Program Description

Program Highlights

Jim. Rogers said that the 19th century was the era of the British Empire, the 20th century was the U.S.' heyday, and the 21st century will belong to China. China is now one of the most important emerged markets in the world. In another word, China is where future business is. Take where the MBA of SCU is located---Chengdu. With the development of west economy, Chengdu has been identified awarded “World Most Livable and Commercial City”, “The Best Emerging City for Business”, “The Fastest Development City in the Coming 10 Years”. There are more than 200 of the Fortune Global 500 Enterprises in Chengdu. More than 160 of these enterprises are overseas-funded and they are still increasing. Thus, there are more and more career opportunities and an excellent investment environment in Chengdu for people from all over the world.

• 2012 "The most valuable MBA program in China" --- "Forbes

• Learn Business Where Future Business is

A unique Education Model, KDB model is developed to cultivate excellent professional managers who are international and specifically sensible about China and Asia pacific. The essential components of KDB Model are composed are Knowing (or knowledge), Doing (or skills), and Being (or a sense of purpose and identity), which is ideal for candidates who need to/want to know general management theories/knowledge and what is the situation in China, to acquire practical management skills and know how in China, and to be a professional manager in China, Asia Pacific or elsewhere.

• KDB Education Model

Each student can choose one academic tutor and one entrepreneur tutor. Executive management officers of excellent enterprises are invited to be entrepreneur tutors."My entrepreneur tutor not just shared his management experiences and helped us with our management difficulties, but also invest fund to our business project. Now the financial reward of the project has exceeded our prediction."-2010 MBA student

• Dual-Tutor Project

There are more than 4000 MBA-SCU alumni and MBA-SCU Alumni Association was founded for alumni service. Alumni Association holds various activities such as industrial communication seminars, forums, and alumni parties and so on. Alumni share resources and build up life time friendships.

Entry Requirements

1. Non-Chinese citizens in good health, with valid passport;
2.Above the age of 18 and below 40, and should abide by Chinese law and the regulations of Sichuan University. They should also respect Chinese social customs and codes of conduct;
3.With degree equivalent to a bachelor in China or just finished a bachelor from a Chinese university, good grades.

Required Documents

1. Application Form

2. Health certificate

3. Current Resume

Written in Chinese or in English

4. MBA Study plan

Including study purpose, research interest and research plan in brief.

5. Two Letters of Recommendation

Two from professor or associate professor or equivalents, one from company leaders or cooperators

6. English proficiency test certificate

For example, IELTS or TOEFL, only for applicant; whose native language is not English

7. Bachelor's degree diploma

Graduation certificate in languages other than Chinese or English should be translated into Chinese or English and be certified by notarization.

8. Undergraduate school transcript

9. Passport photo

A recent passport-sized photo of the applicant

10. Photocopy of valid passport

With name, passport number & expiration date, and photo included

• Question: What is the cost of applying through ACASC?

Answer: ACASC charges a service fee of 50$ for using its online application portal. Applying through ACASC into Chinese universities attracts a service fee of $50.

• Question: Can I apply to the university directly?

Answer: Yes. ACASC gives the applicants, the chance to directly apply to their desired universities through our online application portal. We have synchronized our system to create a simple platform that connects universities and colleges in China to international students all around the world.

• Question: How can I track my application status?

Answer: To track the application status, please log in your ACASC personal account. Whenever there’s an update, you will be informed on your application status through ACASC system within a day as soon as we receive university’s notification. You will simultaneously receive ACASC auto-email about the application status. To directly inquire about your application status, feel free to send us an email to admission@acasc.cn and our team will keep you updated.

• Question: How to deal with a pending application?

Answer: When an application is pending a decision it means that your school has received it and no admissions decision has been made yet. The admissions office may have reviewed your application package or may not have.

The main cause of a pending application is usually incomplete application documents. As a result you will be requested by the school’s admission office to re-check and modify all submitted application documents or perhaps even add extra documents and then re-submit them.

To avoid further delays, carefully read the university’s comments, modify your application form on ACASC, and re-upload the required application documents. You can contact ACASC on admission@acasc.cn for any help with regards to your pending application

• How long does it take to process my application?

Processing time varies for different applications. For example to process a degree program application requires more time than a Chinese language application. Confirmation for Chinese language application by the admission office usually takes 2 to 4 weeks. However, time for degree programs application differs. For example fall semester application processing is after March, and it takes a period of 1 to 2 months. This also depends on your qualification and the number of applicants.