On July 7th, Professor Andy Lockett, Dean of Warwick Business School (WBS), led a delegation to visit Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Antai College of Economics and Management. Sang Dawei, Vice Dean of Antai College, hosted and warmly received the guests.

The two sides held productive talks on deepening their strategic cooperation. During the meeting, both parties confirmed that they are moving forward with the signing of cooperation agreements on graduate student exchange and a 4+1 pathway program, aiming to provide students with a broader international learning and research platform. In addition, the two sides conducted in-depth discussions on jointly launching a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program for senior executives, hoping to integrate the academic resources of the two top-tier business schools in the future to offer high-level advanced study opportunities for global business leaders.

This visit further consolidated the close ties between Antai College of Economics and Management and Warwick Business School, marking a new stage in talent cultivation and academic cooperation between the two business schools.

Founded in 1967, Warwick Business School is part of the University of Warwick in the UK. The business school has nine academic departments and offers undergraduate, master’s, doctoral, and non-degree programs. It also provides full-time MBA, Executive MBA, and distance-learning MBA programs, with over 200 faculty and staff members. According to the Financial Times rankings, its distance-learning MBA program was ranked 2nd in the world in 2023, and its Master’s in Finance program was ranked 12th globally. The QS 2022 rankings placed its management discipline the 21st in the world.