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Dear freshmen in the MBA liberal arts class of Southwest University:
Hello!
Finally waiting for you! First of all, congratulations on being admitted as the 2017 MBA freshmen of our school. The common dream brings us together. Welcome to join the SWU MBA family! In order to allow all students to adapt to the upcoming MBA study life faster and better, we are scheduled to hold a freshman meeting on July 1st. The details are as follows:
Time: July 1 (Saturday), 13:00-16:30 (check-in starts at 13:00, officially starts at 13:30)
Location:First Floor, Baidu Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, B5, No. 99 Renai Road, Dushu Lake Higher Education District, Suzhou Industrial Park
Southwest University University), referred to as "Southwest University", is located in Beibei District, Chongqing, at the foot of Jinyun Mountain and the Jialing River. It is ranked among the national "211 Project" and "985 Project Advantageous Discipline Innovation Platform", and was selected into the "111 Plan", "2011 Plan", "Excellent Agricultural and Forestry Talent Education and Training Plan", and "Excellent Teacher Training Plan". It is a national key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and jointly built by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Agriculture and Chongqing Municipality.
The School of Economics and Management of Southwest University traces its origins to the Department of Agricultural Economics of Southwest Agricultural College, which was formed in 1952 by a group of returned professors from the economic and management disciplines of Sichuan University, Guizhou University, and North Sichuan University, as well as Harvard University and Cornell University in the United States. In 2006, the former School of Economics and Management of Southwest Agricultural University was integrated with the relevant majors of the former School of Economics of Southwest Normal University, the Department of Accounting of the School of Mathematics and Finance, and the Department of Tourism Management of the School of History and Tourism to form the current School of Economics and Management of Southwest University. According to the official website of the college in December 2016, the college has 9 undergraduate majors, with more than 4,000 students and 150 faculty members, including 29 professors, 18 doctoral supervisors, 45 associate professors, and 63 master's supervisors.
Features of Southwest University MBA program:
The profound humanistic heritage has a solid foundation in the humanities and social sciences, and a complete range of humanities disciplines. In addition to completing the professional courses, MBA students can also take electives and audit courses taught by famous professors in other departments, which will help shape the humanistic temperament of future business leaders. The unique teaching philosophy and strong teaching staff promote the concept of combining theory and practice, internationalization and localization, and multi-disciplinary and multi-perspective teaching. The teaching teachers have both profound academic attainments and rich practical management experience. The teaching system is complete and the teaching methods are scientific and reasonable. The second classroom with rich forms and extensive and in-depth school-enterprise cooperation attaches great importance to the growth and development of students. It has opened a second classroom with rich content and various forms, and jointly creates a cooperation platform with world-renowned enterprises to enhance the interaction between students and enterprises and enhance students' international vision and practical abilities. Various international cooperation and exchange programs carry out innovative cooperation projects and courses with many of the world's top business schools, and actively develop international student exchange programs to expand the international horizons of our MBA students. Relying on a century-old network, we gather talents from all over the world to consolidate Southwest University's century-old network resources, invite famous teachers in various disciplines to give lectures, provide students with face-to-face learning opportunities with masters, and comprehensively improve the quality of Southwest University MBA students; at the same time, it also provides students with extensive alumni network resources.
In the future, we hope to become a first-class graduate business school with contribution and influence.A good MBA must have good professionalism and self-management skills. We hope that the freshmen meeting can give everyone a good start. Therefore, all freshmen are requested to attend on time and not to be absent. This will provide a healthy start for subsequent course understanding and classmate interaction. (Relevant notices about the school are basically sent to students by email, QQ group, and WeChat group, so please check relevant emails and notices in time. In addition, please pay attention to our WeChat public account platform to obtain future class notices and the latest activities, learning and other information.)
Adhering to the school's motto "Hong Kong and Macao, carrying forward the past and opening up the future", I sincerely wish the students a fruitful harvest in their MBA studies. This freshman meeting means that a new class of ours has been officially established...
Purpose of orientation for freshmen MBA students at Southwest University:
1. Let students get to know each other;
2. Have a preliminary understanding of learning and experience the MBA learning method;
3. Standardize student teaching and academic requirements.
Note: Tutorial activities require attendance and are worth 0.5 credits. After the completion, students need to submit a paper report (800 words) and submit three columns in the teaching system (MIS system): title, time, and experience (about 300 words), which must be reviewed and approved by the secretary. The specific requirements of the assignment will be notified after the event.