Why HKUST MBA?
Advancing in your career requires depth of expertise and breadth of professional exposure. The HKUST Part-time MBA is designed for working professionals, offering flexible study options and a curriculum focused on innovation, technology, and leadership. In addition to a well-structured core curriculum, our program allows students to take many electives to personalize your journey for your needs. Join a dynamic community while immediately applying what you learn to drive results in your current role.
The HKUST MBA experience extends far beyond academic excellence. Here, students shape their leadership journey through diverse initiatives and impactful activities.
In the classroom, our students expand their professional networks through peer learning, collaborative projects designed for working professionals, and meeting guest speakers. Out of the classrooms, our students gain insights and practice leadership skills by exchanging business ideas, and leading student events and activities, including executive sharing sessions with industry leaders. This positions our students for long-term career growth.
Recent events include the following examples:
- Executive Sharing with Ronald Lam, CEO at Cathay Group (Cathy Pacific)
- Executive Sharing with Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chairman of Schneider Electric
- Executive Sharing with Mike Shang, Managing Director at The Blackstone Group
- Executive Sharing with Issac Kong, Head of Digital at DBS (Consumer Banking Group and Wealth Management)
- And more...
Earn 45 credits through rigorous core courses, extensive and exciting electives, and career-focused training programs.
Accelerators and Immersion Program
Core & Elective Courses
The core curriculum develops comprehensive leadership capabilities across business functions.
With electives making up 60% of total credits, you can customize your learning path from a wide range of courses to match your career goals and interests.
8 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.
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
– Applied M&A for Corporates
– Debt and Credit Strategies in Asia
– Economic Development in Asia: A Practitioner’s Perspective
– Econometric Thinking for Business Strategists
– Enhancing Professional Skills
– Financial Advisory and Transaction Execution for M&A
– Financial Statement Analysis
– Fundamental Value Investing: Applications to Public & Private Equity
– Global Macroeconomics
– How Asia’s Stock Markets Work
– Innovation in Healthcare: Entrepreneurial and Investor Perspectives
– Investment Analysis
– Macro Investment Strategy in Practice
– Private Markets Ecosystem
– Strategic Corporate Financing: IPOs, Debt, and Private Equity Solutions
– Venture Finance: The AI-Driven Frontiers
– Agile Leadership in the Digital Age
– Behavioral Economics
– Communication for Business Leaders
– Developing to Be an Effective CEO
– Digital Transformation in the Exponential Age
– Effective Negotiations
– Enhancing Professional Skills
– Global Leadership and Governance
– Influence in the Boardroom: Navigating Strategy, AI, and Risk
– Integrated Business Simulation and Strategy
– Interpersonal Dynamics, Networking, and the Art of Influencing Business Leaders
– Judgment in Managerial Decision Making
– Leadership Lab: Persuasion in Practice
– Management Consulting
– Management of Organizations
– Managing Creativity and Innovation
– People Decisions and Career Management: Unlocking Talent and Personal Success
– Project Management
– Strategic AI: Transforming Business and Redefining Leadership
– The 10X Entrepreneur – Using AI to Amplify Your Impact
– The Business of Happiness
– The Secret Life of Organizations: Structures, Behaviors, and Motivations at Work
– AI and Data Science for Business
– AI, Innovation, and Product Management
– Chinese Tech Companies’ Strategy in Global Markets Under the AI Era
– Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and Their Business Applications
– Deep Learning Business Applications With Python
– Digital Transformation in the Exponential Age
– Digital and Social Media Strategy
– Econometric Thinking for Business Strategists
– Influence in the Boardroom: Navigating Strategy, AI, and Risk
– Marketing Strategy in the AI Era: Growth and ROI
– Practical AI for Business
– Strategic AI: Transforming Business and Redefining Leadership
– The Geopolitics of Emerging Technologies
– Transforming Business With Artificial Intelligence
– Venture Finance: The AI-Driven Frontiers
– Visualizing Data for Business Decisions
– Winning Strategies in the Digital World: Platforms, Ecosystems, and Beyond
– AI, Innovation, and Product Management
