as artificial intelligence, IT internet technology and extra-limit manufacturing and have obtained the bachelor of business or above.
• Those who have worked full-time (part-time) in scientific and technological innovation, international business and enterprise management or undergraduates (full-time) with relevant majors are all eligible to apply.

Additional Application Conditions:

• Applicants with science and engineering background and technical project background are preferred
• Require a face-to-face or online interview

Teaching Language:

• English/Chinese (with translation)

Elective Modules of CTO Basic Ability:
1) Thinking Logic Module: Critical, Creative and Innovative Thinking
2) Executive Ability Module: Chinese Culture and Human Resource Management; Economy in China and Business Strategy
3) Technology transformation Module: Technology and Innovation Management; Advanced Project Management
4) Business Method Module: Corporate Finance; Chinese Market and Marketing Management

Compulsory Module for Fundamentals of International Business:
International Business
International Trade Policies and Practices
International Finance
International Investment and Multinational Corporation Management
Managerial Economics
International Business Law and Practice

With the mission to develop the Belt and Road entrepreneurs and cross-border talents, Asia Europe Business School is committed to cultivating the students to be cross-border commercial talents and entrepreneurs with profound humanistic connotations and social responsibility and to be envoys of the Belt and Road.

The school has solid multinational faculty and education resources, composed of senior professors selected by the emlyon business school, senior professors of East China Normal University and full-time professors of AEBS. The faculty has academic and research-oriented teachers with significant professional background and solid academic ability. There are also teachers who are enthusiastic about innovation and have high respect for cross-border exploration, as well as business development teachers with abundant practical business experience.

Asia Europe Business School applies the enterprise mentor system that each student is equipped with the academic mentor and the enterprise mentor. The academic mentors are full-time teachers in the School which mainly instruct and counsel students in academic development; enterprise mentors are executives of domestic and foreign well-known enterprises/units/institutions mainly to guide students on professional learning, business practice and occupation career planning.

Asia Europe Business School is located in Zizhu International Education Park,  Minhang District of Shanghai where there are large numbers of Chinese-foreign cooperation (or international) projects and institutions stationed, including the surrounding Intel, Microsoft, HP and many other domestic and foreign high-tech enterprises; adjacent to the Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the East China Normal University, the Park is equipped with student apartments, canteen and other living facilities, which provide students with international learning and living environment.

About Shanghai

Shanghai, Hu for short, is a renowned international metropolis drawing more and more attention from all over the world. Situated on the estuary of Yangtze River, it serves as the most influential economic, financial, international trade, and cultural center in East China. Also, it is a popular travel destination for visitors to sense the pulsating development of the country.

In addition to its modernization, the city’s multicultural flair endows it with a unique glamour. Here, one finds the perfect blend of cultures, the modern and the traditional, and the western and the oriental. New skyscrapers and old Shikumen together draw the skyline of the city. Western customs and Chinese traditions intertwined and formed the city’s culture, making a visitor’s stay memorable.

Shanghai serves as an important air, rail, road and water transport hub in eastern China. The frequent flights, trains, and buses make one’s travel a breeze. The urban transportation is also quite satisfactory. Despite the traffic jam that does happen occasionally, the convenient taxis, buses, metro trains etc. can take you to any corner of the city.

Campus

Asia Europe Business School is located in Zizhu International Education Park,  Minhang District of Shanghai where there are large numbers of Chinese-foreign cooperation (or international) projects and institutions stationed, including the surrounding Intel, Microsoft, HP and many other domestic and foreign high-tech enterprises; adjacent to the Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the East China Normal University, the Park is equipped with student apartments, canteen and other living facilities, which provide students with international learning and living environment.