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Awarded by: HKUST Business School The HKUST Business School held the PhD Student Research Paper Competition on May 2, 2008. Of the 16 submissions to the competition, 3 finalists were selected by the PhD coordinators as among the best. Each finalist gave a presentation in front of a panel of judges and their fellow students. Winners are: - Alison XU from the ... Read More

Awarded by: VERTEX, House II Students' Association, HKUSTSU Professors Qingchuan Hou (ACCT), John Hulpke (MGTO), Emily Nason (MGTO), Riki Takeuchi (MGTO) and Mike So (ISMT) received the university-wide Best Ten Lecurers this year. The election is organized annually by VERTEX, House II Students' Association. Awards were given on 4 February. ... Read More

Awarded by: Financial Times HKUST Business School's full-time MBA program has been ranked by the Financial Times at number 17 in the world, the highest ever for any Hong Kong run program on the chart. Four months ago in September 2007, the HKUST MBA was ranked by another major international agency the Economist Intelligence Unit as number 1 in Asia and ... Read More

Awarded by: Financial Times The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's Executive MBA Program, taught in conjunction with the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, ranks No.1 in the world in this year's Financial Times EMBA global rankings. This is the first time a Hong Kong-based program has topped an international rankings chart ... Read More

Awarded by: The Society for Experimental Social Psychology HKUST's Visiting Professor in Marketing Robert Wyer was bestowed the Distinguished Scientist Award by the US-based Society for Experimental Social Psychology (SESP). Prof Wyer's research and theoretical interests focus on the cognitive processes that underlie beliefs and judgments about people ... Read More

Awarded by: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Five accounting students pitted their wits, and their language skills, against 10 other teams from universities in Greater China to be named first runner-up in this year's Deloitte Tax Championship finals held in Guangzhou. The students, all local, were up against mostly native Mandarin-speakers more familiar with the ... Read More

Awarded by: Economist Intelligence Unit HKUST Business School's full-time MBA program has been ranked by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), for a second year, as No. 1 in Asia and Australia. Among this year's world's top 100 MBA programs in the list EIU produces annually, 49 are from North America, 40 from Europe and 11 from Asia and Australia. The HKUST ... Read More

Awarded by: Franklin Prize The Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence last Summer/Fall were professors from the Department of Accounting pick up 3 awards, while the Management of Organizations and Marketing sections claimed one each. Winning Professors from Department of Accounting were Clive Lennox (Year 2 & 3 awards), Gary Biddle (MBA required courses ... Read More

Awarded by: Institute of Mathematical Statistics Professor Inchi Hu of ISMT was elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (ISM). The IMS is an international professional society in statistics and probability. It publishes several top scholarly journals such as Annals of Statistics . More information can be obtained from the following ... Read More

Awarded by: Hong Kong University Dr Thomas Chan Sze Tong was conferred an Honorary Doctor of Social Science Degree by Hong Kong University, on April 24. Dr. Chan is a neurosurgeon in private practice, Chief Executive of World Vision China, and Area Director, East Asia, of World Vision International. The award was made in recognition of his contributions to ... Read More