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In 2013, the HKUST Business School partnered with Saudi Aramco, one of the world’s leading producers of energy and chemicals, to develop an MBA program in Saudi Arabia. The partnership sought to develop talent and meet the growing need for quality business education in the region. Their final cohort of 57 students visited HKUST for their ... Read More

Prominent leaders from family businesses and family offices spent the afternoon of June 6 at the “ Family Office and Investing in Innovation” seminar. Hosted by Prof Winnie PENG, Associate Director of the Tanoto Center for Asian Family Business and Entrepreneurship Studies of the School, and sponsored by Cathay Capital, the seminar brought together about 40 ... Read More

The mandatory Business Project course, supported by nine corporate partners – China CITIC Bank International, EF Education First, the Fung Group, G2000, Hilti, Hyundai, McKinsey, UOB Hong Kong, and ZhongAn, has proved to be yet another success for our MSc in International Management (MIMT) students. Students and clients greatly benefited from the experience ... Read More

HKUST PhD candidate in Finance, Lakshmi NAARAAYANAN has won the Best Student Paper Award presented by the Western Finance Association (WFA). Founded in 1965, the WFA is the organizer of one of the top two US conferences in finance and is the professional society for academics and practitioners with a scholarly interest in finance research. NAARAAYANAN’s ... Read More

Students from the HKUST-NYU Stern MS in Global Finance (MSGF) Program recently completed their Shanghai module in June. The course gave students the opportunity to learn about Chinese financial markets and developments in FinTech from leading industry experts. During the Shanghai module, the students were able to learn from four industry practitioners and ... Read More

Prof Melody CHAO, Department of Management, and Prof Veronique A. LAFON-VINAIS, Department of Finance, were panelists at the “Women in Academia” talk organized by the Italian Chamber of Commerce’s Women Leadership Network. Our two professors shared their thoughts on equality in education, their paths to where they are now, and the impact ... Read More

The Executive Education Office offered executive programs in May and June for learning partners Tencent and Wheelock. In May, Tencent sent 30+ high potential executives to campus for a two-day program on “Managerial Decision Making and Leadership ” taught by Professor Caroline WANG. Since the first collaboration in 2011, The Office has ... Read More

A group of 30 people, comprising of top HR executives and high potential managers from the largest Italian bank, Intesa San Paolo, visited campus on May 29. Led by Prof Veronique A. LAFON-VINAIS, Department of Finance, the group was given an introduction to HKUST as an academic institution, with a focus on the school’s initiatives in entrepreneurship and ... Read More

June saw a number of events and gatherings, both in Hong Kong and Mainland China, with active participation and strong support from alumni across different years and programs. EMBA Home-coming HKUST EMBA Alumni Home-coming Event was held on campus on June 22. It was attended by over 200 alumni from over the world and joined by President Prof Wei SHYY ... Read More

Our partner school the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO has received the international accreditation EQUIS. This encouraging result is a testimony to SKOLKOVO’s strong local and growing global network and firm commitment to quality education programs, including its dual degree EMBA with HKUST. Only 182 schools in the world receive the prestigious EQUIS ... Read More