Why HKUST MBA?
Who you will study with
Your MBA journey is shaped by who you learn with. Here, you'll collaborate with ambitious professionals from diverse industries and cultures, creating a powerful network that extends far beyond the classroom.
Our 2024 cohort comprises accomplished professionals averaging 12 years of work experience across diverse industries - from technology and finance to consulting, manufacturing, and healthcare. With 63% of students from outside Hong Kong and from as far away as Kazakhstan or Africa, our internationally diverse classroom creates a rich cross-cultural learning environment that enhances your global business perspective.
Companies Represented
While the Asia-Pacific Part-time MBA (Digital MBA) covers the same rigorous curriculum as our other MBA programs, it's thoughtfully designed for busy professionals aspiring for international business roles. It's perfect for those who don't have time to travel but still want to study with a globally recognized university and a multinational cohort. The program offers a flexible learning journey that blends structured online study (through 'live' classes) with opportunities for in-person engagement in Hong Kong. Through our dedicated e-learning platform, students can take control of their schedules, while optional face-to-face electives provide valuable interaction and networking. The program requires in-person attendance for an immersion week in Hong Kong at the start of the program and a study week during the 2nd year.
Develop a "C-level view of business" through our curated core courses and customize the MBA journey with our emphasis on electives.
Accelerators and Immersion Program
The program begins with online accelerators in Feb 2026, building your foundation in essential business skills including accounting, data analysis, and Python programming. During the immersion week, you'll forge lasting connections with your cohort, engage in intensive leadership development workshops, and strengthen your teamwork and communication skills through dynamic group activities. This invaluable in-person experience sets the foundation for your MBA journey and creates a powerful professional network that extends well beyond graduation.
Core & Elective Courses
The core curriculum develops comprehensive leadership capabilities across business functions
With electives making up over 55% of total credits, you can customize your learning path from a wide range of courses to match your career goals and interests.
Required Core Courses
Explore the strategic role of technology in business as a general manager, covering enabling technologies, system design and management, and technology decision-making.
Discover how to get your innovation in front of the right eyes. Understand the centrality of the customer and learn how to implement marketing strategies through pricing, distribution, promotion, and product decisions.
Develop and implement effective corporate strategies with our Strategic Management course, covering concepts, analytical techniques, competitor analysis, and strategic evaluation.
Build skills in cash flow valuation, capital budgeting, and cost of capital estimation with our Corporate Finance course, including practical applications in bonds, stocks, and debt management. management.
Understand the importance of managing stakeholders through information sharing. This course will ground you with accounting fundamentals, financial statement preparation, and analysis.
Learn how to manage business processes and supply chains with our course covering operations strategy, process analysis, inventory management, and quality improvement.
Discover demand forecasting, cost analysis, pricing decisions, and more in our comprehensive course, featuring case studies and practical applications.
Develop responsible leadership skills and learn how to create ethical corporations, developing the know-how to create a decision-making framework for making ethical judgments.
Elective Options
We continually update and refresh our elective offerings to meet the needs of our students and to stay ahead of the fast-changing business landscape.
Examples of electives from 2024-25 include:
– Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and Their Business Applications
– Global Macroeconomics
– Macro Investment Strategy in Practice
– Econometric Thinking for Business Strategists
– Investment Analysis
– Overview of Alternative Investments
– Launching and Running a VC Firm
– Financial Advisory and Transaction Execution for M&A
– Financial Statement Analysis
– Managerial Accounting Foundations
– Business Law
– Venture Capital and Private Equity
– Fundamental Value Investing: Applications to Public & Private Equity
– Sustainable Finance and Reporting Strategies in Hong Kong
– Behavioral Economics
– The Political Economy of Finance
– Pricing Strategy
– Mastering D2C Marketing
– Understanding Consumers
– Marketing Analytics: Driving Business Decisions
– Communication for Business Leaders
– Management of Organizations
– Irrational and Rational Thinking and Judgment in Management
– Effective Negotiations
– Management Consulting
– Global Leadership and Governance
– Leading Virtual Teams to High Performance
– Effective People Decisions: Unlocking the Power of Talent
– Applied M&A for Corporates
– Interpersonal Dynamics, Networking and the Art of Influencing Business Leaders
– C-SuiteLife
– Strategic Corporate Financing: IPOs, Debt, and Private Equity Solutions
– Enhancing Professional Skills
– Leadership Lab: Persuasion in Practice
– Deep Learning Business Applications with Python
– Transforming Business with Artificial Intelligence
– Digital and Social Media Strategy
– Doing Tech in Asia and China
– Data Analysis
– Digital Transformation In The Exponential Age
– Visualizing Data for Business Decisions
– Big Data Analytics
– AI, Innovation, and Product Management
– Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) in China
– Business Modeling
– Mastering The Customer Experience: Mapping the End-to-End Customer Journey
– Managing Creativity and Innovation
– Economic Development in Asia: A Practitioner’s Perspective
– AI and the Future of Finance
– Innovating via Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship
– Strategic AI: Transforming Business and Redefining Leadership
– Integrated Business Simulation and Strategy
– Managing Business to Create Value through Sustainability
– Project Management
– Winning Strategies in the Digital World: Platforms, Ecosystems, and Beyond
– Chinese Tech Companies’ Strategy in Global Markets under AI Era
Small Online Network (SNOC) Courses
– Aviation Finance (UCD)
– Learning from Indonesia (U of Indonesia)
– Luxury Industry (HEC)
– And more....
