Financial Times Ranks Sawyer Business School EMBA Program in Top 95 Worldwide

Suffolk University Program Emphasizes Global Business Leadership
BOSTON--(Business Wire)--
The Executive MBA program at Suffolk University`s Sawyer Business School has
been listed in the Financial Times 2009 EMBA rankings as one of the top 95 EMBA
programs worldwide.

The Sawyer Business School`s Executive MBA program, the first in New England
when it was established in 1975, is the only ranked EMBA program in the region.

The Saturday-only Executive MBA program continually evolves to meet contemporary
graduate business education needs. Today, it emphasizes global business
leadership in response to an identified need to prepare managers who can fill
the shoes of retiring "Baby Boom" leaders.

"Making the Financial Times list is a well-deserved recognition for the
students, faculty, administrators and alumni of the oldest Executive MBA program
in New England," said Suffolk Professor Michael Barretti, director of the
Institute of Executive Education and academic director of the Executive MBA
program. "Everybody has worked very hard to get the program to this level of
distinction."

The Financial Times, an international business newspaper based in London, uses
extensive alumni surveys in preparing its rankings. This year`s list was based
on interviews with the Class of 2006, evaluating how completion of the Executive
MBA program impacted graduates` career progress, salary growth, and realization
of personal and professional goals.

The rankings also reflect faculty scholarship, professional qualifications and
international experience; the EMBA curriculum; program management; and
University oversight.

"That so many alumni responded so positively to the survey shows that they want
to continue to be involved with Suffolk University as emerging business
leaders," said Suffolk Executive MBA Program Director Kristin Polito. "The
professional businessmen and women who choose this program - and they do not
choose lightly - are prepared to lead despite any hurdles that may confront
them. They come away with a strong sense of the many tools they can use to
transform obstacles into opportunities."

"This is an academically rigorous program that demands a significant work-life
balance for 21 months," said Barretti. "However, if you were to ask any of our
alumni -- which, by the way, includes me -- I think they will tell you it was
very much worth it."

Executive MBA graduates now make up 5 percent of the total 140,000 MBAs who
graduate worldwide each year, resulting in a strong point of distinction in the
job market. To remedy the continuing demands of students` work and personal
responsibilities, the Sawyer Business School program employs a blended
curriculum of in-class and online coursework to provide greater flexibility. Its
students are business leaders who choose the program due to its
multidisciplinary, cross-functional approach to achieving desired outcomes. They
have access to a global alumni network and tuition-free postgraduate learning
opportunities. For more on the Executive MBA, see
http://www.suffolk.edu/business/1629.html.

Suffolk University, located on Boston`s historic Beacon Hill, with international
campuses in Madrid and Dakar, Senegal, is a comprehensive global institution
distinguished by the teaching and the intellectual contributions of its faculty.
Suffolk University offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in
more than 90 areas of study. Its mission is to provide access to excellence in
higher education to students of all ages and backgrounds, with strong emphasis
on diversity. Learn more at www.suffolk.edu.

Suffolk University
Greg Gatlin, 617-573-8428
ggatlin@suffolk.edu
or
Mariellen Norris, 617-573-8450
mnorris@suffolk.edu

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