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The HKUST Alumni Reception in Beijing was successfully completed on March 9. The event was officiated by senior members of the University including Council Chairman Mr Andrew LIAO Cheung-Sing and President Prof Wei SHYY . This activity provided a great occasion for alumni who live or work in Beijing to reconnect with old and new friends of ... Read More

Prof XU Yan, Associate Dean of the School, was invited to join the Global Industrial Organization (GIO) roundtable during the Mobile World Congress 2019 (MWC19) held in Barcelona from February 25-28. MWC is the largest event in the telecommunications sector and attracts more than 100,000 participants every year. The GIO aims to build up an ... Read More

The Department of Management hosted the Academy of Management Perspectives (AMP) – Paper Development Workshop, on March 13, followed by its Editor’s Meeting on March 14-15. This Paper Development Workshop was designed to provide participants with guidance and expertise in the development of their manuscript for potential submission to AMP ... Read More

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