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Awarded by: Financial Times The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's Executive MBA Program, taught in conjunction with the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, ranks No.1 in the world in this year's Financial Times EMBA global rankings. This is the first time a Hong Kong-based program has topped an international rankings chart ... Read More

Awarded by: The Society for Experimental Social Psychology HKUST's Visiting Professor in Marketing Robert Wyer was bestowed the Distinguished Scientist Award by the US-based Society for Experimental Social Psychology (SESP). Prof Wyer's research and theoretical interests focus on the cognitive processes that underlie beliefs and judgments about people ... Read More

Awarded by: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Five accounting students pitted their wits, and their language skills, against 10 other teams from universities in Greater China to be named first runner-up in this year's Deloitte Tax Championship finals held in Guangzhou. The students, all local, were up against mostly native Mandarin-speakers more familiar with the ... Read More

Awarded by: Economist Intelligence Unit HKUST Business School's full-time MBA program has been ranked by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), for a second year, as No. 1 in Asia and Australia. Among this year's world's top 100 MBA programs in the list EIU produces annually, 49 are from North America, 40 from Europe and 11 from Asia and Australia. The HKUST ... Read More

Awarded by: Franklin Prize The Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence last Summer/Fall were professors from the Department of Accounting pick up 3 awards, while the Management of Organizations and Marketing sections claimed one each. Winning Professors from Department of Accounting were Clive Lennox (Year 2 & 3 awards), Gary Biddle (MBA required courses ... Read More

Awarded by: Institute of Mathematical Statistics Professor Inchi Hu of ISMT was elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (ISM). The IMS is an international professional society in statistics and probability. It publishes several top scholarly journals such as Annals of Statistics . More information can be obtained from the following ... Read More

Awarded by: Hong Kong University Dr Thomas Chan Sze Tong was conferred an Honorary Doctor of Social Science Degree by Hong Kong University, on April 24. Dr. Chan is a neurosurgeon in private practice, Chief Executive of World Vision China, and Area Director, East Asia, of World Vision International. The award was made in recognition of his contributions to ... Read More

Awarded by: Academic Journals "Production and Operations Management" Professor Albert Ha has been appointed as a Senior Editor of Production and Operations Management for a term of three year. This journal is one of the academic journals used by the Business Week to rank MBA programs of business school. Prof Ha is currently serving as an associate editor of ... Read More

Awarded by: Scotiabank International Case Competition in Canada 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 ... Read More

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 ... Read More