A joint Sino-US educational venture has been ranked the world's eighth and the Chinese mainland's first in UK-based The Financial Times' annual international executive MBA list.

Located in the prestigious Fudan University in Shanghai and with its curriculum based on the Olin School of Business' EMBA program, which is offered to executives in the United States, the Washington University-Fudan University EMBA Program is closely integrated into the larger Fudan School of Management and Olin School of Business communities.

EMBA education has been thriving recently as China's GDP is growing at a double-digit speed. To make its key enterprises more competitive in the global market, the government sends 5,000 senior executives to 30 top business schools for further studies worldwide.

Ken Bardach, associate dean for Executive Education at Olin, said: "Having a sister program in Shanghai allows us to provide a front row seat for our US students to the extraordinary economic development we see in China, preparing our students to manage on a global platform."

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