Asia School of Business in collaboration with MIT Sloan MBA

Located in Kuala Lumpur, Asia School of Business' innovative MBA program is designed to develop the next generation of leaders in the rapidly growing Southeast Asian region. ASB's MBA program is based on the rigor of MIT Sloan's curriculum with a focus on Asia's dynamic business environment. The ASB curriculum is unique in its use of Action Learning (experiential learning) as the core part of the educational process – it comprises roughly a third of the curriculum. MIT Sloan and ASB faculty teach in the program, and students take classes in both Kuala Lumpur and in MIT's campus in Cambridge. Students travel extensively throughout the program - for their Action Learning projects, industry treks in the US and China, and optional career treks in Dubai, Singapore and Hong Kong. 

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Unique Facets of the ASB MBA Program

Award-Winning Professors

Our school was founded in collaboration with MIT Sloan, which means that students learn from award-winning visiting MIT professors alongside our ASB resident faculty who are renowned leaders in their fields, extraordinary scholars and dedicated teachers committed to engaging the best minds and cultivating a global community of leaders.

Action Learning Projects 

Our exciting Action Learning projects allow students to travel to our corporate hosts to work on-site with them on real business projects. Students can select from over a dozen Action Learning projects spread across the world depending on their industry and subject of interest. One-third of their time will be spent outside of the classroom.

US & China Study Trips

As an international business school situated in the middle of the fast-growing emerging economies of Asia, understanding the linkages with the world's two largest economies is critical. ASB's students participate in compulsory week-long study trips to China and the USA to gain a better appreciation of the impact that these two powers are having on the world from an economic, business, and geopolitical perspective.

MIT Sloan Immersion

Students will spend four weeks on MIT Sloan’s Cambridge campus, taking additional courses offered by MIT faculty and engaging in Sloan student activities. Upon finishing the Immersion Program, students will receive a Certificate of Completion from MIT. Students also receive Affiliate Alumni Status upon graduation from ASB.

Globally Oriented Career Treks

ASB conducts optional Career Treks for students in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Dubai ​in order to create a robust hiring market for our highly international student body. On these treks, students meet with prominent multinational companies, get exposed to innovative start-ups, and build relationships with ASB's global network.

Entrepreneurship-Focused

Through our Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, students have access to a fully equipped MakerLab as well as an entrepreneurship-focused curriculum. Our students have founded student organizations, run on-campus start-ups, created podcasts and publications, and helped to shape the MBA program itself.

Diversity

We have a diverse group of students come from over 30 countries are frontier-minded, action oriented and excited to learn in the fastest growing region of the world. 

Scholarships 

Highly qualified applicants receive generous scholarships up to the full amount of tuition, housing, and travel. Ask us more about our scholarship opportunities when you meet us.

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Other Programs

The MBA for Working Professionals Program (MBA-WP)

In 2019, ASB rolled out its MBA for Working Professionals program, a modular 22-month program that allows professionals to retain their full-time employment or continue running their own companies while earning the MBA. It shares similar hallmarks with the full-time program, including experiential action-based learning applied to their own companies (Learning in Action), a one-month immersion in the MIT Sloan campus in Boston, and is taught by the same faculty as the full-time program.

As a partnership between MIT Sloan and the Central Bank of Malaysia, Asia School of Business exposes students to a world-class management education experience in Asia on the frontier of the business world. ASB's innovative curriculum delivers market-relevant preparation with leading companies throughout Southeast Asia. You will have the opportunity to gain a global perspective in international hubs such as the US, China, Singapore, Dubai, and Hong Kong. Our diverse cohort of 70% international students and over 40% women will help you the develop the cross-cultural interpersonal savvy that you need cultivate a meaningful and impactful global career.