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The month-long educational event HKUST Fintechstic (Fintechstic) is back with the theme of “NFTs and the Metaverse”. Led by the Fintech Research Project of HKUST Business School, this year’s Fintechstic brought together students, industry leaders and entrepreneurs to explore the application of Web3 technology in the banking and financial industries. ... Read More

To bridge the gap between school learning and skill demand in the real-world fintech environment, the Fintech Research Project has been collaborating with different industry partners to provide students with industry knowledge and prepare them for the competitive job market. Two fintech practitioner sharing sessions were held in October, covering topics ... Read More

The Business School has recently joined the Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment (GRASFI) to promote rigorous and highly impactful academic research on sustainable finance and investment. GRASFI organizes annual conferences, develops academic collaboration, and nurtures graduate students and junior academics working on sustainable ... Read More

Management Associate Professor Melody CHAO has been named Fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) which has a mission to advance the science, teaching, and application of social and personality psychology. SPSP Fellow status is awarded to those who dedicated a longstanding and distinctive contribution to the science of personality ... Read More

The new season of BizTalk has begun, with its first session successfully held in dual mode featuring Assistant Professor LEE Dongwon and Associate Professor WANG Jing from the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management. They presented their inspiring works on how to solicit crowd contributions, followed by keen ... Read More

To our MBA alumnus, Terry TSANG, HKUST is his “home” where he pursued his undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Terry could never forget the tremendous support he had received from this “home”. In return, he decided to be a strong supporter and give back to the University. “When I step into the University, it’s like I have returned home!” Back in 2004 ... Read More

Awarded by: GradConnection A huge congratulations to the following students who won the Top100 Future Leaders Competition, an award hosted by GradConnection to recognize top Hong Kong students. Andrew CHAN Gachun, Year 2 Information Systems & Big Data Technology Ugo LEE Chi To, Year 3 Dual Degree Program in Computer Engineering and Management Darren MOK ... Read More

Heartfelt congratulations to the five distinguished individuals, Mr. David FONG Man-Hung, Mr. LEE Shing-Put, Mr. David LEE Wai-Hung, the Hon. Starry LEE Wai-King, and Mr. Daniel YU Chung-Kwong, who were conferred Honorary Fellowships by the University on September 28. Officiating at the ceremony were the Hon. Andrew LIAO Cheung-Sing, Chairman of the HKUST ... Read More

Established in honor of the late Prof. CHAN Yuk-Shee, the Yuk-Shee Chan Professorship in Business was recently bestowed upon the eminent Prof. SHI Mengze, Chair Professor of Marketing. On September 26, an inauguration ceremony was held for this and another seven named professorships. The late Prof. Chan Yuk-Shee contributed significantly to the academic ... Read More

With the theme of “Reconnect”, the School has organized the first-ever “HKUST SBM Alumni Week” to engage and reinforce the bond with our 32,000+ alumni across 90+ nationalities. As digital technology and innovation continue to evolve in financial services and across other industries in today’s shifting business environment, the School has organized two ... Read More