Abstract: In order to identify the structure and characteristics of MBA students’ career adaptability, a sample of MBA students from a university in Yunnan Province was surveyed. It is found that MBA students’ career adaptability consists of five dimensions, namely concern, control, curiosity, confidence and cooperation; the students’ career adaptability is slightly above average; there exist significant differences of career adaptability in genders and marital status; the dimensions of control and cooperation vary significantly among age groups; curiosity and cooperation have obvious differences among different positions; concern, curiosity and confidence are significantly different in service length. Therefore, the future MBA education and practice need consider students’ career adaptability structure and characteristics, so as to promote their career development.

Key words: MBA students, career adaptability, structure, demographic characteristics