Press Releases

The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) was ranked the top university in economics and finance research in Asia-Pacific, according to two independent international studies. Submitted to the official journal of the European Economics Association, a study conducted between 1995-1999 and entitled "Rankings of Academic Journals and Institutions ... Read More

University of Western Ontario from Canada has successfully competed against 16 other outstanding teams from leading business school around the world and become the winner of the Citigroup International Case Competition 2006 today. A team of four students from the University of Western Ontario took home the champion trophy. The three runners-up are Hong Kong ... Read More

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's School of Business and Management (HKUST Business School) announced the winner and runners-up of the Citigroup International Case Competition at the Closing Ceremony last Saturday (October 25). A team of four from the University of Texas at Austin took home the champion trophy and was also selected by ... Read More

HKUST Accounting alumna Ng Yi Wai won the Gold Medal in the June 2006 Final Examination of CPA (Certified Public Accountant) Qualification Program (QP). Another HKUST Accounting graduate Yip Sin Ying also won the Gold Medal in 2005. Ng was graduated in 2005 and enrolled in the QP in September that year. The QP is known for its low passing rate, ranging from ... Read More

A team of four HKUST MBA students took the first prize at the fourth Harvard Business Review China Case Contest held in Shanghai, August 25-26, 2006. The contest was jointly organized by the Shanghai Economic Committee, Shanghai Jing'an District Government and Harvard Business Review China. It was the first Pan-Asian business case competition held in China ... Read More

The School will jointly organize the Hong Kong Competitive Forum with RTHK. The Forum will feature five prominent speakers who will share their insights on how to maintain Hong Kong's competitiveness and the challenges we are facing. They are Mr Bernard Chan, Non-official Member, Executive Council and President, Asia Financial Group; Dr Lily Chiang, Deputy ... Read More

Five HKUST MBA students won the top prize at the Young Entrepreneurs Development Council Entrepreneurs' Challenge (YDC E-Challenge) held in June 2006. The event has been organized by YDC in collaboration with Stanford University since 2000. It is designed to provide university students with exposure to the entrepreneurial community and help participants ... Read More

"It is an honor to announce that our first Asia-Pacific CFA Program Partner is Hong Kong University of Science and Technology," said Jan Squires, CFA, D.B.A., managing director of CFA Institute Asia-Pacific operations. "CFA Institute is eager to work with the university to develop further opportunities for graduates as they enter the business world." "We are ... Read More

A prodigious invention by a professor combined with the business acumen of three MBA year-one students has made HKUST the champion at the US Wake Forest Elevator Competition. The successful team of HKUST MBA students pitched and presented their business ideas for a rapid viral detection device to a group of venture capitalists who served as judges at the ... Read More

A team of five first-year MBA students from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) bested contenders from the world's leading business schools and won the Outstanding Industry Analysis Award at the Marshall MBA Global Consulting Challenge organized by the University of Southern California (USC) in February. The Industry Presentation ... Read More