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Congratulations to the HKUST student teams for achieving great success at the LEGO BRICKthrough Challenge! The HKUST teams won the championship title, the fourth and the fifth places, as well as the Best Presenter’s prize, out of 164 teams with 422 participants from 21 tertiary institutions. Participating teams were challenged to come up with a three-year ... Read More

The Alumni Development Office organized its first Joint Alumni Seminar with New York University and the University of Southern California on August 9. The seminar was set around an intriguing aspect of the business world – Family Business. The seminar began with a presentation by our alumnus faculty and family business expert Prof Roger KING, Founding ... Read More

The Executive Education Office has offered the “High Potentials Leadership Consortium Program” since 2014. The Program is comprised of three 1-2 day modules from August to October, namely Managerial Decision Making, Effective Team Communications and Leading Teams to Performance. This year, 28 high flyers from diverse backgrounds (functions ... Read More

Over 20 faculty of the School visited Huawei and WeBank in Shenzhen on August 22 to learn more about the current technology developments and applications of these two well-known tech companies in China. The advances of technology influence different aspects of businesses, and thus the visit not only attracted 13 Information Systems faculty, but also ten ... Read More

Organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, the Asian E-tailing Summit is a platform for business professionals to network with online retail experts and obtain the latest sourcing trends and market intelligence, cases and best practices of e-tailing. The Summit will feature renowned industry experts offering insights on the hottest topics such as ... Read More

The Business School Alumni Summer Drinks 2019 was held in Central on July 30. This quarterly networking event attracted close to 200 alumni from different programs, graduation years and companies. Our alumni had a joyous time reconnecting with classmates and networking with new friends, exchanging interesting stories and work experiences across different ... Read More

Our School is working in full swing for an industry-recognized professional qualification for fintech practitioners in China, followed a Memorandum of Cooperation signed with the China Banking Association, Shenzhen University, and the China Construction Bank University in June. This collaboration represents a pioneering effort between Mainland China and ... Read More

A ceremony on July 13 marked a special moment for the 43 graduates of Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA (KH EMBA) when they completed the 18-month world-class program that was ranked No.1 in the world nine times by the Financial Times. Mr Benjamin HUNG, Regional CEO (Greater China & North Asia) and CEO (Retail Banking, and Wealth Management) for ... Read More

The Executive Education Office has been working with CITIC Pacific since 2011 for different programs, ranging from half-day forum on hot topics to multi-modular senior executive programs. In June, the fourth cohort (Module 5: Value Creation) of CITIC Pacific Leadership Development Program (CPLDP) was held on campus. There were 32 senior ... Read More

In July, a group of 35 middle and senior government officials from western part of China attended the 2-week 93rd Management Program, which was jointly organized by the Executive Education Office and Hong Kong Pei Hua Education Foundation (a non-profit organization). The program aimed to provide participants with a comprehensive overview on economic ... Read More