HKUST Annual Report 2017-18

42 School of Business and Management LEADERSHIP IN ACTION The School’s uncompromising drive for excellence in all dimensions of its activities brought re-accreditation from the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), which assesses institutions on their academic quality and close interaction with the corporate world. The School was one of the first business schools in Asia accredited by both the European-based EQUIS and US-based Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). Rankings indicated the School’s outstanding achievements. In separate Financial Times’ annual global tables, the Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA was ranked No.1 for the eighth time while the HKUST MBA was ranked No.14, marking the ninth consecutive year that the program has earned a place in the top 15. EQUIS re-accreditation, high rankings, and leading education evolution kept the School at the forefront EMBA ranked world’s No.1 for the 8th time by Financial Times EMBA