Program Overview

University Programs

The university offers a range of programs, including undergraduate, research master, professional master, and doctoral programs.

Program Details

• Undergraduate Program:
  • Accounting
  • Business Administration
  • Engineering Management
  • Information Management and System
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • International Economics and Trade
• Research Master Program:
  • Applied Economics
  • Business Administration
  • Management Science and Engineering
  • Theoretical Economics
• Professional Master Program:
  • MBA
  • Engineering Management
  • Industrial Engineering
  • MPAcc
  • Project Management
• Doctoral Program:
  • Business Administration

MBA Program

Introduction

The MBA program at Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU) was among the third batch of universities to obtain the right to grant Master of Business Administration (MBA) and began to enroll students nationwide in 1998. The program adheres to the principle of "cultivating learning professional managers and entrepreneurs with an international perspective" and has focused on the construction of faculty team, and the organic combination of theory and practice.

Objective

The objective of the MBA program is to cultivate high-level and pragmatic professional managers and management talents who adapt to the needs of social and economic development and traffic management construction, and flexibly use modern enterprise management methods equipped with international vision, innovative awareness, leadership and business ethics, and have strong response, judgment, quantitative analysis, decision-making and other comprehensive abilities in the field of transportation.

Research Directions

The main research directions of the MBA program include:

• Marketing and strategic management
• Operation and project management
• Finance, accounting and investment management
• Organization and human resource management
• Rail transit management

Accreditation

After two years' preparation, in June 2016, SEM's MBA/EMBA programs were awarded the AMBA accreditation for the first time, becoming the second university granted the certificate in Sichuan Province. In 2017, two disciplines of SEM, Management Science & Engineering and Business Administration were graded B+, ranking top 10%-20% among 170 candidates in Fourth Round Discipline Evaluation conducted by the China Academic Degrees & Graduate Education Development Center. In October 2019, MBA/EMBA programs successfully passed the AMBA recertification.

Faculty Management

To improve teaching quality, SEM has a complete set of faculty management system that is comprised of ex ante, in-progress and ex post control and faculty self-development support system. Furthermore, SEM has established course teams for all MBA courses listed in the curriculum. Each course team is composed of several teachers, among whom the team leader is an experienced teacher of MBA teaching. The course teams undertake course development, teaching, research, and innovation activities, and have the responsibility to help young teachers.