SINGAPORE, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- The double-degree programme conducted by Business School of National University of Singapore ( NUS) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has been ranked world's fifth in the Financial Times' Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) Rankings 2012, the NUS said on Monday.

The UCLA-NUS EMBA programme fared well in several categories, particularly in the area of salaries, with salary increase of 77 percent after their graduates finish their courses.

Its graduates can enjoy an average annual salary of 250,940 U.S. dollars.

According to the NUS press release, the programme is also the sole one in Asia that over 50 percent of participants fly in from other continents for their six two-week segments held in Singapore, Los Angeles, Shanghai and Bangalore, providing these busy executives more convenience to earn two world-class degrees at the same time.

Besides, the NUS Asia Pacific Executive MBA, which taught in both English and Chinese, is also ranked 26th globally, with its graduates' average annual salary of 236,511 U.S. dollars, a rise from 219,571 U.S. dollars last year.

The EMBA programme conducted by Kellogg-Hong Kong UST Business School ranked the first again this year.