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Jointly organized by the BSc programs in Quantitative Finance and Sustainable and Green Finance, the QFIN and SGFN Speaker Series 2021-22 featured experienced industry speakers and covered a comprehensive range of sustainable and green finance topics. The first session was held successfully on October 27. Dr Calvin Lee KWAN, Head of Sustainability and Risk ... Read More

This September, the HKUST Business School MSc Virtual Week gave participating students around the world an insightful taste into the opportunities that they could have at the School’s Master of Science programs. Watch the program information webinars for more information. Students had the unique opportunity to connect with professors and alumni from ... Read More

Coming from various continents around the world, the MSc in Global Finance (MSGF) Class of 2021 has committed themselves to their studies during this challenging time. After a year of hard work, the cohort presented its final module of integrative project group presentation – the capstone module of the MSGF program – in a real-time mixed mode format. The ... Read More

In today’s dynamic and challenging business environment, it is essential for leaders to make high-quality decisions, and lead and communicate with the team to achieve desirable performance. Since 2014, the Executive Education Office has been offering a five-day High Potentials Leadership Consortium Program to address executives’ learning needs. The program ... Read More

Last month, two current cohorts from the Kellogg-HKUST program joined forces to tackle three challenging courses together. After two weeks of intensive work on “Macroeconomics”, “Digital Marketing”, and “International Growth”, our Hong Kong participants were able to enjoy the beautiful sunset just off our seaside campus on a boat trip to Sai Kung. Some ... Read More

On October 28, the HKUST Business School Advisory Council annual meeting concluded successfully. The meeting is one of the most important occasions where the School’s management team receives strategic advice and guidance from our council members to improve our teaching and research endeavors. Presided by Council Chairman Dr Hans Michael JEBSEN, the half-day ... Read More

Recognizing the growing need for fintech talent, HKUST has signed an MoU with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) to form a new partnership and collaborate on talent development as well as research and application to the advancement of fintech. A mentorship network will also be established under the Industry Project Masters Network (IPMN) of the HKMA ... Read More

Themed “ Scaling Fintech Future Together”, the Hong Kong FinTech Week 2021 successfully concluded between November 1 and 5 in a hybrid form, comprising both physical and virtual formats. Our faculty were honored to join many respected speakers in several panels to share their insights into various timely topics. In the panel on “AI and Big Data Adoption in ... Read More

Organized by the Fintech Research Project, the first two industry talks of the 2021-22 academic year were held successfully and provided 100 students with the latest information on market trends and practical fintech knowledge. The first industry talk was held in September. Dr Paul SIN, Consulting Partner of Deloitte China and Deloitte’s Asia Pacific ... Read More

This year, the month-long event Fintechstic 2021 has broadened its scope by opening its doors to the public and all full-time students at local universities. Jointly organized by the Fintech Research Project of the HKUST Business School and AQUMON and supported by InvestHK to celebrate Hong Kong Fintech Week 2021, the event has attracted nearly 200 ... Read More