Awarded by: University of Texas at Dallas

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), Cornell (34), and Yale (42).

The University of Texas at Dallas research studied the research contributions of business schools based on their publications in leading business journals in the period between 2002-2006. A total of 100 schools were ranked, only 3 schools outside of the North America, namely Insead (France), London Business School and HKUST were in the chart's top 50 this year.