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versity on Thursday June 11.
SUMME R CONCE RT SE RIES
New master’s
program promotes
global collaboration
Program connects
business, engineering
students through
partnership with
universities in China
By ALEX JUNTTI
Daily Staff Reporter
The Stephen M. Ross School
of Business has partnered with
Shanghai Jiao Tong Universi-
ty, one of China’s leading uni-
versities, and the University’s
SJTU Joint Institute to initi-
ate a Master of Management
program. The program will be
for Joint Institute engineer-
ing students, and will provide
a basis for faculty research
and collaboration between the
Business School and the SJTU
Antai College of Economics
and Management.
The Joint Institute was
founded in 2006 and repre-
sents a strategic global part-
nership between China and
the United States. Its primary
mission is to establish a highly
reputable institute for innova-
tive global engineering educa-
tion and research.
The program currently sup-
ports more than 1,000 under-
graduates, most of whom are
Chinese,
studying
comput-
er, mechanical and electri-
cal engineering in Shanghai.
More than 20 full-time faculty
members teach all of the avail-
able courses in English.
Launched in 2014, Master
of Management Program at
the Business School is meant
to provide students who have
little undergraduate business
experience with a firm under-
standing of business strategy
and concepts.
The Master of Management
program for the Joint Insti-
tute’s
engineering
students
will begin in July. Students
will study business concepts
in China before arriving in
Ann Arbor in the fall for nine
months of study at the Busi-
ness School.
In
May,
students
will
return to China, where they
will conclude their program
by completing a seven-week,
action-based
learning
cap-
stone project led by Busi-
ness School faculty in which
students work on real world
projects with multinational
corporation based in China.
Liz Muller, the director of
global initiatives for the Ross
School of Business, said the
interdisciplinary
nature
of
the program is perfect for stu-
dents looking to add relevant
business experience to an
already impressive degree.
“A lot of engineers go into
strict engineering and as they
progress through their career,
they need management skills
to really take that next step
into business and industry,”
Muller said. “We see one of
our best opportunities for
collaboration in China being
not only cross-culturally but
cross-disciplinary, so we’re
really interested in the inter-
section of business and engi-
neering or business and health
for example.”
M.S. Krishnan, associate
dean for global initiatives at
the Business School, said the
partnership not only benefits
students by providing them
with a diverse, global educa-
tion, but is also advantageous
to numerous faculty mem-
bers because it provides new
opportunities for business col-
laboration and research.
“We are trying to open up
a platform for our faculty to
visit China and to these com-
panies so we can understand
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