April 8, 2008
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J. Mack Robinson College of Business
Robinson, Moscow State launch first U.S.-based EMBA program
in Russia
Russia's first on-site Executive MBA (EMBA) offered by an
American business school will be part of a joint program announced Tuesday
in Moscow by Lomonosov Moscow State University and Georgia State University's
J. Mack Robinson College of Business. The program, to be known as Executive
Leaders, will also provide students the opportunity to earn a Master of
Science in management. The EMBA will be conferred by the Robinson College
while the MS will be conferred by Lomonosov Moscow State.
The unique dual degree will also be accompanied by various
initiatives for students and the Russian business community, including
a Moscow Executive Leaders forum, featuring high-profile business and
government speakers from around the world, and roundtable working groups
of business leaders to discuss timely topics and share information. Students
in the dual-degree program will also benefit from executive level company
visits and international residencies.
Moscow State Faculty of Economics Dean Vasili Kolesov; Robinson Dean Fenwick
Huss; Jim Senn, managing director of Robinson's Center for Global Business
Leadership and Vladimir Echenique, vice-dean of Moscow State's Faculty
of Economics, announced the program today in Moscow. Senn and Echenique
will co-direct the program.
The dual degree portion of the Executive Leaders program
will feature three days of classes each month to be taught in English
by faculty of both Robinson and Moscow State. Classes will be held on
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays beginning in late January 2009. A one-week
opening retreat will be held this December at Moscow State.
"This partnership between two premier institutions
will transform business education in Russia. It will help managers of
Russian and Russia-based companies acquire professional knowledge of international
business," said Kolesov, adding that "Russia overall will benefit
from this as these managers will guarantee Russia's leadership in international
markets."
Huss called the program "the most comprehensive approach
to executive leadership available anywhere in the world. "
"Robinson is proud to work with Lomonosov Moscow State and be a trailblazer
in providing a multi-faceted approach to executive leadership training,"
he said.
According to Echenique, "Lomonosov Moscow State University
has long been the premier institution of higher education in Russia. The
announcement of this new agreement with Georgia State extends the legacy
of the university by adding a totally new dimension to our offerings.
The Executive MBA offers students a very specialized MBA program with
an emphasis on leadership. It is different than anything offered before
in Russia."
Senn sees the Executive Leaders program as a giant opportunity
for business in Russia. "As Russian companies have expanded, they
have experienced a distinct need for executive-level talent," he
said. "The unique Robinson/Lomonosov Moscow State program will fill
a much-needed demand for practical information on effective leadership
and provide a quality of education never before available in Russia."
The J. Mack Robinson College of Business is one of the
top-ranked business schools in the nation. The college's Flex (part-time)
MBA program has been listed in the top 10 by U.S. News for the past 12
years, and its undergraduate business program is ranked among the top
50 in the nation. BusinessWeek ranks the college's part-time MBA program
fifth in the nation among public universities. The college's Executive
MBA program is on the Financial Times list of the world's top-ranked offerings.
Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business has an enrollment
of more than 7,000 students and is located in downtown Atlanta. The college
has more than 60,000 alumni holding leadership positions around the world,
including at major international corporations such as The Coca-Cola Company,
UPS, VF Corporation, and Delta Air Lines.
Lomonosov is the oldest and most prestigious educational
institution in Russia. The university specializes in economics, business,
the humanities and modern sciences such as mechanics, nuclear physics,
astronomy, lasers, molecular biology, and others. The school has more
than 40,000 students and 8,500 professors and associate professors. Moscow
State University claims among its graduates and professors Nobel Prize
winners and world famous scientists. According to national and international
surveys, Lomonosov Moscow State University is ranked first in Russia and
among the top 10 universities in the world.
For more information visit: www.robinson.gsu.edu
