2009 |
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| • | The NANYANG MBA jumps 10 places to 71st rank in The Economist annual survey |
| 16 October 2009 | |
The NANYANG MBA has been ranked 71st in the world by the Economist magazine, up 10 places from a year ago. Our Asia-Pac ranking has also moved up to 6th, from 7th place last year. The two clear areas where NBS has improved are careers and alumni. |
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| • | Nanyang Business School organises biennial forum in China |
| 7 September 2009 | |
Nanyang Business School's China Programmes Office organised a biennial forum on 5 September 2009 in Chengdu, China. Titled, “The New World Economic Order and its Implications for Businesses”, the forum served as a platform to unite all NBS and NTU alumni in China. In addition, the forum provided participants from diverse backgrounds the opportunity to discuss about major current business topics. Professor Gillian Yeo joined President Su Guaning in addressing the audience with their opening speeches. Seven distinguished leaders from academia, government institutions and industry formed the panel of speakers. Five are from China and two from Singapore. |
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| • | 3rd year Business students crowned L'Oréal Brandstorm National Champions 2009 |
| 22 May 2009 | |
Three students from Nanyang Business School at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have won the prestigious L'Oréal Brandstorm marketing competition. They will represent Singapore in the international finals in Paris, France next month (June). Despite strong competition from competing teams from other local universities, the Nanyang Business School team emerged as the national champion in the 17th annual competition held in Singapore on Wednesday, 20 May 2009. The annual L'Oréal Brandstorm marketing competition is aimed at giving business undergraduates the opportunity of being a marketing brand manager and to develop a unique communication campaign for a new range of products that are consistent with L'Oréal's brand values. The winning three-member student team was comprised of Britney Cheong Wei Hua, Ng Yi Han and Jessica Ong Hwee Hoon. They had to go through preliminary rounds before being crowned national champion in the Singapore finals. Calling themselves Team Magnifique, the team presented their winning ideas to top L'Oréal executives who formed the jury panel. They were required to be creative and imagine MAYBELLINE's first perfume as part of the case study. NBS Team Magnifique proposed a unique dual perfume concept as MAYBELLINE's first perfume calling it, “Adore My Confidence”. The perfume includes the conventional liquid perfume and a solid perfume encased in a compact bottle inspired by the flower of confidence, Calla Lily. “The same girl can now choose from two forms of perfume, as and when she likes. In addition, we plan to introduce three more scents under the same perfume line for girls with different personalities,” said team member Britney Cheong. The popular competition has attracted more than 31,000 students since its inception in 1993. Just last year alone, more than 4,700 students from 270 universities across 38 countries took part. NBS Team Magnifique is currently gearing up in their preparation for the global leg of the competition which promises a voucher worth 10,000 Euros for the winning team to travel to a destination of their choice and the coveted L'Oréal Brandstorm CUP. “We are definitely going to work even harder than before as we will be facing teams from over 40 countries including the United States, United Kingdom, China, Switzerland and France,” said Nanyang Business School's Britney Cheong, Ng Yi Han and Jessica Ong. |
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| • | Nanyang Business School to train China Construction Bank senior executives |
| 13 May 2009 | |
NTU has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China Construction Bank (CCB), the world's 2nd largest bank in terms of market capitalization, to train more than 700 senior executives of the bank this year. The MOU was signed by Nanyang Business School Interim Dean, Professor Gillian Yeo and Mr Li Weiping, General Manager of Human Resources Department of CCB headquarter. NTU President, Dr Su Guaning, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of CCB, Mr Xie Duyang, senior representatives of the Bank, and officials from the China Embassy in Singapore witnessed the signing ceremony. High level senior staff of CCB, such as general managers of the provincial main branches, will be among those to be trained under the MOU. In the following months till December 2009, CCB will send more than 500 trainees in batches from various branches in China to NBS for the week-long training in Singapore. The MOU provides a broad framework for NTU's Nanyang Business School and China Construction Bank to develop financial training programmes for the senior executives of CCB branches across China. It will also facilitate joint research and customization of curriculum to meet the training needs of the Bank with specialisations ranging from Private Banking, Marketing, Asset Management to Risk Management. Besides Hong Kong and the United States, Singapore has become CCB's strategic overseas training destination. The MOU with NTU will expand and deepen the scope of training collaboration and research. Over the years, Chinese executive training courses offered by Nanyang Business School have benefited more than 5,000 senior executives, mostly from China, in the areas of Management, Finance, Banking, Economics and Human Resources. |
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| • | Business School students win global investment research challenge |
| 9 April 2009 | |
Four students from Nanyang Business School at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have won the prestigious Global Investment Research Challenge held in London by the CFA Institute. The Nanyang Business School team emerged as the global champion in the third annual competition in which nearly 1,000 students from over 200 universities worldwide competed first at the local, then regional and finally at the global level. The winning four-member student team was led by Terence Lim Ying Fan, with You Yewei, Krystle Liew Tianni and Jeremy Teo Jun Liang as members. Their winning case was a presentation on Singapore-listed transport company ComfortDelGro Corporation Ltd's stock research analysis with a sell recommendation. The team has brought home the CFA Institute's Global Investment Research Challenge trophy and a cash prize of US$10,000. Read more in |
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| • | Nanyang Business School’s MBA ranked top 25 in the world by The Financial Times |
| 28 January 2009 | |
Nanyang Business School's MBA programme has jumped more than 20 places to be ranked 24th among the top MBA programmes worldwide in the Financial Times 2009 Global MBA Rankings – the highest achieved by a Singapore institution so far. Making it to the top 25 in this year's ranking places NBS in the league of the elite business schools worldwide. Read more in |
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Nanyang Business School is the only Singapore business school and third in Asia to be accredited by both the EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System) and AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business). These are the most widely-recognised European and American quality assurance standards for accounting and business education. They assure our graduates that their degrees will be both recognised and valued around the world.
Nanyang Business School is the only Singapore business school and third in Asia to be accredited by both the EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System) and AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business). These are the most widely-recognised European and American quality assurance standards for accounting and business education. They assure our graduates that their degrees will be both recognised and valued around the world.
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