HKUST 2008-2009 Annual Report
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工商
School of Business and Management
P
rof Leonard Cheng was appointed Dean in February
2009. The School’s EMBA and MBA programs
continued to rank high in international surveys. The
Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program was ranked 2nd in
the world according to a survey by the
Financial Times
in October 2008. For the fourth consecutive year, the
program has been rated among the world’s top 3 and the
6th year in the top 10. Last year it came first.
In January 2009, the MBA program was ranked 16th by
the same paper. The School’s research ranking advanced
to 17th in the world. A few months before that the
program was ranked first in Asia and Australia and 11th in
the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
In line with the School’s mission in contributing to the social
and economic transformation of the region, the School
presented a forum on “Financial Market Turmoil and Its
Implications for Hong Kong and China” in October 2008.
The School launched a website to disseminate research
output, written in an easy-to-understand style, in both
English and Chinese. It also launched a weekly column in
the
Hong Kong Economic Journal
, a pre-eminent financial
newspaper in Hong Kong, to publicize articles authored
by its professors. During the year, a Chinese-language
book entitled
The Financial Crisis
was published.
A number of major events were organized on the
Mainland last year. They included forums involving CEOs,
seminars given by professors and a trek across the Gobi
Desert. Those events helped to connect the School with
its Mainland-based alumni as well as to reach out to the
corporate sector there.
As part of the School’s continued pursuit of quality and
excellence, it went through two international reviews.
In February, the School was reviewed by international
business education organization, the Association
to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
International, and was awarded an unconditional
accreditation for five years. The School was accredited in
1999 as Asia's first to receive such a quality label.
In June, its undergraduate programs went through its first
international peer review. Senior undergraduate professors
and administrators reviewed the Schools undergraduate
programs. The reviewers were from University of
Michigan, University of Texas at Austin and University of
Pennsylvania.
