Nanyang Business School

Nanyang Business School (NBS) is the business school of the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. It is one of the most prestigious business schools in Asia and consistently ranked amongst the world's top business schools.

It is located at Block S3 of NTU’s Yunnan Garden Campus, situated in south-west of Singapore and is accessible by two expressways, the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) and the Kranji Expressway (KJE).

History

Academia

Nanyang Business School offers a wide range of courses which are globally recognised. The school provides students with real-world business projects, giving them a myriad of experience and international exposure. The faculty has a diverse background in academia and industry as they hail from different countries which gives them the opportunity to project a strong cross cultural perspective in their teachings.

Undergraduate Programs

Undergraduate courses offered at Nanyang Business School include the following:

It also has its very own in-house NBS Undergraduate Career Services which comprises of a team of specialists and counsellors who are committed in guiding the students along their career paths and helping to achieve their desired career goals through workshops, courses and seminars.

Post Graduate Programs

NBS offers a 12 month full time or an 20 months part time degree with 3 specific career tracks to choose from: General Management track, Strategy & Innovation track and Banking and Finance track. Each of these tracks offer 9 core courses in:

The 12 month basic MBA programme will span over 3 trimesters. The Nanyang MBA programme allows the students to either choose the Nanyang General MBA course or earn a Double MBA, earning one from Nanyang Business School and another from a prominent partner university.

Double MBA & Masters Degree programmes offered by NBS is a tie up with Business Schools from Europe & Asia leveraging on their respective strengths to provide these courses:

Campus

Nanyang Technological University is a large 200 hectare campus along the Jurong West district of Singapore consisting of a number of schools and colleges and residential buildings. The campus offers excellent facilities for the students to enjoy such as the e-commerce laboratory and financial trading rooms which are equipped with Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters terminals for teaching and research.

The different schools in the campus are:

Clubs and Committees

Nanyang Business School houses a variety of clubs and committees which provides many opportunities for the local and international students to explore their interests and participate in local and overseas competitions, honing their social, entrepreneurial and leadership skills in the process. The constituent clubs at NBS are:

Faculty

Nanyang Business School has more than 160 professors from more than 20 countries, proficient in 30 languages holding doctorates from the most renowned universities in the world.

The faculty is organised into six academic divisions, though several possess research interests that span more than one division. The divisions are:

Professor Vijay Sethi (Information Technology & Operations Management) was awarded World’s Best Business Professor by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) [1] in 2013. His work is focused on digital disruptions, the economics of technology, social media and networks, data analytics, legal and IPR issues, and patterns of new technology evolution.

Rankings

It is one of the most prestigious business schools in Asia and consistently ranked amongst the world's top business schools. Notable rankings include:

References

  1. ↑ "Best Business Professor 2013".
  2. ↑ "NTU's business school rated 8th in the Financial Times’ global EMBA ranking".
  3. ↑ "NTU’s Nanyang Business School jumps 8 spots to best ever Economist MBA ranking by Singapore institution".

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