The University of Manchester has recently climbed six places in the Shanghai Jiao Tong annual global ranking of universities, cementing its place as one of the world's best higher education institutions.

Manchester Business School's China Centre was established in 2008 as part of one of the oldest business schools in the United Kingdom.

The latest data for Manchester shows that 94 percent of its UK, full-time, first degree graduates were working or doing further study six months after graduation, while 82 percent were in graduate-level jobs or study.

In addition, 92 percent of graduates reported that they felt the university had prepared them well for further study, and 85 percent felt that it had prepared them well for future employment.

Since its establishment, when MBS became one of the first overseas institutions offering triple-accredited (EQUIS, AMBA, ACCSB) MBA programs in China, MBS China Centre has made some remarkable achievements.

In line with the university's international strategy, the China Centre, along with the business school's four other international centers (in Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong and Sao Paulo), is preparing to deliver a wider range of programs; appoint an executive education offer and supporting alumni; increase its business engagement activity; and strengthen its international student recruitment. With this in mind, the center is set to become The University of Manchester China Centre later this year.

The center will welcome Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, president and vice-chancellor of the University of Manchester to officially launch the name-change ceremony in September.

MBS continues to attract international students and since 2008, it has recruited more than 1,000 students from 30 different countries and regions to study the global part-time MBA at the China Centre. Most of the center's students are Chinese, while about 30 percent are expats who work or live in China.

MBS has partnerships with Shanghai's Tongji University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Renmin University of China in Beijing.

"These partnerships demonstrate our long-term commitment in China and the ability to successfully bridge Chinese and British education," said Sherry Fu, the founding director of the Centre. As a result, in three consecutive years from 2013, MBS China Centre was named by Sina Education as the "most influential MBA brand in China".

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