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S P Jain Center of Management (S P Jain) is a global business school
Business school
A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in Business Administration. It teaches topics such as accounting, administration, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, information systems, marketing, organizational behavior, public relations, strategy, human resource...

, with campuses in Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

 (2004) and Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 (2006) and a new one coming in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

 (2012). The first sister campus of S P Jain, SPJIMR, was established in Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 in 1981.

A new campus is now being established in Sydney, Australia, which will be functional for students in 2012.

Globally, S P Jain is associated with the Australian School of Business
Australian School of Business
The Australian School of Business is a research institution for business in Australia and the Asia-Pacific. It is a constituent body of the University of New South Wales and offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees along with MBA and Executive programs....

, University Of New South Wales
University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

, Sydney (Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

) which has been ranked 36 in the Financial Times
Financial Times
The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....

 World Rankings and the Schulich School of Business
Schulich School of Business
The Schulich School of Business is York University's business school located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is an internationally-ranked business school. Schulich offers undergraduate and graduate programs in business administration, finance, public administration and international business as...

, York University
York University
York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....

, Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

 (Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

) which is ranked first in Canada by the Economist
The Economist
The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London, England. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843...

, Wall Street Journal and Forbes
Forbes
Forbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...

 and 15 globally by the Economist.

Accreditation

S P Jain is accredited by:
The Department of Education and Training, New South Wales, Australia: S P Jain is thus registered as a Higher Education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...

 Institution in Australia. Students receive an Australian degree when they graduate.

AMBA Accreditation, UK, considered the gold standard for MBA programs.

Ranking and Recognition

  • 2011:
    • Global MBA Program ranked 9th Best in Asia
      Asia
      Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

       in Financial Times
      Financial Times
      The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....

       Global MBA Rankings. Other FT Rankings for S P Jain's Global MBA: 2nd Best in Asia for Value for Money; 3rd Best in Asia for Placement Success; 4th Best in Asia for International Mobility; 5th Best in Asia for Salary Increase.
  • 2010:
    • Asia's Best B-School by CMO Asia
    • B-School with Best Industry Interface by CMO
      CMO
      -Engineering:*Corticosterone 18-monooxygenase, an enzyme involved in steroid hormone metabolism*Cubic Mile of Oil, a global-scale measure of energy, roughly equal to the amount of oil consumed worldwide each year-People and Groups:*Canadian Mathematical Olympiad...

       Asia
  • 2008:
    • No. 1 in UAE in brand perception by AC Nielsen
    • Sister Campus in Mumbai No. 2 among private b-schools in India by Mint/Wall Street Journal

Academic Board

S P Jain's Academic Board is chaired by Dr. Peter Drake, Professor Emeritus of the University of New England
University of New England
University of New England may refer to:* University of New England , in New South Wales* University of New England , in Biddeford, Maine...

 and the Australian Catholic University
Australian Catholic University
Australian Catholic University is a national public university. It has six campuses and offers programs in five faculties throughout Australia.-History:...

, and founding Vice-Chancellor of the Australian Catholic University. The board has the President, Deans and Heads of the Dubai and Singapore campuses as members.

Other independent members include
  • Dr. Mark Farrell, Acting Head of School, Australian Graduate School of Policing, Manly Campus and Associate Dean
    Dean (education)
    In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...

    , Faculty of Arts, Australia
  • Dr. Indu Shahani, Advisor IB India and former Vice Chair, Board of Governors, International Baccalaureate and Dean, H R College of Commerce and Economics
    H.R. College of Commerce and Economics
    Hassaram Rijhumal College of Commerce and Economics, commonly known as H.R. College is located in Churchgate, South Mumbai. It is run by the Hyderabad Sind National Collegiate Board and comes under the University of Mumbai. It is located adjacent to K. C. College and shares a building with the K....

    , Mumbai, India

Industry Advisory Panel

S P Jain's Industry Advisory Panel helps keep the school's curriculum
Curriculum
See also Syllabus.In formal education, a curriculum is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university. As an idea, curriculum stems from the Latin word for race course, referring to the course of deeds and experiences through which children grow to become mature adults...

 aligned with the needs of global business players. Members are:
Industry Advisory Panel, Singapore
  • Mathew Welch, Managing Director, Financial Institutions Group, Daiwa Investment Banking
  • Paul Bradley, Chairman & CEO, Arshiya International
  • Steve Okun, Director of Public Affairs in Asia Pacific, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
    Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
    KKR & Co. L.P. is an American-based global private equity firm, specializing in leveraged buyouts, based in New York. The firm sponsors and manages private equity investment funds. Since its inception, the firm has completed over $400 billion of private equity transactions and was a pioneer in...

