Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Accounting
HKUST is home to Asia’s premier accounting program, combining world-leading research, award-winning teaching, outstanding students, and a state-of-the-art curriculum to train tomorrow’s leaders. All faculty have PhDs from the world’s foremost universities – Berkeley, Chicago, Carnegie-Mellon, Illinois, London Business School, NYU, Oregon, Oxford, Purdue, Rochester, Texas, UBC, UCLA, Washington and Yale.
In recent years, HKUST topped the world in original research in Accounting published in leading research journals. In 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005, HKUST ranked “Top 10” in the top three journals (Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review), a record unexcelled by any university worldwide.
HKUST is accredited unconditionally by the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. In 1999, HKUST became the first accounting program outside North America to win accreditation from AACSB, the premier accrediting agency for business schools. In 2003, HKUST became the first university outside North America awarded a chapter of Beta Alpha Psi, the world’s premier accounting honorary organization.
The research foci of Department of Accounting faculty members are in the following areas: securities pricing, management performance measures, accounting and corporate finance issues in China, East Asia and the US, accounting and capital markets, China law and practice, earnings management, auditing and corporate governance.
The Department hosts the annual international Summer Symposium on Accounting Research on the HKUST campus which is now a significant event on the calendars of accounting academics worldwide.
Our PhD program is one of the best in the Asia Pacific region. It aims to train students to become outstanding researchers and educators. The program is similar in structure and content to those at top universities in the world. The program requires students to go through rigorous course training in the first two years to build up a solid foundation of knowledge on economic theories, statistics/econometrics, finance, as well as accounting. Upon passing the qualifying examination, the student formally enters the dissertation stage. Throughout the program, faculty advisors work closely with students to provide advice and guidance on coursework and research development