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A group of 19 senior executives and high achievers from RI Advice Group, one of the largest and longest-established financial advisory groups in Australia, came to HKUST for a two-day Digital Leadership Program. The company is the first Executive Education Office’s client from Australia. The program started with Prof HUI Kai Lung, who introduced the current ... Read More

Prof Carman NG from the Department of Management has been presented with the “Honorary Mention” in this year’s Common Core Teaching Excellence Award. In her award-winning course “Traps and Pitfalls in Judgment and Decision Making”, Prof Ng combined the latest research findings with resourceful experiential learning and ably conveyed fresh insights on ... Read More

The Dean’s Service Award is an annual event organized by the UG Programs Office to honor and reward business undergraduates who have demonstrated outstanding service or provided volunteering contributions on campus or to the wider community. This year, nine awardees have received the recognition based on their exceptional devotion and caring spirit. The ... Read More

Established in 2001, the Franklin Prize in recognition of outstanding performance in pursuing teaching excellence by our faculty was held on May 10. The prize donor Professor Franklin Laurence was on hand to present the awards. Winners of UG Teaching: Prof Paul Forster Prof Li Kai Prof Percy DIAS Winners of MBA Elective/MSc Teaching and MBA Core Teaching ... Read More

Joint School STEM+E Program Co-organized by the Hong Kong Science Park (HKTSP) and five local secondary schools, the first joint school STEM + Entrepreneurship Program was held on May 11. The program featured a case competition with a view to enhancing students’ understanding of the importance of innovation and technology and giving them exposure to startup ... Read More

The Center for Investing of the Department of Finance at the HKUST Business School has collaborated with Sina Finance and S&P Global Market Intelligence to select a list of remarkable winners for the first Sina Finance Hong Kong Financial Institutions Awards. The awards were set up to recognize companies that have exhibited excellence in ... Read More

AI, deep learning and machine learning are rapidly changing the financial services industry. The School teamed up with tech companies Nvidia and NetApp to organize a luncheon talk to discuss the capability and potential of AI. Attended by more than 80 participants from both the business and IT sectors, the talk featured Julius CHAN, a Deep Learning Solutions ... Read More

With cybersecurity awareness an increasingly important issue for businesses, the School has partnered with China Everbright Bank Hong Kong Branch (CEBHK) to organize a cybersecurity competition on May 10. Aimed at providing an opportunity for students to understand the real-world threats faced by information security experts, 20 teams from ... Read More

Senior management of HKUST and its guests joined the ball held by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) on April 27, to mark the Chamber 50 th Anniversary. More than 500 members and their guests gathered at the Ocean Park Marriott Hotel on the Saturday night for the occasion, which provided a great platform for the School to connect and thank some of ... Read More

The fourth Global MBA Challenge attracted 12 teams from top business schools around the world to participate in a case challenge last weekend. The rigorous case competition, organized by the MBA students of HKUST, took place between April 25-27 on HKUST’s stunning campus in Clear Water Bay. The Global MBA Challenge is one of the most ... Read More