Since its launch in 1994, the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) has solidified its reputation as the leading international business school in Asia and one of the top b-schools in the world. A non-profit Sino-European joint venture, CEIBS is headquartered at its largest campus in Shanghai – within the free trade zone area in Pudong. CEIBS also has campuses in China's political capital, Beijing, in Zurich in the heart of Europe, and Accra in Ghana. The school also operates programmes from its Teaching Centre in Shenzhen to China's south. CEIBS was the first Asia-based business school to achieve top-tier global rankings for its MBA, EMBA and Executive Education programmes, and was the first business school in mainland China to earn the internationally recognised EQUIS accreditation. CEIBS, which is also accredited by AACSB International, is mainland China's leading business school with three programmes globally ranked by the Financial Times. After 22 years of phenomenal growth, CEIBS has an impressive Alumni base of more than 19,000 members across the globe, the majority of whom are top-level decision makers. CEIBS commenced the Africa programme in 2008 and is the only top 20 global business school on the continent with an on-the-ground Global Executive MBA where students take core modules in Zurich, Accra, Dubai and Shanghai with global electives in New York, Silicon Valley, Sao Paolo, New Delhi and Munich. The School also offers its acclaimed Women Entrepreneurship and Leadership for Africa (WELA) programme in Accra and Lagos. CEIBS has established itself as a globally recognised world-class business school and has a number of collaborative programmes offered in conjunction with leading global schools like Harvard Business School, Wharton, IESE, INSEAD and London Business School.