In September 2008, “2008 Chinese Best MBA Business School Rankings”, held by the magazine Manager, announced the official results. Tsinghua SEM won the first for another time because of its powerful comprehensive strength. China Europe International Business School, Guanghua School of Management of Perking University took the second and third position respectively.

In November 2004, the business magazine Manager made the initial “2004 Chinese MBA Business School Rankings” according to the internationally accepted practices. Tsinghua SEM ranked the top of the list in 2004. In accordance with international practices, the business school ranking should be based on the market-oriented evaluation and not the evaluation of some departments in charge of education; it should carry out the investigation from the following three aspects, business schools, MBA graduates and employers, not just the research on business school itself. In 2006, Manager still continued to follow the rules of 2004’s rankings. It mainly investigated business schools’ faculty strength, teaching management, employment services and so on; it studied MBA students’ satisfaction of the business school and their remuneration; it also made a survey of the employers’ evaluation to MBA graduates’ comprehensive ability and professional ethics, as well as their employment preference every business school’s MBA graduates. Tsinghua SEM was reelected as the first in the 2006 list.

Over the past two years, China’s MBA education has developed in an in-depth and stable way. In 2007, with China’s economy continuing to move up, the demands for MBA education kept on increasing, and MBA education went into deeper development. At present, there are more than 100 programs formally approved by the Education Department. Manager’s “2008 Chinese Best MBA Rankings” further enlarged some focus research areas. The list only published the top 20 in the past two rankings, but the top 30 are issued in 2008. Tsinghua SEM won the first for another time because of its powerful comprehensive strength.

In February 2008, Tsinghua SEM officially passed the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) certification, thus became the first business school which obtained the accreditation in Chinese mainland. Together with the International Association to Advance Collegiate School of Business (AACSB) accreditation adopted in last April, Tsinghua SEM has become the only business school in Chinese mainland with the accreditation of both EQUIS and AACSB, which are the two top-level worldwide in management and education accreditation. Tsinghua SEM is also one of the three business schools which have three international certifications (AACSB Business, AACSB Certified Accounting and EQUIS) at one time in Asia-Pacific region.  EQUIS and AACSB, as the world’s two most prestigious business school accreditations, will further increase Tsinghua SEM’s brand and international influence. In recent years, the School’s MBA programs themselves have also developed and strengthened, which continues to spread Tsinghua SEM’s impact and fame. Tsinghua MBA has also attracted a growing number of public and media’s attention.