On 30 April, 2025, QS (Quacquarelli Symonds), a globally recognized authority in higher education, released the 9th edition of the QS Executive MBA Ranking. The Tsinghua-INSEAD Dual-Degree EMBA (TIEMBA) program ranked 3rd globally in the 2025 QS Executive MBA: Joint Programs category, continuing its exceptional track record on the global stage.
The 2025 edition evaluated 231 EMBA programs from 50 countries and regions, including 27 joint programs. With an impressive overall score of 94.2, TIEMBA stood out among a highly competitive field and secured its position as one of the world’s top-ranked executive education programs.
Outstanding Performance Across Key Dimensions:
- Thought Leadership: 92.5 (Global Average: 61.0)
Demonstrates the program’s strong academic reputation and influence worldwide. - Employer Reputation: 91.9 (Global Average: 67.1)
Reflects TIEMBA’s recognition by global employers and its strength in talent development. - Career Outcomes: 91.1 (Global Average: 64.6）
Indicates strong post-program advancement in terms of salary growth and promotions. - Executive Profile: 94.4 (Global Average: 62.9)
Highlights the program’s cohort of highly experienced executives with significant managerial and leadership backgrounds.
The TIEMBA program scores high in terms of C-suite experience, average work experience, and managerial experience, with particularly continuous improvement in the student C-suite experience indicator over the past four years. Additionally, it scores 94.4 points in post-graduation salary increase and 82.5 points in graduate promotion rate, demonstrating the program’s significant impact on students’ career development.
Since first entering the QS Joint Programs ranking in 2019, TIEMBA has remained in the global top five for seven consecutive years. Powered by the combined strengths of Tsinghua University and INSEAD, two of the world’s leading business schools, the program integrates Eastern and Western perspectives to cultivate senior executives with global vision and sustainable leadership capabilities.
Looking ahead, TIEMBA remains committed to educational innovation and global engagement, empowering business leaders to navigate complex challenges and drive sustainable growth. The program continues to serve as a world-class bridge connecting China with the global business community.
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TIEMBA is a unique and modular dual-degree programme that offers our participants the best of both institutions: one of China’s most elite universities and one of the world’s top international business schools. It is always an important part of the programme to combine theory together with practice, which leads the program to invite global executive leaders walking into the class.
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Tsinghua-INSEAD Executive MBA (TIEMBA)
The Tsinghua–INSEAD Executive MBA (TIEMBA) is a unique partnership between INSEAD, one of the world’s leading business schools, and Tsinghua University, one of China’s most prestigious universities. The TIEMBA Double Degree program, designed for international students, is taught in the English language over a period of 22 weeks. Students will have the opportunity to exchange perspectives within an elite, dynamic, culturally diverse class of experienced managers and be part of two powerful alumni networks. The TIEMBA program is where life-changing leadership development meets the technical mastery of key business disciplines. It is the best of East and West, learning and working, technical knowledge and soft skills — in a single programme.
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