Introduction to Arizona State University

Founded in 1885, Arizona State University (ASU) is an internationally recognized research and teaching institution with a long history. The W. P. Carey School of Business at ASU is a comprehensive business school with nationally and internationally ranked programs at all levels and a vibrant collaborative relationship with business worldwide. With 178 faculty members, the school offers undergraduate, master and doctoral programs to its 8,100 students. The school is known for its innovative programs, high caliber students, influential faculty research, leadership in the use of technology and dynamic ties with business.

The school places high value on the powerful combination of research and teaching. The faculty is dedicated to the creation and dissemination of new knowledge. Faculty includes some of the world's most influential thinkers, who publish regularly in the top academic journals and present at conferences and symposia around the world.

Program Mission

Develop CEOs with expertise in finance and CFOs with transnational operation ability to meet the challenges of economic globalization.

Curriculum

The curriculum is designed to be a world-class executive MBA program with a concentration on financial management. To leverage participants' existing strengths in financial management and institutional knowledge in the financial services sector, the curriculum has a strong institutional focus on this sector and at the same time provides intensive knowledge on managerial decision-making and strategic formulation. Accordingly, the curriculum is designed with a strong inter-disciplinary focus, while achieving cycle time efficiency. Each course will be delivered in an intensive manner over two consecutive weekends with four full days of face-to-face instruction and supplemented by online interactions between faculty and participants.

Faculty

The faculty members of this program are among the leading scholars in their respective fields of specialization. They are among the top faculty members from Arizona State University as well as from other leading business schools such as Stanford, MIT, Yale, NYU and University of Hong Kong Science and Technology.