– Enhancing Professional Skills
– Innovating via Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship
– Innovation in Healthcare: Entrepreneurial and Investor Perspectives
– Managing Creativity and Innovation
– New Product Development Using Design Thinking
– The 10X Entrepreneur – Using AI to Amplify Your Impact
– Venture Finance: The AI-Driven Frontiers
– Chinese Tech Companies’ Strategy in Global Markets Under the AI Era
– Debt and Credit Strategies in Asia
– Economic Development in Asia: A Practitioner’s Perspective
– Global Leadership and Governance
– Global Macroeconomics
– How Asia’s Stock Markets Work
– Managing Business to Create Value Through Sustainability
– The Geopolitics of Emerging Technologies
– Winning Strategies in the Digital World: Platforms, Ecosystems, and Beyond
– AI, Innovation, and Product Management
– Behavioral Economics
– Digital and Social Media Strategy
– Enhancing Professional Skills
– Managing Business to Create Value Through Sustainability
– Marketing Strategy in the AI Era: Growth and ROI
– Mastering D2C Marketing
– Mastering the Customer Experience: Mapping the End-to-End Customer Journey
– New Product Development Using Design Thinking
– Pricing Strategy
– Project Management
– Understanding Consumers
Remarks: The elective list is for reference only. Availability may vary depending on study mode, class schedules, and individual study plans.
More elective options: Small Network Online Courses (SNOC)
All part-time MBA students have the opportunity to connect with exchange students from leading business schools worldwide. They’ll join your elective courses, allowing you to engage with diverse perspectives, broaden your global outlook, and build your professional network - right here at HKUST.
Part-time MBA students can broaden their global outlook through our international exchange program. You have the option to study at top partner schools worldwide - either in-person or online - for up to one semester. This optional experience adds invaluable cultural insights and global connections to your HKUST MBA journey.
Here are some of the global programs on the exchange list:
Fostering Connections Beyond Classroom
At HKUST, part-time MBA students dive into experiences beyond classroom - taking charge of industry events, engaging with leading executives, and honing their expertise through interactive workshops. This vibrant journey develops leadership, expands networks, and drives real career progress.
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.
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 2026 cohort brings together accomplished professionals with an average of 10 years of work experience. These diverse perspectives come from various industries, including technology, finance, consulting, manufacturing, and healthcare. Our international diversity varies by class format, with 26% of weekly class students and 79% of biweekly class students coming from outside Hong Kong, creating enriching cross-cultural learning environments.
Part-Time Weekly
Bi-Weekly
Companies represented (selected examples)
The Part-Time MBA program at HKUST offers two flexible scheduling options, allowing you to choose between weekly or biweekly classes to best fit your professional commitments.
Program Commencement for Intake 2026
Given the diverse backgrounds of our MBA students, the MBA accelerators are designed to provide a common knowledge foundation for all students before embarking on their studies. These classes will be scheduled online during weekends or weekday evenings in the Hong Kong time zone in July 2026. Students are required to attend the live classes online.
To ensure a comprehensive and engaging start for new students, the MBA Immersion Program is a mandatory 2-credit course that will take place in person at the HKUST Clear Water Bay Campus. This program offers an immersive experience that introduces students to the MBA journey while fostering opportunities for networking and teamwork. For the Part-Time Weekly/ Bi-Weekly MBA intake 2026, the tentative schedule are below:
- Part-Time (Weekly): August 8-11, 2026 (Sat-Tue)
- Part-Time (Bi-Weekly): August 13-16, 2026 (Thu-Sun)
Students should reserve their schedule in advance, and full engagement and participation are required throughout the above period, which includes orientation sessions, classes, workshops, team collaborations, and networking activities. Accommodation will be provided by the MBA Program during the immersion period.
Please note that the above schedule may be subject to change.
To stay informed, we encourage students to regularly visit our website, where the latest information will be shared.
