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HKU Business School is the host for over 3,600 non-local students across different programmes in 2020/21, with the majority of them coming from Mainland China, Korea and India. Cultural diversity provides students with opportunities to learn from people with different cultural backgrounds, enriching their experience across academic disciplines.
Learn more about the programmes we offer: https://www.fbe.hku.hk/programme/
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Riding on China’s economic and business development, the School set up the first educational venture outside Hong Kong in 1998, in collaboration with the School of Management of Fudan University. Since then, the Master of Business Administration (International) Programme (IMBA) has been offering its students a strategic overview of the business landscape, leadership and management, and knowledge about the latest technology development with a global perspective, to be applied in China and the region.
Learn more about the IMBA Programme: https://www4.fbe.hku.hk/imba/
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The male-to-female student ratio is 46:54.
A gender-balanced population tends to enhance the diversity of ideas and experiences, and brings in a positive effect on social intelligence. HKU Business School has striven to offer diversity and inclusion in its faculty and student composition, to provide all-rounded higher education in the past 20 years. Learn more about our milestones here: https://www.fbe.hku.hk/about-us/overview/milestones/
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EMBA-Global Asia Programme is a partnership programme between the HKU Business School, Columbia Business School and London Business School. It offers learning and networking opportunities across 3 financial hubs, referred to as Nylonkong – New York, London and Hong Kong. It gives unparalleled exposure for those who want to accelerate careers on the international playing field.
Other postgraduate programmes in the HKU Business School also broaden students’ perspective through collaborations with renowned business schools worldwide. Learn more about our global network here: https://www.fbe.hku.hk/about-us/overview/partnership-global-network/
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HKU Business School was 10 when HKU turned 100 in 2011. HKU Business School is a young yet vibrant school, building on the strong foundation of HKU which is the oldest tertiary education institution in Hong Kong, and striving to become one of the top business schools in Asia.
The School organised a banquet at Loke Yew Hall to celebrate this remarkable milestone. Where should we celebrate when we turn 20, anyone?
Learn about our milestones: https://www.fbe.hku.hk/about-us/overview/milestones/
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In 1988.
Amidst our 80 years of history, the first Nobel Laureate in Economics Distinguished Lecture was organised in 1988. It was delivered by Professor Milton Friedman, winner of the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.
In HKU Business School, we believe it would be best for students to learn from the elites. Fast-forward to the present day, we still excel in thought leadership and organise numerous events inviting industry experts to come and inspire our students, with the most recent event being a dialogue between our Dean Cai and Professor Paul Robert Milgrom, 2020 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, at the Caixin Summit in November 2020.
Learn more about the dialogue: https://bit.ly/FBE_Nobel
Dr Philip CHEN Nan Lok
Mr. Alex FONG Lik Sun
Mr. Antony LEUNG Kam Chung
Mr. Joseph YAM Chi Kwong
Ms. Cecilia YEUNG Man Wai
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All 5 of them are graduates from the business and economics discipline in HKU!
Over the years, HKU Business School has nurtured many distinguished graduates, who have made great contributions in different sectors. The School has a supportive alumni network that connects our students and alumni, learn more about the HKU Business and Economics Alumni Association here: https://hkubeaa.fbe.hku.hk/
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The HSBC/HKU Asia Pacific Business Case Competition, which is hosted by ACRC, HKU Business School.
HKU Business School organises the HSBC/HKU Asia Pacific Business Case Competition, which is the world’s largest case competition for undergraduates with over 130,000 participants since 2008. In this truly global case competition, students compete for top honours in business case analysis and presentation. In the process, students enhance their creative problem solving, teamwork, and communication skills as well as make new friends from around the world.
Learn more about the case competition: https://competition.acrc.hku.hk/
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Florida International University (14,448.95km away from the HKU Business School campus)
Florida International University in the U.S. is the furthest exchange partner school from HKU Business School campus, which is located 14,448.95km away.
In addition to over 400 exchange partners at the university level, the HKU Business School exchange network has more than 80 institutions from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Mainland China, UK, US, and more!
Learn more about our outgoing exchange programme: https://ug.fbe.hku.hk/outgoing-exchange
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The Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Social Science
The first Economics discipline appeared in HKU under the Department of Economics and Politics of Faculty of Arts, which laid down a strong foundation for HKU Business School nowadays as early as 1941. And it was then housed under the School of Economics and Finance of the Faculty of Social Science. In 2001, the School of Economics and Finance and the School of Business combined and became the Faculty of Business and Economics.
Learn more about the School’s milestones: https://www.fbe.hku.hk/about-us/overview/milestones/
