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Nanyang business school undergraduate programmes 2017
Nanyang Business School (NBS) is the business school of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU). Singapore's oldest business school, NBS was established in 1956 at the then Nanyang University, which was subsequently absorbed by the National University of Singapore in 1980 before it finally moved to NTU in 1987. It is also the largest business school in Singapore with over 6,800 students pursuing undergraduate, postgraduate and executive programmes.
Contents
- Nanyang business school undergraduate programmes 2017
- History
- Academia Accreditations
- Undergraduate Programs
- Post Graduate Programs
- Campus
- Clubs and Committees
- Global Associations
- Faculty
- Rankings
- References
NBS is widely regarded as Singapore's premier business school and is consistently ranked amongst the world's best. For 13 consecutive years since 2004, Nanyang Business School has been ranked No.1 in Singapore by The Economist Full-time MBA rankings. NTU's flagship Nanyang MBA was placed 24th worldwide (1st in Singapore) in the 2017 Financial Times Global MBA Ranking.
History
Academia & Accreditations
Nanyang Business School is the first business school in Singapore, and the third in Asia, to be accredited by both the European Quality Improvement System and Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. It is also one of only 11 business schools outside of the US to be accredited with the AACSB in Accounting.
Undergraduate Programs
Undergraduate courses offered at Nanyang Business School include the following:
The school offers 3-year direct honours single degree programmes. NBS' double degree programmes and the integrated Bachelor/Master's programme can be completed within 3.5 to 4 years. As part of the degree requirements, all undergraduates will have to complete a professional internship.
Post Graduate Programs
Nanyang Business School in NTU Singapore offers the following postgraduate programs:
The Nanyang MBA is one of Asia’s most prestigious MBA programmes. Ranked 29th in the Financial Times Global MBA Ranking 2016, it is ranked 6th in Asia and Singapore’s No.1 MBA. It is a 1-year full-time programme. Participants can choose from the following 3 tracks which allow you to focus on specific career requirements that you would like to pursue:
Nanyang Business School also partners with reputable business schools from Europe and Asia to offer the Double MBA and master's degree programmes.
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 various facilities for students to enjoy such as the e-commerce laboratory and financial trading rooms. In 2014, Nanyang Business School launched the 165-square meter Centre for Applied Financial Education, the largest finance lab in Singapore. The new lab is equipped with 60 dedicated Thomson Reuters Eikon terminals with Datastream, along with 24 Bloomberg terminals that will allow business school students to access all kinds of real-time financial, economic and business news information.
The main NTU campus houses most of the Colleges and Schools. These include:
Clubs and Committees
Nanyang Business School houses a variety of clubs and committees. The constituent clubs at NBS are:
Global Associations
Nanyang Business School has various multinational tie-up programmes with some of the world's top universities across Europe, US, and Asia.
Some of the major tie ups include:
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. This makes NBS one of the largest business schools in the world in terms of faculty strength.
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) 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.
Professor Tan Hun-Tong is the world's No.1 accounting researcher according to the Brigham Young University (BYU) Accounting Research Rankings, while Professor Clive Lennox is ranked 2nd in Asia. NBS is ranked joint 7th in the world with MIT and is top in Singapore for accounting research.
Rankings
NBS has consistently been ranked amongst the world's top business schools, and the best in Singapore.
Notable rankings include: