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FinTech is shaping the landscape of the global economy in an unprecedented way. It affects every stage of the financial services value chain and is creating new opportunities that have been untapped in the past. To help executives get ready for the FinTech revolution, the Executive Education Office offered a half-day FinTech program in February for ... Read More

The Global Business Program (GBUS) has invited Dr Simon SHEN (沈旭暉) as the speaker for its latest Global Leadership Forum. SHEN is the founding Chairman of Glocal Learning Offices (GLOs) and a local well-known scholar and commentator on international relations. In his speech “Role of Hong Kong in Contemporary Sino-US Relations” , SHEN talked ... Read More

On March 14, 51 MSc in Information Systems Management (MScISM) students and staff members made a rewarding visit to the Chinese tech giants - Tencent and WeBank in Shenzhen. Students in these visits were shown how technology can be applied creatively and seamlessly into virtual banking, messaging, live streaming and gaming spheres. To ... Read More

In support of International Women’s Day in March, the School has played an active role in organizing and participating in different activities during the month. Alumni Sharing Session “When Art Meets Business" As part of the HKUST’s International Women’s Day initiative, the School organized an alumni sharing session entitled “When Art Meets Business” on ... Read More

As part of the Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM) weekly program, an annual GNAM alumni mixer was held on March 12 to let exchange-in students to meet and mingle with our alumni and friends from other GNAM member schools. The event drew close to 150 participants from Hong Kong and overseas, making it a wonderful occasion for professional ... Read More

In January, 32 GBUS (Global Business) students joined a ten-day study trip to Brazil. This has been the biggest group of students joining a study trip and the furthest destination our students have travelled to so far. This is a credit-bearing course, offered in the form of a study trip, to another country in both the winter and summer term ... Read More

Case competitions provide a valuable platform for students to address real-life business challenges. They can also learn from and compete with the brightest students around the world. In February, both UG and PG teams participated in two highly competitive international case competitions in the US and Spain respectively, and took home the championship ... Read More

Our strong commitment to brand excellence and internationalization sets us apart from other institutions in Hong Kong. The endeavors we have made over the years have been recognized again, as the School was named the “Best Business School” (Hong Kong) for the year 2018 by the Global Brands Magazine. The Global Brands Awards presentation ceremony was held on ... Read More

Students from MBA, MSc in Global Operations (MSGO) and MSc in International Management (MIMT) programs have completed a new online course – “Global Virtual Teams”, in which they were provided with a platform to team up with peers within the Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM) network. GNAM includes 30 leading business schools from ... Read More

The Management Development Program (MDP) offered by the Executive Education Office has reached a milestone by training more than 1,200 officers for 31 HKSAR Government departments and related organizations since its launch in 2000. This flagship program offers tailor-made sessions to address the needs of officers in middle to senior management. The 30 ... Read More