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A huge congratulations to Year 4 student Justin Pak-Hin CHAN, BBA (Accounting & Finance), for winning the Champion title in the Ernst & Young’s Young Tax Professional of the Year 2021 (Greater China Final). By bringing together students from all over the world, the competition aims to foster a next generation of tax leaders. “Tax is a lifelong learning topic ... Read More

Supported by InvestHK and Finnovasia, this year’s Hong Kong Fintech Week was successfully concluded through a hybrid format and brought more than 20,000 attendees together and over 4 million online views. Engaging with industry experts is one of the most effective ways for students to gain valuable and practical knowledge while improving their networking ... Read More

Earlier this month, the Fintechstic 2021 Case Competition was successfully held as a closing event for this year’s Fintechstic event series. Fintechstic 2021 was jointly organized by the HKUST Fintech Research Project and AQUMON and supported by InvestHK. Through a series of online and physical activities spanning 1.5 months from September to November, over ... Read More

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