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While Asia is quite famous for the several trade blocs that exist with China being the largest economy in the world, it does have several other interesting facts that make the continent truly special. Be it the diverse cultures, economies, landscapes, wildlife, populous cities, oldest civilizations, highest peaks, tallest buildings, etc., are all found in Asia. Apart from the above-mentioned facts, Asia is also renowned for education having some of the world's famous and top business schools in its fold.

While Asia is a host of colleges and universities offering management courses globally, some institutions from across Asia gain ground in business education featuring in the top 100 Management Institutions worldwide. Today, I would like to discuss those best business universities in the Asian continent where every MBA aspirant likes to go and study. Below is the list of those most popular Asian business schools that have proved they are no less than the other reputed B Schools in the world and do not fall behind them.

1. INSEAD, Singapore

INSEAD is one of the world's leading and largest graduate business schools with campuses in France, Singapore, and Abu Dhabi. INSEAD has been consistently ranked among the world's top business schools. Its MBA program has been ranked first globally for the years 2016 and 2017 in the Financial Times Global MBA Ranking, and second in the 2018 ranking.

2. CEIBS' China

China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) is a top-ranked international business school located in Shanghai, China. China's leading business school is ranked worldwide as one of the top 30 business schools providing full and part time MBA, EMBA, and executive education programmes. It is ranked 11 and 8 in the Financial Times Global MBA Ranking for the years 2017 and 2018 respectively.

3. HKUST Business School, China

The School of Business and Management of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HKUST Business School, is located in Hong Kong. Established in 1991, the university offers a full suite of degree programs, including Undergraduate, MBA, EMBA, MSc, Ph.D. as well as a wide range of executive education programs. The university was ranked 14 in 2018 and 15 in 2017 in the global MBA Ranking by the Financial Times.

4. National University of Singapore Business School, Singapore

The National University of Singapore NUS Business School is a leading university in the global arena offering Undergraduate, Graduate and Executive Education. NUS Business School is rated as one of the top business schools in the Asia Pacific region and one of the leading business schools worldwide.In the recent Financial Times (FT) Global MBA rankings for 2018, it was ranked 18 in the world.

5. Nanyang Business School, Singapore

Nanyang Business School Singapore is the oldest business school in Singapore established in 1956. The Nanyang MBA offered by the Nanyang Business School, is ranked highly amongst the top MBA programmes in the world. According to the Financial Times MBA Global Ranking, it was ranked 3 in Asia Pacific region in 2017 and ranked 22 among the world's top-tier business schools.

6. Indian School of Business, India

Indian School of Business, established in 2001, offers various postgraduate management programs. Of the top 100 B Schools globally ranked for their MBA programmes by the Financial Times Global MBA Ranking 2018, only 4 Indian B Schools made their way with ISB being ranked the top Indian B School. ISB was ranked 28 in global ranking.

7. Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India

IIMA, the second Indian Institute of Management (IIM) to be established, after IIM Kolkata, is ranked as one of the best business schools in India and in the Asia-Pacific region. Established in 1961, the institute offers Post Graduation, Diploma, Certificate, Executive and Fellowship Programs in Management. The Financial Times (FT) has ranked IIMA 31 in the global business school rankings.

8. University of Hong Kong, China

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) founded in 1911, is one of the most prestigious universities in Asia. HKU offers one of the best business programmes in the world. The full-time MBA programme at HKU, claimed the 33rd place in the list of the top 100 Executive MBA programmes in the world.

9. Shanghai Jiao Tong University: Antai, China

Antai College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, is widely recognized as one of China's leading business colleges. ACEM was ranked 34th in the Global MBA Ranking 2018 by Financial Times. In the latest ranking, ACEM came top for the fifth consecutive year in terms of the employment rate of its graduates.

10. India Institute of Management Bangalore, India

India Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), the third IIM to be established after IIMC and IIMA, offers Post Graduate, Doctoral, and executive training programmes. IIMB one-year full time Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (EPGP) has been ranked 58 by the Financial Times, worldwide.

Any future business leader aspires to get into a famous business school that offers quality education, expert faculty, rankings, wonderful placements, international diversity etc. When speaking from the shoes of an applicant, these indeed are the determining factors that any business applicant anticipates for before choosing a business school. Apart from the aforementioned aspects, there are few more that need to be considered. Its the University itself followed by the world-class infrastructure. An MBA aspirant not simply comes to study but to remain at the campus for about two years to pursue his course. So, when choosing a business school it has to be remembered that you're choosing a place to live as you’ll spend two years meeting people, living there and growing there on the campus. At the end, college life is all about making memories while on campus and cherishing them throughout. It should not be forgotten that the campus attracts the applicants equally with the rankings and placements. To keep up the pace, many business schools have been laying emphasis on the campus as well to make it a place worth living and growing as an individual. Below are few business schools that have the world's most amazing and beautiful campuses captivating the students.