  • Manoj Menon, Partner/Managing Director, Frost & Sullivan
  • Soumitra Gupta, Director - Human Resources, Franklin Templeton
  • Chinta Bhagat, Partner, McKinsey & Company
    McKinsey & Company
    McKinsey & Company, Inc. is a global management consulting firm that focuses on solving issues of concern to senior management. McKinsey serves as an adviser to many businesses, governments, and institutions...

  • Hector Rualo, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank
    Deutsche Bank
    Deutsche Bank AG is a global financial service company with its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. It employs more than 100,000 people in over 70 countries, and has a large presence in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and the emerging markets...

  • Jim McAdam, President, APL Logistics
  • Neeraj Bhargava, Regional Logistics Procurement Manager, Johnson & Johnson
    Johnson & Johnson
    Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. Its common stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the company is listed among the Fortune 500....



Industry Advisory Panel, Dubai
  • Suresh Kumar, CEO and BoD, Emirates NBD Capital
  • Thomas Kuruvilla, Managing Director, Arthur D. Little
    Arthur D. Little
    Arthur D. Little is an international management consulting firm originally headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, and formally incorporated by that name in 1909 by Arthur Dehon Little, an MIT chemist who had discovered acetate. Arthur D. Little pioneered the concept of contracted...

  • Klaus Tindborg, CEO, DAMCO Middle East
  • Len Hunt, President, Al Futtaim Automobiles
  • Panos Manolopoulos, Vice Chairman Regions, Regional VP EMEA and Managing Partner - SC ME, Stanton Chase International
  • Rajeev Kakar, Executive Director and CEO, Dunia Finance LLC
  • Jean Marie Pean, Chairman, Bain & Co.
  • Aben Kovoor, MEA Director of Developer & Platform Technologies, Microsoft
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...

     Gulf
  • Renuka Jagtiani, Vice Chairperson, Landmark Group

Programs offered

S P Jain aims to create a learning environment that focuses on developing students with impressive personalities and high degree of global awareness. The Programs offered are:

GBBA (Global Bachelor of Business Administration)

In this four-year undergraduate program, students study for two years at S P Jain's Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 campus, followed by two years at the Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

 campus.

GMBA (Global Master of Business Administration)

This is a one-year full-time residential MBA Program. Students study for six months each at S P Jain's Dubai and Singapore campuses, selecting a specialization in Marketing
Marketing
Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...

, Finance
Finance
"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...

, Logistics
Logistics
Logistics is the management of the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of destination in order to meet the requirements of customers or corporations. Logistics involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling, and packaging, and...

, Information Technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

, Business Consulting or HR
HR
-Arts and entertainment:* H. R. Pufnstuf, a children's television series* Haibane Renmei, an anime series* Halo Reach, a 2010 video game from Bungie Studios* Hannibal Rising , a 2007 thriller featuring the Hannibal Lecter character...

.

EMBA (Executive Master of Business Administration)

A part-time program, the EMBA is designed for working professionals. It is conducted at the Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

 and Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 campuses, and offers specializations in Finance
Finance
"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...

, Marketing
Marketing
Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...

 and Operations.

Executive Education

S P Jain has set up Centers for Executive Education, Centers for Leadership and Centers for Human Resources
Human resources
Human resources is a term used to describe the individuals who make up the workforce of an organization, although it is also applied in labor economics to, for example, business sectors or even whole nations...

 in Dubai and Singapore catering to senior executives. The short, modular courses are usually two days long, and are customized to the needs and requirements of each client.

Campuses


S P Jain has campuses in Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

 and Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

. A third is currently being built in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

.

Dubai campus

S P Jain's Dubai campus was established in 2004. It is located at the Dubai International Academic City
Dubai International Academic City
Dubai International Academic City , was built near Al Ruwayyah along the Dubai-Al Ain Road in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. DIAC is located within Dubai Academic City, which spreads over an area of , and the development is scheduled to be completed by 2012...

 (DIAC), which houses 20 universities and colleges from ten countries.

Singapore campus

On invitation of the government of Singapore
Government of Singapore
The Government of Singapore is defined by the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore to mean the Executive branch of government, which is made up of the President and the Cabinet of Singapore. Although the President acts in his personal discretion in the exercise of certain functions as a check...

in 2005, S P Jain set up its Singapore campus, which saw the first batch of students in 2006. The campus is located close to downtown Singapore.

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