As a famous higher education school for oversea Chinese, Jinan University is famous for its long history and distinctive feature. When Jinan University was established, business discipline was at the head of list.” Early in 1918, it initiated business program, which was one of the first institutions starting business education. In 1993, Jinan University was approved by Academic Degree Office of State Council to set up trial MBA professional degree education, which was one of 26 institutes initiating MBA program in the first patch. In 2000, the experts from Academic Degree and Postgraduate Education Office of State Council evaluated on the MBA programs. Jinan University ranked the first in South China area. In 2002, National Council granted Jinan University recruit job-bearer to study MBA programs.

Jinan University MBA program is to train business leaders to be insightful into the business practices in the context of Chinese culture. The MBA training methods shows the strategic mission that universities and colleges trust with MBA education: accomplishing MBA programs both of Chinese cultural identity and global influence, basing the programs on the tradition of business education rooted in Jinan, namely focusing on practical application.
There two MBA programs, one is Sino-international MBA (SiMBA), the other is part-time MBA. Sino-international MBA (SiMBA) is a full-time program of two years for mainland and overseas students, which is taught is English. Part-time MBA program needs students 3 years to study; students generally. Most of students come from mainland China; and its teaching language is Chinese.