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Over 200 alumni across the country gathered in Zhuhai for the 2019 HKUST EMBA Annual Event in November. This event provided an excellence platform to connect HKUST EMBA alumni across different years and regions. Themed “Opportunities in the Greater Bay Area”, the two-day event featured a number of meaningful activities. At a forum, Prof LI Zexiang of HKUST ... Read More

The HKUST Business School and Microsoft Hong Kong announced the city’s first MBA elective that features an AI (Artificial Intelligence) curriculum. The new AI elective, to be available for our MBA students in early 2020, is part of Microsoft’s Global AI Business School initiative that provides the latest thinking on AI transformation in business. The HKUST ... Read More

The Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA (EMBA) Program has stayed among the top and claimed No.2 in this year’s Financial Times EMBA Ranking. Since 2010 this world’s leading EMBA Program has been consistently ranked among the world’s best clinching No.1 for seven times and No.2 for three times in the past ten years. On career progress, our graduates have ... Read More

The first virtual banking hackathon in Hong Kong - Bizkathon@HKUST was held at HKUST on November 2 and 3. The event attracted 25 teams of over 120 participants. They were tasked with a 24-hour challenge to develop innovative solutions and help virtual banks win the trust of clients. Sponsored by three virtual banks – PAObank, WeLab and ZA Bank, the ... Read More

Cyberport has announced a Fintech Training Program targeting in-service financial practitioners in January next year. HKUST is proud to be a strategic partner of this Program, and will provide academic and professional advice, venue and promotional support for the Program. The Program will provide seminars and workshops for practitioners to ... Read More

The Hong Kong Technology Fast and Rising Star Program organized by Deloitte has announced a list of winners and released the results of a survey on innovation and technology. At a ceremony held on November 8, Klook was named the 2019 Deloitte Technology Leadership winning company, and the top three Technology Fast winners were HKTaxi , ePropulsion and IOE ... Read More

The HKUST Business School has joined hands with the Financial Services Development Council (FSDC), since 2015, to organize the Practitioner Speakers Series. Each year the event brings together industry leaders and experts to talk with our students about different timely topics and the skill-sets required in developing a career in financial services. On ... Read More

Prof Li Yingying of the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics & Operations Management, has been named the 2019 “Excellent Young Scholar (EYS)” by the Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC - 國家自然科學基金委員會). Established in 1986, the NSFC is an institution under the jurisdiction of the State Council, with its mission being the support of ... Read More

With the generous support from the Dr Karen Lee Memorial Fund, the UG Programs Office kicked off the 6th batch of Career Mentorship Program with a welcome reception on October 22. The Program provides a platform for our undergraduate business students to get valuable advice and insights for their career development and life planning from mentors, many of ... Read More

Two UG students were provided with an exceptional learning experience in Chicago to join the Beta Gamma Sigma 2019 Global Leadership Summit (GLS) this month. The Summit is a premier annual event where hundreds of the highest achieving students from top business schools around the world gather for a unique learning experience. This year’s theme of the Summit ... Read More