School News

Congratulations to Professor Jingcun Cao on being awarded the Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award 2025!

We are thrilled to announce that our student has achieved the Top 3 Winner position in the HSBC Life Insurance Innovation Competition 2025, themed “Unleashing the Future of Insurance.” The competition was open to students from all universities in Hong Kong and unfolded in two phases. In Phase 1, teams submitted a proposal outlining their innovative concepts, strategies, and expected outcomes. The top three teams in each category advanced to Phase 2, where they presented their refined ideas to the panel of judges and staff from HSBC Life in the HSBC Life Insurance Expo 2025.

HKU Business School students have achieved remarkable success in the CFA Institute Research Challenge 2024-25, securing the Champion title in Hong Kong Local Final, the Asia Pacific Regional Final, and advancing to the Global Final held in Chicago, USA. The CFA Institute Research Challenge is an annual global equity research competition that incorporates hands-on mentoring and intensive training in financial analysis, valuation, reporting writing, and presentation skills. Participants assume the role of equity research analysts, gaining real-world experience under the guidance of industry professionals.

Congratulations to our students for securing both the Champion and Third Place in the 2025 ISM-HK Student Case Competition! The competition was organised by the Institute of Supply Management - Hong Kong (ISM-HK). In collaboration with HKU Asia Case Research Centre and CLP, the competition this year featured a real-life case with the theme of sustainable procurement. Teams were asked to analyse the case, develop strategic recommendations, and present their solutions to the panel of judges from leading organisations, including AS Watson, Cathay Pacific, Chanel, CLP, Hong Kong Jockey Club, HSBC, Li & Fung, ReThink HK, Schneider Electric, and World Green Organisation.

What draws 121 participants from around the globe to a region rich in culture, history, and agricultural development for the 11th Summer School for Quantitative History? This year, the Centre for Quantitative History (CQH) at HKU Business School organized an enriching gathering of scholars in Shandong province, a historic region renowned for its deep roots in Confucian values and rich agricultural heritage, to explore the evolving field of quantitative history. The 9-day Summer School for Quantitative History, held from July 5 to 14, 2025, was hosted by Shandong University, with support from our long-term partner, the Institute of Qing History at Renmin University of China. The event exemplifies the Centre’s ongoing commitment to advancing research and fostering collaboration in the rapidly growing field of quantitative history.

Recently, the HKU-TLV Innovation Hub successfully led two international field trips - one bringing MBA students to London and the other taking undergraduates to Barcelona! Both journeys provided students with much more than classroom learning. They connected with innovative entrepreneurs during local company visits, participated in hands-on workshops, and attended lectures with top professors and industry experts. Each group explored the distinctive business environments of their host cities.