**Consistently Ranked Among the World’s Best | emlyon Business School EMBA Ranks 3rd in France and 23rd Globally in the 2026 QS Global Rankings**

Beijing and ShanghaiJune 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Recently, the international higher education authority QS Quacquarelli Symonds released the 2026 Global Executive MBA Rankings, showcasing the comprehensive strength of various business school programs. The EMBA program of emlyon business school achieved an outstanding ranking with its robust overall performance, placing in the global top 10% and ranking 3rd in France.

The program excelled in core dimensions:

Manager Profile: Global 4th, Europe 2nd

Career Outcomes: Global 14th, Europe 11th

Diversity: Global 15th, Europe 11th

Thought Leadership: Europe 15th

This achievement highlights the vibrant community strength and excellence of emlyon business school, centered on ambition and impact. Congratulations to the emlyon Executive Education team, current students, and all alumni!

emlyon business school’s French EMBA deeply integrates into the European business ecosystem, blending French elite education principles with a global innovation perspective. Leveraging the resources of its core campuses in Paris and Lyon, it focuses on three key directions: digital transformation, sustainable development, and international management. The program brings together experienced corporate managers from Europe and around the world, creating a cross-industry, cross-cultural high-end learning community. Through practical course design, cutting-edge academic research, and deep integration with corporate practice, it comprehensively enhances participants’ strategic decision-making and global leadership, building a fast track for professionals to the international business stage.

Strong Global Ranking Performance

Meanwhile, the EMBA program’s performance in global authoritative rankings has been steadily improving in recent years, further highlighting its international recognition and academic influence. According to the latest data, emlyon business school’s EMBA program ranked 23rd globally and 3rd in France in the 2026 QS Executive MBA Rankings.

Additionally, it ranked 39th globally in the Financial Times 2025 Global Executive MBA Ranking. It now stands among the top 5 best EMBA programs in French business schools, alongside HEC Paris and ESCP Business School.

Zhang Weiwei

emlyon business school Asia Campus

EE Program Director

Zhang Weiwei, EE Program Director at emlyon business school Asia Campus, stated: “The outstanding performance of emlyon’s EMBA program in the QS 2026 Global EMBA Rankings reflects the school’s continuous innovation and growing international influence in the field of executive education. This achievement also belongs to the BUPT-emlyon EMBA program. We have always insisted that the BUPT-emlyon EMBA is not a simple replica of the French EMBA program. Instead, based on China’s business environment and industrial upgrading needs, and leveraging Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications’ deep expertise in information technology and digital industries, we have built an international EMBA program truly tailored for Chinese corporate managers. The program focused on corporate digital transformation from its early stages, making it the only Sino-foreign cooperative EMBA program in China dedicated to this direction. With the rapid development of China’s AI industry and digital economy, we have taken the lead in upgrading the curriculum, further clarifying the program’s concept of ‘digital-driven, AI-empowered,’ helping managers understand how artificial intelligence reshapes business models, organizational decision-making, and industrial ecosystems.

This continuous iteration and proactive innovation embody the ‘early maker’ spirit that emlyon business school has always advocated—not only perceiving change but also taking action first and defining the future. Today, whether in France or China, emlyon business school is actively promoting the deep integration of management education and technological innovation. In the future, we will continue to collaborate with Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, cultivating a new generation of entrepreneurs and managers with international vision, technological insight, and innovative leadership.“

Overview of the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications – emlyon business school EMBA (Sino-Foreign Cooperative Education) Program:

The Only EMBA Program in China Focused on Digital-Driven AI Empowerment

In the wave of artificial intelligence comprehensively reshaping the global economic landscape, enterprises face unprecedented changes and opportunities. The BUPT-emlyon EMBA program has pioneered a dual-flywheel training system of ‘digital-driven x AI empowerment,’ cultivating leaders with a maker spirit and global perspective, technological insight and business acumen, and social responsibility, guiding enterprises to seize the commanding heights of the AI era!

Approved by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China and the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council in 2012, the prestigious French institution and one of Europe’s most renowned business schools, ’emlyon business school,’ partnered with the ‘cradle of China’s electronic information industry,’ ‘Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications,’ to launch a global EMBA program.

EMBA Program Features:

1. Strong Alliance

A century-old prestigious school, emlyon, joins hands with the ‘cradle of the information industry,’ BUPT, in a powerful collaboration.

2. Leading Rankings

Ranked 23rd globally in the QS Global EMBA Rankings 2026 and 39th globally in the Financial Times Global Ranking.

3. Global Vision

Deeply connects alumni across China and Europe, building a global industrial resource and innovation incubation platform to broaden international perspectives.

4. Degree Accreditation

A Sino-foreign cooperative EMBA program approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education, with independent enrollment and examinations.

5. AI Empowerment

Constructs a curriculum covering international frontiers such as AI and digitalization, with over 50% of students being senior executives from digital and AI-related enterprises.

Awarded Degrees

• emlyon business school

• Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

Certificate of Completion for the Sino-French Cooperative Executive Master of Business Administration Program at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.

Riding the Tide of the Times, Walking with the Wise | BUPT-emlyon GEMBA 2026 Spring Sets Sail

Riding the tide of the times, walking with the wise. In this spring full of infinite vitality and change, the new students of the BUPT-emlyon GEMBA 2026 Spring cohort arrived as scheduled, gathering on the BUPT campus. These business elites, averaging 40 years old and deeply rooted in their respective fields for years, returned to campus with substantial industry experience, embarking together on a strategic advanced study journey integrating BUPT’s ‘digital heritage’ and emlyon’s ‘global business acumen.’ Over the next two years, they will explore together side by side, achieving cognitive leaps through the collision of ideas.

This spring cohort brings together leaders from various industries, forming an inclusive and vibrant learning community. Up to 63% of the class hold core leadership positions at the vice president level or above. Notably, female senior executives account for 40% of the new students, adding unique wisdom and brilliance to this journey of digital transformation exploration with their resilient and steadfast strength.

From computer science to pharmaceutical R&D, from supply chain to real estate and international trade, the diverse industry backgrounds bring broad cross-sector perspectives to this learning community. Driven by a thirst for new knowledge, these like-minded maker pioneers have officially embarked on their journey together, deconstructing new business paradigms in the AI era and embarking on a new digital journey integrating knowledge and action.

Learn more about the 2026 Spring EMBA students: Riding the Tide of the Times, Walking with the Wise | BUPT-emlyon GEMBA 2026 Spring Sets Sail

Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications – emlyon business school EMBA Degree Program 2026 Application Guide https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/cHInxdh13ZS0mr3BYFOk4A