Press Releases

Author Daniel Pink, famous for his latest book A Whole New Mind , has scheduled to make his first appearance in Hong Kong on May 26 as a keynote speaker at a conference to mark the 10th Anniversary of the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA Program. A Whole New Mind portrays the importance of "right-brain" abilities in the modern world and the times ahead. Applying the same ... Read More

Innovative business ideas embracing cutting-edge technologies had been paraded at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from May 3-5. A team of three students from University of California, Berkeley took home the champion trophy. The runners-up were University of Michigan, University of Oregon and University of Waterloo. The University of ... Read More

A team of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's School of Business and Management (HKUST Business School) undergraduate students won the Scotiabank International Case Competition held from March 14-17 in Canada. Organized by the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, the competition included 12 schools from the Asia ... Read More

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's School of Business and Management (HKUST Business School) and New York University Stern School of Business (NYU Stern) announced today the launch of a joint Master of Science (MS) in Global Finance Program, to be offered in November this year. The announcement was made as Professor K.C. Chan, Dean of the ... Read More

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's School of Business and Management (HKUST Business School) placed No. 29 in a worldwide ranking of business school research conducted by the University of Texas at Dallas. The School was the only Asian Pacific school that hit the top-50 list, ahead of many renowned schools including UC Berkeley (31) ... Read More

A team of MBA students from the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology School of Business and Management (HKUST Business School) finished second after winning though to the final round of the Wake Forest Marketing Summit held from February 8 to 11 in the US. HKUST was the only business school out of 42 entrants from outside the US to take part in the ... Read More

The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) was ranked the top university in economics and finance research in Asia-Pacific, according to two independent international studies. Submitted to the official journal of the European Economics Association, a study conducted between 1995-1999 and entitled "Rankings of Academic Journals and Institutions ... Read More

University of Western Ontario from Canada has successfully competed against 16 other outstanding teams from leading business school around the world and become the winner of the Citigroup International Case Competition 2006 today. A team of four students from the University of Western Ontario took home the champion trophy. The three runners-up are Hong Kong ... Read More

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's School of Business and Management (HKUST Business School) announced the winner and runners-up of the Citigroup International Case Competition at the Closing Ceremony last Saturday (October 25). A team of four from the University of Texas at Austin took home the champion trophy and was also selected by ... Read More

HKUST Accounting alumna Ng Yi Wai won the Gold Medal in the June 2006 Final Examination of CPA (Certified Public Accountant) Qualification Program (QP). Another HKUST Accounting graduate Yip Sin Ying also won the Gold Medal in 2005. Ng was graduated in 2005 and enrolled in the QP in September that year. The QP is known for its low passing rate, ranging from ... Read More