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Mr Alvis TANG Tsz Yeung, a student from the Economics and Finance (ECOF) program, was named a finalist for the 2021 Mr Armin and Mrs Lillian Kitchell Undergraduate Research Award. Supervised by Professor Sujata VISARIA from the Department of Economics, Alvis’s project explored the “Social Networks and Financial Choices of Filipino Domestic Workers in Hong ... Read More

Organized by the Executive Education Office, the four-day Leadership Development Program (LDP) is specially designed to address the needs of HKSAR Government officers and help participants develop management and leadership skills. Due to the pandemic, the 8 th cohort completed the program through a mixture of online and offline classes between November ... Read More

In the latest Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) by the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong (UGC), HKUST Business School takes on the No.1 overall standing in Business & Economics Panel, as “World Leading” and “Internationally Excellent” among all HK universities. Thanks to world-class research by our faculty, the impressive results in this round of ... Read More

Recruitment of Named Professors To bolster its academic leadership, HKUST Business School strives to attract top talent from around the world. In conjunction with HKUST’s 30 th anniversary, the School aims to recruit 10 Named Professors in the fields of accounting, economics, finance, information systems, operations management, management and marketing. We ... Read More

Case competitions are great extracurricular activities for students to develop innovative solutions for real-life business problems. Participating in case competitions can also help students learn valuable skills to support their future careers. Over the years, our students have established a long-standing tradition of “learning from case competitions” ... Read More

Patrick TU and Alex CHU, alumni of the BBA program and co-founders of Dayta AI, are selected for the Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list under the Retail and E-commerce industry. The list features 300 young entrepreneurs, leaders, and trailblazers across Asia who overcame the challenges of COVID-19 and identified new opportunities in the “new normal.” Selected from ... Read More

Hong Kong’s success with COVID-19 lies in strict health and safety measures, including early and repeated school closure. The Center for Economic Policy’s online discussion on April 16, titled “Opening Schools in Hong Kong in the Time of COVID” explored the rationale for closing schools and arguments for opening schools. Featuring Mrs Belinda GREER, CEO of ... Read More

On March 13, the School organized a BizTalk to showcase and share insightful faculty research findings in an easy-to-understand way. Entitled “Should We Disclose Corporate Information”, the first session featured Professor Alminas ZALDOKAS from the Department of Finance as he shared his research topic “Firms Innovation Disclosure and their Banking ... Read More

On April 8, the Hong Kong Academy of Finance (AoF) launched the new Thematic Program on Fintech and Digitalization to deepen participants’ understanding of fintech and inspire them to promote adopting fintech in their organizations. Celebrating the launch with the webinar on “Fintech, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning”, Professor TAM Kar Yan, Dean ... Read More

The Management Development Program (MDP) is a customized course designed by the Executive Education Office to help HKSAR Government officers gain new knowledge and skills to serve our community. Part of MDP, the second module on “Leadership and Change Management” was successfully held in March through a hybrid online and offline learning model. Taught by ... Read More