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Prof Percy Dias, Associate Professor of Business Education of the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics & Operations Management, has been recognized as an “Expert Level Instructor” by the Cisco Networking Academy. The Cisco Networking Academy Recognition Program honors achievements to the top 10 percent of instructors globally in student ... Read More

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) School of Science signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ying Ding Education Technology Co., Ltd on establishing a partnership for strengthening education research collaboration and development of blended learning initiatives. Ying Ding Education Technology Co., Ltd (Ying Ding) is the ... Read More

In March, the Executive Education Office ran two regional programs for two new clients – Colgate and Warner Music Asia. The Office launched the Colgate Asian Leadership Program on campus for 32 executives from 12 countries. Four HR coaches also joined the program. The program aims to equip participants with strategic planning abilities – to accelerate ... Read More

The Dean’s Service Award Ceremony is held every year to recognize students who are not only committed to serving their peers, but also extending their care to the broader community. This year, nine Dean’s Service awardees have exhibited their exceptional caring spirit in reaching out to the underprivileged, not only in Hong Kong, but across the region ... Read More

The third student-led annual Global MBA Challenge Case Competition was held on 12-14 April 2018 on campus. This year, 14 teams from top MBA programs around the world competed on novel APAC business challenges from the program partners Bayer Healthcare, C!ty’Super, and ANZ. This year, London Business School (The New Low) won both the strategy round ... Read More

Adjunct Prof KC Chan, Department of Finance, was on a NOW TV current affairs program 大嗚大放 to discuss the impacts of a trade war between China and the US. Prof Hui Kai Lung, Deputy Head of Information Systems, Business Statistics & Operations Management, was on an RTHK3 Radio Program Backchat to discuss Facebook and online privacy issues after its founder ... Read More

Forbes magazine and the World Bank covered research conducted by the Finance Department’s Prof Abhiroop Mukherjee and PhD student S. Lakshmi Naaraayanan (co-authored with Prof Sumit Agarwal from NUS) on the efficiency with which private financiers respond to new roads. Investments in public infrastructure such as improved roads are a key component of ... Read More

The HKUST EMBA for Chinese Executive Program has collaborated with the Cambridge Judge Business School to organize a 6-day field trip study, for 62 students from the 2017 class between 11 and 16 March 2018. The theme of the trip was entrepreneurship and innovation. This trip was based on action learning, from enterprise innovation, business model design ... Read More

Amid the on-going debate over how AI and the 4th industrial revolution will affect the future of work in the Asia Pacific region, the APRU (Association of Pacific Rim Universities) has been stepping up its efforts to bring together scholars and private sector experts to analyze and address the affiliated economic risks and reservations. After teaming up ... Read More

The HKUST Business School has been re-accredited by the EQUIS EFMD. The European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) assesses and looks for a balance between high academic quality and close interaction with the corporate world. Institutions that are accredited by EQUIS must demonstrate high ... Read More