The flexibility of the HKUST MBA program allowed Lin Yuan to extend his three-month MBA internship with BASF. He's now set to start a full-time role with the firm. 

Lin Yuan was able to extend his MBA internship with BASF before landing a full-time job with the firm in 2021 

‘Be like water, my friend.’ Lin Yuan says the Bruce Lee quote has guided him throughout his career. Be flexible; adapt to your surroundings; be prepared for change—those are the biggest learnings Lin says he got from his MBA at HKUST Business School. 

“We should get used to managing technology.” Takashi Kobayashi, our HKUST MBA graduate, also a sponsored nominee from a leading Japanese telecom shared how the MBA interlinks technology with different business sectors. Takashi has also recently expanded his career footprints from Japan to Singapore. 
Pre-MBA: Account Manager, NTT Communications (Japan) 
Post-MBA: Corporate Strategy and Planning, NTT Ltd. (Singapore) 

Takashi Kobayashi,Class of 2019 

 

“Some people would say an MBA can’t future-proof you, but I would argue it provides means to future-proof yourself.” by Sagar Sethi 

1. Accelerated MBA students spend less time out of the workforce 

Studying an MBA can take your career to the next level. But to do so, you’ll need to take time out of the workforce. 

Pre-MBA: Consultant, KPMG India 
Post-MBA: Product Manager, Setu 

“The True New Yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding.” – John Updike. 

Natasha Hsiao(Taiwan) 
Class of 2020 
Pre-MBA: Strategy and Insight Analyst, Japan Tobacco International 
MBA Internship: Project Consultant, BASF 

Pimolpat (Pauline) Thanusutiyabhorn (Thailand) 
Class of 2020 
Pre-MBA: Head of Business Development and Marketing, Thai B.B. Friut Co., Ltd  

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 "I wanted to make a direct scaled impact by helping companies execute their social responsibilities." By Stephanie CHOW  

- Transform, Soar and Thrive - 

Stephanie CHOW (Australia) 
Class of 2022 

This is particularly true in Asia, where businesses are at the forefront of developing and adopting revolutionary technologies, such as robotics. But, rapid technological development also makes workplace skills depreciate faster than in the past, as new technologies generate gaps in workers' skills.