Feature Stories

After travelling thousands of miles to set foot at the South Pole, two EMBA alumni from HKUST took off three thick layers of gloves in the ice-cold wind and minus-30-celsius temperature to rummage through their backpacks. All they wanted to do was to unfurl the HKUST Business School flag – a simple gesture, but one that meant a lot to them. Yu Feng, a ... Read More

Eldpathy is a social enterprise aimed at raising awareness on elderly issues. Its executive director and founder Herman Chan Ho-man, a BBA graduate in Marketing and Management in 2012, introduced a physical simulation project to encourage young people to tell themselves what it is like to be old. Herman together with the other two co-founders of Eldpathy ... Read More

More degree graduates around the world are applying to master’s programs at a younger age to possess advanced knowledge in their specialized areas in order to stay competitive. Michael Raimund Dornkasch is one of the high caliber overseas students who were attracted to study at HKUST to gain international exposure through academic exchange. Michael, a ... Read More

The School rejoiced in a historic achievement on December 10 when hundreds gathered to celebrate the world no.1 ranking of the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program for the fifth straight year. The KH EMBA Program, a partnership between the HKUST Business School and the Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University, topped the recently released Financial ... Read More

When most university students in Hong Kong are busy attending lectures, writing essays, and looking for graduate jobs, HKUST Business School student Raymond Sze follows a different path. He has the desire to run his business, grasping the opportunity to take on challenges in the business world. His business, which gives participants the chills and thrills of ... Read More

Hundreds of alumni, faculty, staff and students joined the Business School’s first homecoming, which was organized through the award-winning “Alumination”, an initiative to create a sense of connection and belonging to the School. The event was held in the new Lee Shau Kee Building which, like Alumination itself, is helping to unify the School. For the first ... Read More

The career path of HKUST Business School Graduate Carrie Tang is far from many other business graduate who looks for a promising career in one of the big accounting firms. Carrie is devoted herself to serving a wide variety of communities, reflecting the rising awareness of social issues. Carrie, a graduate of BBA (Accounting), is a young entrepreneur who ... Read More

What is a company’s best asset? The standard response is its employees. Prof Riki Takeuchi is trying to explain the rationale by producing a precious tool: an Asian business case study, with the assistance from the Thompson Center for Business Case Studies of HKUST Business School Prof Takeuchi teaches an MBA course on human capital enhancement and he has ... Read More

After the devastating Sichuan Ya’an earthquake earlier this year, Shenzhen One Foundation mobilized public support and collected a large sum in donations to help with search and rescue, disaster relief, and rebuilding work. Since the quake, it has used social media and its website to provide regular updates on the personnel and materials it has dispatched to ... Read More

From dog couture to high jewellery, plus a family business, the career trajectory of Maya Lin has gone in one direction: upward. Some luck and good fortune have inevitably played a part in her progression, but Maya has made some good decisions along the way. Three stand out: first, resolving to pursue a career in an area she is passionate about; second ... Read More