Master of Business Administration

Business Administration is a discipline that takes social microeconomic organizations as its research object and systematically studies the laws of their management activities and application methods. It takes management, economics, and behavioral sciences as its main theoretical cornerstones, and comprehensively uses a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods to explore an organization’s management behaviors, decision-making processes, and its interactive relationship with the external environment, aiming to refine universal theories and methods for efficient management. As a core discipline of management, its goal is to provide scientific basis and theoretical guidance for the management decision-making and activities of various economic organizations, cultivate professional management talents, improve organizational efficiency, and promote the sustainable development of the economy and society.

• Credit

Academic postgraduates shall complete at least 31 credit hours, including 6 credit hours for public compulsory courses, 12 credit hours for specialized compulsory courses, 8 credit hours for specialized elective courses, and 5 credit hours for compulsory components. (The compulsory components consist of 1 credit hour for thesis topic selection, 2 credit hours for thesis writing and academic norms, 2 credit hours for Tongji Advanced Lecture Series, and 0 credit hours for mid-term assessment.)

• Curriculum

Course Code	Course No.	Course Name	Credits	Class Hours	Course Code
Public Compulsory Courses	SFS6800	2090268	First Foreign Language (German)	3.0	64
	SFS6801	2090270	First Foreign Language (Japanese)	3.0	64
	SFS6802	2090272	First Foreign Language (Russian)	3.0	64
	SFS6803	2090273	First Foreign Language (French)	3.0	64
	SFS6804	2090305	Academic English Literature Reading and Translation	1.5	32
	SFS6805	2090306	Academic English Writing II	1.5	32
	SFS6806	2090307	An Introduction to Chinese Culture in English II	1.5	32
	SFS6807	2090308	English Listening, Speaking & Viewing for International Communication II	1.5	32
	CGS6001	2130297	First Foreign Language (German) 1	1.5	144
	CGS6002	2130298	First Foreign Language (German) 2	1.5	144
	ISC6001	2300001	First Foreign Language (Chinese)	3.0	64
	CMA6001	20002950001	Theory and Practice of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era	2.0	32
	CMA6002	2260006	Introduction to Dialectics of Nature	1.0	16
	ISC7002	20000390001	Survey of China (in English) I	1.5	32
	ISC7003	20000390002	Survey of China (in English) II	1.5	32
	ISC7001	2900006	Survey of China	3.0	48
Compulsory Courses	CEM8048	10001920005	Data and Text Mining	2.0	32
	CEM8049	10001920006	Questionnaire Research Methods	2.0	32
	CEM8055	10001920012	Qualitative Research Methods	3.0	48
	CEM8008	1040103	Special Research on Financial and Accounting Issues of Chinese Companies (I)	3.0	48
	CEM8009	1040104	Special Research on Financial and Accounting Issues of Chinese Companies (II)	3.0	48
	CEM8010	1040105	Special Research on Chinese Economic Issues	3.0	48
	CEM8023	1040125	Multivariate Statistical Analysis	3.0	48
	CEM8035	1040142	Advanced Econometrics I	3.0	48
	CEM8039	1040146	Philosophy of Management Research	3.0	48
	CEM6081	20001920073	Leadership and Organizational Change in the Digital Age	3.0	48
	CEM6083	20001920075	Digital Marketing Analytics	2.0	32
	CEM6086	20001920078	Digital Strategy and Business Model Innovation	2.0	32
	CEM6003	2040040	Technology Innovation and Management	2.0	32
	CEM6005	2040066	Financial Accounting Research	2.0	32
	CEM6006	2040085	Accounting Research Methods	2.0	32
	CEM6007	2040088	Econometrics	3.0	48
	CEM6011	2040168	Marketing Management	2.0	32
	CEM6017	2040214	Intermediate Microeconomics	3.0	48
	CEM6018	2040215	Management Research Methods	3.0	48
	CEM6019	2040216	Advanced Management	2.0	32
	CEM6036	2040292	Applied Statistics	3.0	48
	CEM6041	2040315	Corporate Finance Research	3.0	48
	CEM6050	2040339	Leadership and Organizational Behavior	3.0	48
	CEM6051	2040341	Financial and Management Accounting	3.0	48
	CEM6054	2040344	Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship	3.0	48
Elective Courses	CEM8046	10001920003	Special Topics in Organizational Research	2.0	32
	CEM8047	10001920004	Frontiers of Marketing Theoretical Models	2.0	32
	CEM8056	10001920013	Special Research on Consumer Behavior	2.0	32
	CEM8057	10001920014	Special Research on Quantitative Marketing Models	2.0	32
	CEM8001	1040067	Frontiers of Accounting	2.0	32
	CEM8027	1040130	Frontiers of Marketing Strategy Research	2.0	32
	CEM8028	1040132	Frontiers of Consumer Behavior Research	2.0	32
	CEM8029	1040133	Frontiers of Marketing Science	2.0	32
	CEM8030	1040134	Frontiers of Organizational Theory Research	2.0	32
	CEM8031	1040135	Frontiers of Organizational Behavior Research	2.0	32
	CEM8032	1040136	Frontiers of Organizational Strategy Research	2.0	32
	CEM8038	1040145	Special Topics in Organizational Behavior	2.0	32
	CEM8043	1040152	Special Topics in Marketing	2.0	32
	CEM6059	20001920004	Technological Innovation in the Intelligent Era	2.0	32
	CEM6060	20001920005	Career Planning and Workplace Competence Development	2.0	32
	CEM6064	20001920012	Decoding China’s Economic Development	2.0	32
	CEM6070	20001920045	Simulation in Intelligent Business	2.0	32
	CEM6082	20001920074	Sustainable Operations Management	2.0	32
	CEM6084	20001920076	New Media Technology and Analysis	2.0	32
	CEM6085	20001920077	Business Intelligence Analysis Tools and Applications	2.0	32
	CEM6087	20001920080	FinTech and Applications	2.0	32
	CEM6088	20001920081	Data-Driven Operations-Marketing Integration	2.0	32
	CEM6008	2040103	Audit Research	2.0	32
	CEM6010	2040167	Strategic Human Resource Management	2.0	32
	CEM6020	2040218	Operations Management	2.0	32
	CEM6021	2040220	Project Management	2.0	32
	CEM6023	2040256	Project Investment and Financing Analysis	2.0	32
	CEM6034	2040289	Business Ethics	2.0	32
	CEM6035	2040290	Managerial Economics Based on Chinese Cases	3.0	48
	CEM6037	2040302	Financial Market Research	2.0	32
	CEM6042	2040316	Guide to Accounting Literature	3.0	48
	CEM6046	2040334	Business Negotiation	2.0	32
	CEM6047	2040335	Chinese Commercial Law	2.0	32
	CEM6048	2040336	Global Supply Chain Management	2.0	32
	CEM6049	2040338	Digital Innovation	2.0	32
	CEM6052	2040342	Big Data Analytics	2.0	32
	CEM6053	2040343	Corporate Finance	2.0	32
	CGS6003	2130028	Professional Foreign Language	2.0	72
Compulsories	GST6005	20000140012	International Academic Exchange	1.0	16
	CEM6069	20001920025	“Innovation Practice, Action Learning” Workshop	4.0	64
	ESE7001	20002020001	Thesis Writing and Academic Norms	2.0	32
	GST6001	2900002	Thesis Topic Selection	1.0	0
	GST7001	2900012	Tongji Advanced Lecture Series	2.0	32
	GST6002	2900013	Mid-term Assessment	0.0	0

