News

Case competitions are great extracurricular activities for students to develop innovative solutions for real-life business problems. Participating in case competitions can also help students learn valuable skills to support their future careers. Over the years, our students have established a long-standing tradition of “learning from case competitions” ... Read More

Professor Siu Fai LEUNG from the Department of Economics has been appointed by the HKSAR Government to join the Communications Authority as a member. Established under the Communications Authority Ordinance (Cap. 616) in April 2012, the authority is an independent statutory body that regulates and oversees the converging telecommunications and broadcasting ... Read More

Miss HU Xinyu, a current student studying MSc in Global Operations, was awarded the 2021/22 Asian Future Leaders Scholarship Program (AFLSP) organized by the Bai Xian Asia Institute (BXAI). HU is one of the students at HKUST who receive this honor. HKUST is one of the few Asian universities chosen by BXAI as a Partner University for the program. AFLSP ... Read More

In the HKU-NWS Joint University Case Competition organized last Sunday, 4 teams of undergraduates from HKUST Business School won the finalist awards, including the Championship and the Best Presenter Award, as well as the first, second and third runner-up titles. The competition is an annual event that aims to provide a platform for students to hone their ... Read More

Five of our faculty members – experts in the fields of Information Systems, Business and Management, and Operations Research – are named the “top two percent of scientists in the world” in a study led by John PA IOANNIDIS at Stanford University (PLOS Biology 2019, 2020). They are Chair Professors Yaping GONG, Albert HA, Jiatao LI, Kar Yan TAM (Dean of HKUST ... Read More

We are delighted to announce that Prof Veronique LAFON-VINAIS of the Department of Finance and Dr Kelvin P. MAK of the Department of Accounting have received recognition for their remarkable professional services. Prof Lafon-Vinais, Associate Professor of Business Education, was named an honorary member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) ... Read More

Five full-time MSc students studying Financial Technology (MScFinTech) won the first runner-up prize at the Hong Kong Techathon 2021 competition. Working under the theme of AI and fintech, the team was awarded for their innovative business ideas and prototypes. Through a seven-day virtual challenge co-organized by the Hong Kong Science Park and six local ... Read More

The online course Information Systems Auditing, Controls and Assurance has received the Best Online Courses of the Year (2021 Edition) award by Class Central! Led by Prof Garvin P DIAS from the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics & Operations Management (ISOM), the course explores the risks of information systems (IS) and how risks can be ... Read More

We are delighted to announce that Prof James THONG from the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics & Operations Management (ISOM) has received the AIS Technology Challenge Award during the 2020 International Conference of the Association for Information Systems. The award recognizes individual scholars who have made outstanding contributions ... Read More

Prof Dongwon LEE and post-doctorate fellow Hyungsoo LIM and their co-authored paper “Are More Choices Better? Examining the Impact of Choice Capacity in Online Dating Platform” won the Best Track Paper Award at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) in 2020. The conference is the most prestigious event in the industry for scholars and ... Read More