Curriculum
S3 Asia MBA students start their first semester in Shanghai, spend their semester in Seoul and finish the last semester in Singapore. In each of these semesters, S3 Asia students are treated as full-time MBA students, allowing them to have immediate access to all the resources of the three universities. In addition, students also share classes with full-time MBA students from the three universities, thus immersing them into the MBA culture of all.
Students who wish to obtain a degree from Fudan University will need to register for the fourth semester to write and defend their thesis.
Semester 1, School of Management Fudan University
- Managerial Communication
- Data Models and Decisions
- Managerial Economics
- Financial Accounting
- Organizational Behavior
- Business in China
- Asian Business Insights I (Field Trip)
- Basic Chinese (Optional for NUS and KU students)**
- Politics (for Chinese students)
Semester 2, Korea University Business School
- Marketing Management
- Operations and Process Management
- Corporate Finance
- Business Ethics in Asian Companies
- Management Information Systems
- Business in Korea and Japan
- Asian Business Insights II (Field Trip)
- Basic Korean or Business English (Optional)**
Semester 3, NUS Business School
- Corporate Strategy
- Macroeconomics in the Global Economy
- Asian Business Insights III (Field Trip)
- Management Communication (non-credit module) - compulsory for students opting for NUS MBA degree
- 3 Electives
- Advanced Business English*
*Required for Fudan students and elective for KU and NUS students.**Optional modules which students can take on a non-credit basis.
2 Degrees, 1 Certificate
Once a student completes the requirements of S3 Asia MBA programme, the student will be awarded two full MBA degrees - one from the home university and another from a partner university. In addition, the candidate will also receive an S3 Asia MBA certificate signed by three deans from Fudan University Business School, Korea University Business School and NUS Business School. A student needs to declare his second MBA degree during the admission process in their home university.
Note: A student has to declare a preferred host degree at the beginning of the semester, since formal admission from the host school is required. To receive a Fudan host degree, students need to register for an additional semester to write a master thesis.
Message from the Academic Director
“The business spotlight will be on Asia in the 21st century. To harvest growth opportunities in Asia, business leaders must understand Asian perspectives and the Asian way of doing business. The S3 Asia MBA is uniquely conceptualised to equip present and future business leaders with management skills to perform and excel in the complex pan-Asian business environment.”
Professor Sum Chee Chuong (Academic Director, S3 Asia MBA)