Students can also fulfill their elective requirements through courses offered by the Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM) Small Network Online Courses (SNOC).
Class Delivery Modes
Students in our Asia-Pacific Part-time MBA (Digital MBA) will learn through several different course delivery modes.
Lecture-based courses are a 50/50 mix of recordings and live classes. Learn from pre-lesson exercises, short videos and real business case studies created by our world-class faculty, whenever suits you.
The other half of these courses is spent in virtual classes, experiencing live lectures in an interactive environment.
(Typically for core courses and selected electives)
Some business skills can only be learned collaboratively. Courses on key soft skills like communication and leadership, or where discussion of case studies is at the core of learning, are delivered completely in live mode. This allows for top-quality presentations and intellectual exchange.
(Typically for core courses and selected electives)
Lecture-based courses are a 50/50 mix of recordings and live classes. Learn from pre-lesson exercises, short videos and real business case studies created by our world-class faculty, whenever suits you.
Elective courses can optionally be studied right here in Hong Kong (subject to availability). Get a taste of on-campus life at HKUST by studying some modules face-to-face together with our full-time and part-time MBA students.
(For Immersion “Preparing to Lead” course and electives)
Class Schedule
| Blended Class | 100% Virtual Classes | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-class preparation | 3 hours | 2 hours |
| Live virtual classes | 2 hours | 3.5 hours |
| Post-class preparation | 2 hours | 2 hours |
| Total | 7 - 10 hours* | |
Part-time DiMBA students begin their journey with “Preparing to Lead,” a 2-credit Immersion Program held at HKUST’s Clear Water Bay Campus. This in-person week features orientation, classes, workshops, and team activities - sparking strong connections from day one. Throughout the 24-months journey, students also have the option to join the GNAM network, broadening their reach through global connections and exchange among students across partner schools during Small Network Online Courses (SNOCs) or GNAM Week.
Enroll in optional face-to-face electives on campus and study with other cohorts. Equip yourself with a solid business foundation, a grasp of the latest technology, and a vision of sustainable leadership.
Meet inspiring alumni at various kinds of events, including the HKUST alumni events, the mentorship program, alumni mixers, social events, and more. Even as a student, you can also reach out to alumni in your home country.
Engage with and gain insights from distinguished senior business leaders to attain a comprehensive "view from the top" by participating in our Executive Exchange Speaker Series.
HKUST is dedicated to building a vibrant and thriving entrepreneurial community. Engage with our supportive entrepreneurial community through a diverse range of initiatives, including Unicorn Day, activities run by the Entrepreneurship Center, inspiring lectures at the Institute of Advanced Studies, and many more
Be part of HKUST’s MBA community and connect with alumni to exchange ideas, learn from the best and build a life-long network. Besides our exclusive virtual platform, there are also various occasions to meet our alumni, including the mentorship program, different mixer events, virtual seminars, alumni sharing, and more. With the HKUST MBA Virtual Alumni Hub, you can stay connected with your network wherever you are in the world.
Benefit from both an extensive network of engineering, technology and science alumni while also building ties with a close knit group of MBA business alumni.