 

 

Corporate Management (English-taught)

 

Enterprise Management takes microeconomic organizations as its research object. It integrates theories from management, economics, psychology, and behavioral sciences, and applies methods such as statistics, operations research, case studies, and experimental analysis to systematically explore the interactive relationships between an enterprise’s internal and external environments, the universal laws among decision-making, behavior, and outcomes, as well as applicable strategies. Its core research covers fields including strategy and corporate governance, innovation and entrepreneurship management, organizational behavior and human resources, marketing and consumer behavior, production operations and supply chain management, and capital markets and corporate finance. It focuses on cutting-edge topics such as digital transformation, low-carbon development, internationalization strategies, business model innovation, and corporate social responsibility, aiming to refine efficient management theories and guide practice.

 

Innovation and Entrepreneurship (English-taught)

 

The Technology Economics track integrates economics, management theories, and innovation & entrepreneurship practices. It focuses on technological innovation-driven economic development and the transformation and value-added of technological value, with applications in technology management, investment decision-making, and other areas. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Management studies how to achieve opportunity development, resource integration, and sustainable value creation through systematic management in an uncertain environment. It integrates knowledge from multiple fields to provide management guidance for relevant entities. As a training direction of the doctoral program, it emphasizes theoretical learning and innovation, and cultivates professional elites who are familiar with practice and possess profound academic literacy.

 

Global Management (English-taught)

 

The Master of Global Management (MGM) program at Tongji SEM is a full-time postgraduate course designed for recent international graduates and young professionals with an interest in international management and the Chinese economy. The program is ideal for those with multicultural aptitudes who are aiming to take up international leadership positions in their career. The program aims to increase students’ exposure to leadership roles in cross-cultural working environments.