10. Campbell School of Business – Berry College, Georgia, US

The Campbell School of Business at the Berry College Campus provides an excellent liberal arts-based business education that engages the Head, Heart, and Hands while serving the academic and business communities through appropriate research and services. Berry College offers an unusually beautiful environment for learning on its 27,000-acre campus, one of the world's largest. Fields, forests, lakes, and mountains provide scenic beauty in a protected natural setting.

9. HEC Paris

Founded in 1881 by the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, HEC Paris is an international business school specialized in education and research in management sciences. As a leading academic institution in Europe and worldwide, HEC Paris offers a complete and unique range of education programs for students and leaders. It offers flagship Master in Management, MBA and EMBA programs, eleven specialized MSc programs, a Ph.D. program, and executive education offerings. HEC Paris is located in located in the small picturesque village of Jouy-en-Josas, on a 340-acre wooded campus, 12 miles southwest of Paris, from where the culture, history, and charm of the French capital are easily accessible.

8. European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) Berlin, Schloss Gracht Campus

ESMT Berlin, the international business school, founded by 25 leading global companies and institutions, offers a full-time MBA, an executive MBA, a master’s in management, as well as open enrollment and customized executive education programs.

ESMT Berlin Campus Schloss Gracht located in the center of the Rhineland is one of the oldest castles in North Rhine-Westphalia and the second campus of the international business school. The castle was built in the Middle Ages as a moated castle.

7. Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Oxford has a distinctive collegiate structure where not only MBA students but also other students and academics benefit from belonging both to the University, and to the colleges or halls. Saïd Business School established in 1996, has rapidly established itself as a leading full-range school offering undergraduate, MBA and doctoral programmes. Being fully integrated into one of the world's greatest universities, University of Oxford, the school offers a world-class Business School experience. Saïd Business School is one of Europe's youngest and most entrepreneurial business schools. The distinctive green ziggurat-esque tower acts as the instantly recognizable centerpiece of the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School.

6. Nyenrode Business Universiteit, Netherlands

Nyenrode Business Universiteit is a Dutch business school, founded in 1946 and located on a large estate in the town of Breukelen, between Amsterdam and Utrecht. The school is situated on an estate of almost 60 hectares where the rich history of the estate and its castle goes back to the thirteenth century. Variety of sights and monuments such as the Rose Garden, the Coach House, a number of aviaries and Deer Enclosure are something you can find on the estate.

5. Hult International Business School, EMBA Ashridge Campus

Hult International Business School is a private global business school which offers highly ranked and internationally accredited MBA, Masters, Executive MBA and Undergraduate programs. It has campus locations in San Francisco, London, New York City, Dubai, Boston, and Shanghai.

The historical Ashridge campus offers a stunning rural retreat encompassing 5,000 acres with more than 700 years of history.

4. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong

Established in 1991, the HKUST Business School is recognized as one of the Youngest and Most Respected Business Schools in Asia. HKUST Business School is one of the first business schools in Asia accredited both Business Accreditation and Accounting Accreditation. The university has a large campus occupying a 60-hectare site in the northern part of Clear Water Bay Peninsula in Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong. The campus layout and architecture is based on a master plan submitted jointly by Simon Kwan & Associates and Percy Thomas Partnership, the winning entry to an architectural competition held before the university was founded.

3. Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) at UNSW, Sydney

The Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) is a part of the Business School at UNSW Australia that offers global top-tier general management, executive & leadership development programs. The main Kensington campus is five minutes from Coogee Beach and offers a vibrant lifestyle.

2. Warwick Business School’s Executive MBA in the Shard, London

Warwick Business School is part of the University of Warwick, one of the UK’s top universities and Europe’s leading university-based business schools. The beautifully landscaped campus of WBS is located in the center of England,  at The Shard – The tallest building in the EU. WBS is on the 17th floor of the 87-story Shard, which is at the heart of the London Bridge Quarter neighborhood, one of London’s most vibrant districts.

1. China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Shanghai Campus

CEIBS is the top-ranked international business school located in Shanghai, China. It is ranked worldwide as one of the top 30 business schools providing full and part-time MBA, EMBA and executive education programmes. CEIBS Shanghai Campus Phase III is a continuation of the Pei Cobb Freed & Partners' (PCF) architectural vision seen in Phases I & II. A glass pyramid surrounded by CEIBS' signature black-granite-floor indoor lake is the focal point of Phase III. The third phase is linked to the others by a corridor that wends along the lake's surface

Despite the huge fluctuations in Bitcoin with the price of each Bitcoin skyrocketing and crashing invariably, it looks like the demand for one has still been unprecedented. While the craze for bitcoin has been shifting to continents to countries to cities around the globe, business schools are no exception to it. The obesssion for the digital currency has gripped the business schools as well receiving much demand from the students and executives wanting an education in bitcoin and others. The emerging cryptocurrency market has now acquired a strong foothold in the MBA curriculum with Blockchain and others being incorporated into the syllabi.

