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Many aspects of our lives have been impacted by the global pandemic. Now, it is more crucial than ever to explore new partnerships, navigate emerging opportunities, and reconnect with our community in the region. On August 19, the HKUST Alumni Entrepreneurs Gathering was successfully held at the Science Park for our alumni and student entrepreneurs. After ... Read More

Last month, we celebrated the official launch of the first virtual classroom in Asia. The classroom is the most technologically advanced of its kind specially designed for the new Digital MBA for Global Leaders Program (DiMBA). Featuring a curved high-definition video wall configured with live and synchronous settings, the classroom allows students and ... Read More

In August, the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA community held a mini homecoming event to welcome alumni members across 21 graduating classes back to its classroom in Hong Kong. While everyone reminisced their student days, they also connected with other senior executives from different cohorts. The classroom has not been this lively since early last year before COVID-19 ... Read More

In today’s dynamic and challenging environment, business leaders have to make good decisions and lead and communicate with their team effectively to achieve their goals. Since 2014, the Executive Education Office has been running the High Potentials Leadership 5-day Consortium Program to address executives’ learning needs. The program features three ... Read More

Professor TAM Kar Yan, Dean of HKUST Business School, has been reappointed as the Chairperson of the Curriculum Development Council (CDC) by the Education Bureau of the HKSAR Government for another two-year term from September 1 onwards. Members of CDC, including frontline educators and academics, administrators from tertiary institutions, professionals in ... Read More

Expanding our academic understanding of green finance has been one of our core focuses to support Hong Kong’s sustainable global growth in the business realm. We are thrilled to receive major funding support from the 11th round of the Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS) 2021/22 for our project entitled “Developing Hong Kong as a Global Green Finance Centre.” ... Read More

Earlier this month, HKUST and Our Hong Kong Foundation (OHKF) co-presented a highly insightful webinar on China’s plan to accelerate towards low-carbon innovation to reach carbon peak and neutrality. This unique online event featured Mr XIE Zhenhua, China’s Special Envoy on Climate Change, as he shared China's plans and initiatives to achieve carbon peak by ... Read More

Last month, the Green and Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group, co-chaired by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Securities and Futures Commission, announced its latest strategies for Hong Kong’s financial ecosystem transition towards carbon neutrality as well as the successful launch of the Centre for Green and Sustainable Finance. Aligning ... Read More

As a leading institution in business education, our faculty members have contributed to the economic and social advancement of the region. We are delighted to announce their latest recognition from various institutions: Professor Songnian CHEN, Chair Professor of the Department of Economics, has been named a Senior Research Fellow by the Research Grants ... Read More

Two of our undergraduate students have achieved outstanding results at the recent Hong Kong Securities and Investment (HKSI) Institute Scholarship Programme 2021. Second-year student Joyce TANG (Global Business) received the Champion and Team Awards. The Team Award was shared with another student from the University of Hong Kong. And third-year student Tommy ... Read More