Sasin School of Management continues to expand its Action Learning partnerships giving Sasin Flexible MBA students a diverse range of opportunities to gain international business experience and work in global teams. Sasin School of Management has now partnered with Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management (Tsinghua SEM), the top-ranked university in China (2019 QS World University ranking), to create a new Global Action Learning Lab, the Sasin School of Management-Tsinghua SEM Thailand-China Lab. “With this partnership, MBA students from Sasin and Tsinghua SEM will collaborate on real-world business projects. Sasin-Tsinghua teams will consult on business challenges for partner companies. Both sets of students will have opportunities to hone their skills and thinking in real business situations,” said Dr. Chaipong Pongpanich, Deputy Director of Sasin. “The program is a win-win-win for the students, for the companies involved, and for Sasin. The students gain real insights into Thai and Chinese cultures, companies get fresh ideas from students, and Sasin creates a transformational platform for learning. This partnership will create more opportunities for young talent, entrepreneurs, and schools to collaborate and contribute to business education through innovation.”

Sasin’s Director, Professor Ian Fenwick, sees additional transnational benefits from this collaboration: “This new Action Learning Lab will strengthen Thailand-China strategic cooperation S on China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Thailand’s myriad business connections with China. Working together on  real business problems, for real enterprises, will have an incalculable impact on students’ perspectives and their ability to excel across cultures.”

Sasin School of Management has been a pioneer in establishing partnerships with top schools around the world since its inception in 1982 and has recently partnered with a number of schools to create Global Action Learning Labs. In 2017, the MIT- Sasin Action Learning Lab was launched with MIT Sloan School of Management (USA). MBA students from Sasin and MIT Sloan School of Management collaborate on action learning projects to tackle real-world business challenges for partner companies in Thailand. The Sasin-Fudan Thailand-China Lab was created in 2018 as a joint program of the Sasin School of Management and Fudan University School of Management in Shanghai, China. It engages teams of MBA students from these two business schools to work collaboratively on management challenges facing host companies that have an interest in expanding into the Chinese market.

Sasin School of Management was the first business school in Thailand to earn international accreditation – from both the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the European Foundation for Management Development (EQUIS). Sasin has a strong tradition of internationalization, and actively cooperates with many internationally renowned institutions to provide students with international platforms for action learning.

Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management (Tsinghua SEM) was founded in 1984 and was the first school of economics and management in China. Tsinghua SEM was the first mainland Chinese institution to achieve AACSB and EQUIS accreditations for its business and accounting programs. It is consistently ranked among the best business schools in China. Tsinghua SEM has a strong reputation in the areas of innovation and entrepreneurship education, illustrated by Tsinghua’s X-lab, a pioneering university-based education platform designed to foster creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship.