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The Dolan Shanghai MBA Program's Class of 2024, in partnership with Golden Education, traveled to Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ to 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾'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 Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ University campus represent one of four MBA program cohorts at Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Dolan. 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ University's Commencement this year. The Shanghai MBA was the first Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ University 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, Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Dolan 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Dolan alumni in China. Led by Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Dolan professors, students in Shanghai continue their professional careers while pursuing studies toward their Dolan MBA degree in the evenings and weekends.

Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Dolan’s MBA program is ranked #53 among part-time MBA programs by U.S. News and 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Dolan 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, Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Dolan 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ University's visionary geographical extension initiative,” said Dean Li.

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