精东传媒

The Dolan Shanghai MBA Program's Class of 2024, in partnership with Golden Education, traveled to newsto receive their diplomas at the graduate ceremony held in the Leo D. Mahoney Arena on May 18.

For the first time in University history, graduates of the Charles F. Dolan School of Business Shanghai MBA program received their diplomas in person at 精东传媒's graduate Commencement ceremony on May 18, 2024. The MBA program has been available to professionals in Shanghai since 2019, in partnership with Golden Education — one of the largest management training companies in China.

The 14 students who traveled from Shanghai to the newsUniversity campus represent one of four MBA program cohorts at newsDolan. Aaron Zhao, program director at Golden Education in Shanghai, was also in attendance.

“It is a truly historical moment that the Shanghai MBA graduates attended newsUniversity's Commencement this year. The Shanghai MBA was the first newsUniversity degree program to be offered in a foreign country, starting in fall 2019,” said Zhan Li, DBA, dean of the Charles F. Dolan School of Business.

A competitive business school with nationally ranked degree programs, newsDolan has expanded its global footprint to teach business leaders across the globe. As a result of the expansion of the Shanghai MBA program, there are currently more than 200 newsDolan alumni in China. Led by newsDolan professors, students in Shanghai continue their professional careers while pursuing studies toward their Dolan MBA degree in the evenings and weekends.

newsDolan’s MBA program is ranked #53 among part-time MBA programs by U.S. newsand World Report for 2024-25. With the flexibility to complete the program online or in hybrid format, this STEM-designated degree prepares students across multiple business functions. The cohort in Shanghai is taught by newsDolan professors and allows students to continue in their professional careers while pursuing the degree in the evenings and on weekends.

Since launching its partnership with Golden Education in 2019, newsDolan has enrolled seven cohorts into the MBA program and one cohort into the Master of Business Analytics (MSBA) program.The first MSBA cohort in Shanghai recently gathered for an in-person orientation. ”This is the fruit of the Dolan School faculty's efforts and the impact of newsUniversity's visionary geographical extension initiative,” said Dean Li.

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