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Awarded by: Financial Times The Executive MBA (EMBA) Program jointly offered by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and the Kellogg School of Management is ranked No.1 in the world in the latest Financial Times (FT) Global EMBA Rankings. This year marks the ninth time the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA Program has topped this highly respected ... Read More

The HKUST Business School is very grateful to have Mr Peter YAN, CEO of Cyberport, to mentor our students and young entrepreneurs at the Business School Central Office. ... Read More

The annual meeting of the HKUST Business School Advisory Council was held on campus on 14 September 2018. The meeting, presided by the Council Chairman Dr Hans Michael Jebsen, who is also the Chairman of the Jebsen Group, has offered solid recommendations for the School to build on its excellence. Before the meeting, two faculty members ... Read More

The HKUST Business School signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with KPMG China on 7 September 2018, in a joint effort to develop the next generation of accounting and business analytic talent. The collaboration will introduce a new concentration in Accounting Analytics and an elective course in Advanced Data Analytics with some real-life cases ... Read More

HKUST has partnered with the Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) on case distribution, furthering the availability of the University’s business cases on Harvard’s case catalog online , an international platform recognized by its world-class case resources. Directed by Professor Roger King and Professor Winnie Peng, the Thompson Center for Business Case ... Read More

The Executive Education Office hosted a webinar in August on “FinTech and You” by Professor Veronique Lafon-Vinais, Associate Professor of Business Education, Department of Finance. Professor Lafon-Vinais discussed how FinTech has swept the markets in the last few years and how it is altering our existing trading world in significant ways. The webinar ... Read More

The start of a new academic year is always an exciting time. This year, nearly 900 freshmen have joined the HKUST Business School, with students from almost 20 different countries. They got together on 26 August 2018 to celebrate the new academic year with over 100 Peer Mentors (PM) and senior students from Business Cohort Community (BCC) ... Read More

In an effort to better prepare students for future career development, our UG Office invites different companies from various industries to share their first-hand knowledge. In September, five sessions of “Dialogue with Executive Series” were held, in which senior executives from different sectors were invited to share their views, offering students ... Read More

The Executive Education Office has been offering the “High Potential Leadership 5-day 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, there are 39 high flyers from diverse backgrounds ... Read More

Associate Dean Professor Steven DeKrey moderated for a discussion on leadership on 29 August 2018, based on a new book called “The Mind of the Leader”. One of the co-authors Rasmus Hougaard was on the panel organized by MBA alum Judy Xu (2006). The event, which was sponsored by the ANZ Bank, was a highly interactive session and the author conveyed many new ... Read More