Invented by a pseudonymous software developer going by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto, in 2009, Bitcoin is the first and most famous digital cryptocurrency in the world. It is a new electronic cash system that uses a peer-to-peer network to prevent double-spending and is completely decentralized with no server or central authority. Cryptocurrency course has entered the campus in 2014, with NYU Stern School of Business, becoming the first major university to launch a course in the field of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. It was later followed by few other top US business schools joining the race to incorporate blockchain education.

Below are the top Universities offering Blockchain courses:

1) NYU Stern School of Business

The Stern School of Business at NYU is the first major US academic institution to offer a course in cryptocurrencies to its graduate students in 2014. David L. Yermack, the Albert Fingerhut Professor of Finance and Business Transformation at New York University Stern School of Business, was the professor who taught this course. David Yermack became a man of great demand ever since he started teaching at the University and the course has taken well across New York. He has been traveling to countries as a guest professor delivering guest lectures in Universities. The NYU Stern cryptocurrencies course which had a few dozen students when it started out has now grown to have more than 100 students and is expecting many.
With the increasing demand for the course, the University now plans to offer a new option for undergraduates as well to learn about the field.

2) Duke University – USA

Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, offers the course “Innovation and Cryptoventures” focused on blockchain technology. The course is taught by Campbell R. Harvey, Professor, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University. The school does not simply offer a course exploring transactions in bitcoin, but the idea of the course is to understand a disruptive technology and to assess its implications on how business is conducted in the future.

3) Princeton University – USA

New Jersey-based Princeton University offers a blockchain related course called “Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies.” This is an online course offered via Coursera and addresses important questions about Bitcoin. The course covers the most prominent and recommended questions like: How does Bitcoin work? What makes Bitcoin different? How secure are your Bitcoins? How anonymous are Bitcoin users? What determines the price of Bitcoins? Can cryptocurrencies be regulated? What might the future hold?

4) Stanford University – USA

California-based Stanford University offers a blockchain related course called “Bitcoin Engineering” and teaches its participants how to make Bitcoin-enabled applications. The course covers all aspects of cryptocurrencies, including distributed consensus, Blockchains, smart contracts, and applications.

5) University of California – Berkeley – USA

The University of California offers an open-source undergraduate cryptocurrency course for their students. There is a student-run organization at UC Berkeley which organizes the largest crypto meetup in the East Bay and hosts tech talks, developer tutorials, workshops and more. It also builds side projects and does research with cutting-edge blockchain and crypto technologies.

6) Cyprus’ University of Nicosia – Cyprus

The University of Nicosia is the leading university in Cyprus and one of the largest English language universities in the Mediterranean region. The University offers the first Master of Science degree in Digital Currency, available worldwide through an online format. The first course in the degree, “Introduction to Digital Currencies”, is offered for free as an open enrollment MOOC course to anyone interested in learning about the fundamental principles of Digital Currency. The University of Nicosia is also the first accredited university in the world to accept Bitcoin payments.

7) University of Cumbria – UK

The University of Cumbria launched a free online Master-level course that focuses on the future of money. Among other things, the course will seek to address the dangerous assumption prevalent in the bitcoin community, that money is best understood as an asset with value in itself. UK’s University of Cumbria was the first educational institution to receive a tuition payment in Bitcoin and it accepts only bitcoin for two specific courses.

8) IT University of Copenhagen – Denmark

The IT University of Copenhagen organizes Blockchain Summer School that focuses on educating students in the blockchain technology to be able to develop solutions within three focal industries. The participants will learn how blockchain technology is disrupting existing business models and will gain insights into paradigmatic changes occurring from economic, organizational and computer science viewpoints. Within the summer school this year, participants will learn how to set up a development environment and how to work with the emergent crowd-funded decentralized blockchain application platform of Ethereum.

9) Blockchain University – USA

Blockchain University offers a unique platform for education, talent development, and ideation for the global blockchain ecosystem. Through public & private training programs, hackathons & demo events, the university enables startups and corporations to initiate powerful blockchain innovations across industry sectors.

10) B9 Lab Academy – UK

B9 Lab Academy offers world-class online training in blockchain and decentralized applications for developers, technical experts, and analysts. The course is aimed at experienced technical stakeholders, introducing everything needed to understand the technology, smart contracts and both technical and social frameworks relating to the technology. The course goes into the underlying theory of blockchain, covers Bitcoin, Ethereum and Hyperledger in depth and provides an overview of many other protocols both in public and managed networks.