Asia Europe Business School

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 Distrcit 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.

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 adheres to the values of Creativity, Co-creation, Cause-related Responsibility, with distinct characteristics: combining the business administration education of the emlyon business school with the humanities, social science, technology innovation and other advantageous disciplines of East China Normal University. Integrating the education essences of the two, we spare no efforts to develop the elites brave enough for cross-border exploitation and to bear tremendous tasks from the society through globalizational, complex, and innovative professional training and ability development.

East China Normal University

History: founded in 1951 in Shanghai
Ranking: one of the Top 15 Chinese mainland universities in THE Rankings 2016, Top 5 in the ranking of international outlook category; 11 disciplines rank world top 1%

Faculty: 4,151 faculty member, including 11 academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences or Chinese Academy of Engineering

Multi-discipline university: 3 faculties, 27 schools, 58 departments

International partners: 150 internationally renowned universities and academic institutions

International students: around 5,000

Campuses: two campuses in Minhang and Putuo District, Shanghai. A total area of over 207 hectares

Faculty of Economics and Management

Faculty: 248 faculty members, of which 142 are professors and associate professors

Students: more than 4,400, 55% are postgraduate students

Programs: 16 undergraduate programs in Business Administration, Economics, Statistics and Public Administration; 14 academic master’s programs, 8 professional master’s programs, including MBA and MPA; 8 doctoral programs and 4 post-doctoral research stations

EMLYON business school

History: founded in 1872 in France

Ranking: #2 in France, #26 in the World (Times Higher Education Global Employability University Ranking 2016); #20 in Europe (Financial Times European Business School Ranking 2016)

International students: 5,100 students on campus, 40% non-French, 80 nationalities represented; 5,500 Executive programs participates

International faculty: 130 permanent professors, 80 visiting professors and overseas guests

International partners: 156 foreign partners

Multi-continent campus: 5 campuses: Paris, Shanghai, Lyon, Saint-Etienne, Casablanca

Global alumni network: a network of 29,000 alumni in 118 countries

Signature of emlyon business school: globalization, digitalization, entrepreneurship

International Faculty

The school has solid multinational faculty and education resources, composed of senior professors selected by 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.

Enterprise Mentor System

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.

First-class Environment

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.