HKUST Business School Magazine

Newsletter HKUST Business School Issue 44 Celebrating 15 Years of KH EMBA Page 3 Depth and Breadth in Career Services Page 4 Diet, Exercise and Body Mass: We Eat as We Believe Page 6 From the Dean We have just completed another successful academic year that has seen us continue to expand our reach, explore new opportunities and horizons, and celebrate our achievements. I was most pleased to welcome the first class of students of our pilot Part-time MBA in Saudi Arabia in May. This program is offered in partnership with Saudi Aramco, and it is our second company-sponsored program (the first being the MSc in Global Management program that was sponsored by the Shinhan Group of South Korea) and an important expansion of our geographical reach. Our first international partnership program, the Kellogg- HKUST EMBA, has received high international praise for its excellence. In June we celebrated the KH EMBA’s 15th anniversary with a gala dinner at the Ritz-Carlton, where more than half of all KH alumni attended and singer George Lam and his son performed. Congratulations to everyone involved, and in particular to Judy Au and her team, in organizing such a wonderful event with superb professionalism! Another form of partnership is carried out through the School Advisory Council, whose members come from the community and offer us helpful guidance on our future path. They held their third meeting in May and offered many fruitful suggestions, and I thank all members for their valuable contributions. And to all other readers, may you enjoy a great summer break! Leonard Cheng July 2013 The Business School has extended its reach to the Middle East with the launch of a new MBA program in partnership with Saudi Aramco, a state-owned oil company that manages the world’s largest proven oil reserves. It is the School’s first company- sponsored MBA program and it will be similar in all ways to the current part- time MBA curriculum, with students earning 45 credits of coursework over 25 months. The aim of the curriculum is to prepare students to think and act globally, with the first and final courses to be taught at the HKUST campus in Hong Kong and the remainder at Saudi Aramco’s premises in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, all taught by HKUST staff. A New Partnership in Saudi Arabia Dean Leonard Cheng said the new partnership was a welcome opportunity to develop talent and business leaders in another region of the world and meet the needs of the energy industry. Website: www.bm.ust.hk Contact us: bmpr@ust.hk © 2013 by the HKUST Business School. All rights reserved. “We are very excited that we are expanding our geographical reach and bringing our world-class program to another part of the world,” he said. A pilot program was held in HKUST in May for 29 students who met the School’s rigorous admission requirements. A diverse group of students, including nationals of Saudi Arabia, the US, Canada, Pakistan and the Philippines, attended a five-day residential program at our Hong Kong campus.