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Marketing

The Marketing Department continuously strives to achieve excellence in research. The faculty members are renowned for high-quality, cutting-edge research, publishing their work in the top international marketing journals, such as Journal of Marketing Research (JMR), Journal of Consumer Research (JCR) and Marketing Science (MS). The Marketing faculty is ranked seventh in the world in terms of the number of papers published in JMR and JCR in 2000-2006 (ahead of Berkeley, Chicago, Carnegie Mellon, INSEAD, MIT, Stanford and Yale).

The goal of the PhD program is to develop outstanding scholars who are able to secure academic jobs at top international universities and to become first-rate contributors to marketing knowledge.

Our program provides solid training in the theory and methods of various subfields of marketing such as consumer behavior and marketing models. Apart from gaining in-depth knowledge, students gain hands-on experience in the research process from the very early stages of the program.

The faculty is highly committed to the PhD program. State-of-the art courses are offered on themes such as information processing, behavioral game theory, experimental designs, judgment and decision making, choice modeling, and analytical marketing science. These courses and the research training are very demanding but at the same time highly rewarding.

A well-equipped behavioral lab and many opportunities for research collaboration with the faculty contribute to the learning experience. In addition, students benefit from two research centers housed in the Marketing Department – the Center for Experimental Business Research and the Center for Marketing and Distribution. Some of our students have published papers in top research journals. The program offers students a very good intellectual environment and enables them to become outstanding researchers. One recent graduate was selected for the Marketing Science Institute’s Young Scholar Program, one of the highest accolades a young researcher in the field can receive.

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