6 — Ahead of the Curve
Introduction — 7
In just 17 years, the Lee Kong Chian School of Business
(LKCSB) has established itself as a world-class business
school, winning accolades globally.
LKCSB was founded with the mission to not only create
business knowledge, but also to nurture keen minds to lead
organisations and serve society. Today, we are proud that our
programmes are recognised not only for their intellectual rigour,
but also the ability to produce graduates that go on to make a
difference in their industries and communities. Our mainstay
Bachelor of Business Management (BBM) programme has
been recognised for producing graduates with good business
acumen as well as a global perspective. The average monthly
salary of our BBM graduate is now around $3,500 and 85%
received full-time job offers before graduation. Similarly, our
postgraduate programmes are among the best in the world as
ranked by the Financial Times (FT). The School’s academic
excellence is supported by the depth and rigour of its research.
The globally referenced University of Texas (UT) Dallas
Rankings for business school research ranks LKCSB 3
rd
in Asia
and 40
th
in the world for research excellence.
This reputation for excellence has laid the foundation for
the School to build strong partnerships and alliances with
other top tier business schools, regionally and globally, that
benefit our students and our faculty. Our growing reputation
helps the school attract talented faculty, researchers, and
professional staff, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate
students. We have about 4,000 students across programmes
as well as over a hundred full-time faculty members with
postgraduate degrees from renowned universities such as
Cornell, Harvard, INSEAD, Cambridge, Stanford and Yale.
Last year was very busy for us, and I am pleased
to announce that our efforts have been recognised. For
accreditation, we benchmarked ourselves against interna-
tional best-in-class standards in two in-depth assessment
processes, and achieved strong validation that we are on the
right track towards global excellence. In 2016, we earned a
five-year reaccreditation from both the Association to Advance
Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the longest serving
global accrediting body for business schools, as well as the
European Foundation for Management Development through
its European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS). For both
accreditations, the School had the distinction of being one of
the youngest schools in the world to be accredited and we are
honoured to receive reaccreditation, reaffirming our strong
value proposition and our positioning in the ranks of leading
business schools around the world.
Our programmes continue to thrive in a competitive
global environment where business schools face declining
enrolment. We are growing steadily with ambitious expansion
plans, and the School is well positioned to make an impact on
Singapore, Asia and the world. We are laser-focused on our
ambition to be the best business school in Asia. To continue
building on our foundation of excellence, we plan to further
differentiate our student experience as well as continue inno-
vating pedagogically. To achieve this, we will:
a) Strengthen our relationships with the business commu-
nities and the public sector;
b) Step up regional faculty visits and partnerships to
neighbouring countries including Japan, Taiwan, Korea,
Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines,
India and China;
c) Develop a targeted exchange/partnership;
d) Build alumni relationships and
e) Expand corporate partnerships
We are proud of the entrepreneurial spirit of the School,
and look forward to continue innovating in our journey to
become the top business school in Asia. We look forward to
continue developing future leaders of industry who also act
in service of society.
MAKING AN IMPACT ON
SINGAPORE, ASIA AND THE WORLD
EDMUND LIN
CHAIRMAN, ADVISORY BOARD
