EMBA (English track)
- Duration
- 20 months
- Format
- Modular: 4 days every 2 months
- Tuition
- ≈ USD 88,000
- Audience
- Senior executives with 8+ years of experience
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
CKGSB — China’s #1 business school for senior executives
EMBA, MBA, Doctor of Business — campuses in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen. 20,000+ alumni network including owners of Fortune China 500 companies.
CKGSB was founded in 2002 by the Li Ka-shing Foundation and became the first Chinese business school whose alumni are trusted to run multibillion-dollar companies. Per Financial Times, 80% of owners of China’s top-100 private companies have studied or taught at CKGSB. This is not a place where you simply earn an MBA — it is a private club of Asia’s business elite, which you join to learn and to build relationships for decades.
Founded
2002
Campuses
Beijing · Shanghai · Shenzhen
Alumni
20,000+
Share of Top-100 owners
80%
FT EMBA ranking
Top-10 in Asia
Why CKGSB
- Network of 20,000+ owners and CEOs including alumni of Tencent, Alibaba, ByteDance, Lenovo
- Access to the Chinese market through classmates — 50%+ of the cohort are founders from China
- “One weekend every 2 months” format — study without leaving your business
- Faculty are active practitioners from McKinsey, BCG, Wharton, INSEAD
- English-track EMBA for international students — no Chinese required
- Hybrid format with modules in the US, Europe and Japan
Which CKGSB track to choose
MBA (Full-time, English)
- Duration
- 13 months
- Format
- On-campus Beijing + 2 international modules
- Tuition
- ≈ USD 65,000
- Audience
- Professionals aged 27–35 with 4+ years of experience
Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)
- Duration
- 4 years
- Format
- Part-time, 6 modules per year
- Tuition
- ≈ USD 120,000
- Audience
- Founders and senior C-level with MBA/EMBA
Admissions
Admission requirements
- Bachelor’s in any field (diploma legalised in China)
- EMBA — 8+ years of experience, 5+ in leadership
- MBA — 4+ years of experience, GMAT 600+ or CKGSB internal test
- TOEFL 100+ / IELTS 7.0+ for English-track programmes
- Essay, 2 recommendation letters, video interview with admissions
VNM
Admission steps via VNM
- 1. Profile audit with a curator — 30 min: assess your EMBA/MBA odds
- 2. Prepare documents and essays to CKGSB standards
- 3. Coach you through the English video-interview
- 4. Submit application and accompany you until the offer arrives
- 5. X1 visa, flight, accommodation, first meetings with classmates
Frequently asked questions
Do I need Chinese for the EMBA?+
No. The English-track EMBA is fully in English with international cohorts. Chinese is offered alongside, free of charge, as part of the CKGSB programme.
Can I keep my full-time job?+
Yes — EMBA and DBA are modular: 4 days every 2 months. Students fly into Beijing Thursday morning and leave Sunday evening.
Which visa do I need?+
EMBA/DBA usually need an X2 short-term study visa per module. Full-time MBA needs an X1 visa for 13 months. We handle both.
Are scholarships available?+
Yes: CKGSB Future Leaders (up to 30%), Women in Leadership and dedicated scholarships for CIS founders. Amounts are discussed at interview.