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Congratulations to our undergraduates Simon Francis CALLAGHAN (BBA in World Business, Year 2), Matilda Lydia JARVIS (BBA in World Business, Year 2), Ismet OZER (BBA in Global Business & BSc in Computer Science, Year 2), and Amina SHAFEEK-HORTON (BBA in World Business, Year 2) for clinching the first runner-up title at the HSBC/HKU Business Case Competition ... Read More

Professor TAM Kar Yan, Dean of HKUST Business School, has been appointed by the HKSAR Government as the new chairman of the Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (HKCPEC), which coordinates Hong Kong, China’s participation in the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC), a regional organization with 22 member economies dedicated to ... Read More

A collective research paper entitled “Do corporate taxes hinder innovation?” co-authored by our faculty has received the Vladas Jurgutis Award organized by the Board of the Bank of Lithuania . The paper was published in the Journal of Financial Economics – one of the leading academic journals in finance. The paper was co-authored by Associate Professors ... Read More

The Fintech Research Project of HKUST Business School has published its latest research report that explores Cybersecurity for Financial Industry: An Analysis of the Cyber Resilience Assessment Framework. The report documents vital discoveries based on a thorough examination of the Cyber Resilience Assessment Framework (C-RAF). This research was conducted as ... Read More

When Global Business and Economics alumna Gillian DEL MUNDO returned to Hong Kong after an overseas exchange in 2020, a lack of female-led initiatives on campus inspired her to launch Women in Business (WIB). Created with a group of business students, WIB aims to empower young women to approach the business world with confidence and fortitude. The Project ... Read More

On February 16, HKUST Business School signed a letter of intent with YF Life Insurance International Limited (YF Life) at the YF Life Innovation Strategic Partnership Conference. YF Life is a member of the publicly listed company Yunfeng Financial Group Limited. The agreement will pave the way for both organizations to collaborate on talent development ... Read More

A team of four of our undergraduate business students came second in the Hong Kong Local Final of CFA Institute Research Challenge 2021-22! Congratulations to CHUNG Tsai-hsi (BBA in Global Business and Finance, Year 4), HUNG Yun-yeh (BBA in Global Business, Year 2), LIN Chun-yen (BBA in Global Business and Finance, Year 3), and Neil Edwin Santiago SY (BBA in ... Read More

Between October 2021 and February 2022, the Fintech Mentorship Program was held to broaden students’ exposure to the real business world. Organized by the Fintech Research Project of HKUST Business School and J.P. Morgan, the program allowed students to solve actual business problems while working with industry experts. Thirty-five students from business ... Read More

Sustainable and green finance (SGFN) has gained significance in recent years. In Hong Kong, SGFN talents will continue to be in great demand. Therefore, raising awareness and interest among high school students is imperative to sustain the future talent pool for SGFN industries in the city. Despite these upcoming opportunities, presently, 99% of post ... Read More

Mr. CAI Yongjun, alumnus of HKUST EMBA program (Class of 2011), attended the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic as a team leader of the Chinese National freeski and snowboard cross-team. This is the first time a Chinese team has participated in ski and snowboard cross events. Mr. Cai founded Sunyu Co. Ltd in 1996 – a leading IP and globalization services provider ... Read More