School of Business and Management

The HKUST Business School’s hybrid admission model gives great flexibility to students to discover their academic interest and strength. 

Students who would like to take time to explore their academic interest may be admitted to the School via the school-based admission route (Application Choice: Business & Management”) and enroll in a major via the Major Selection Exercise by Year 2 fall term. As one of the best regarded and most comprehensive business and management programs in Hong Kong, B&M is designed to provide students with a broad foundation of knowledge and great flexibility in learning.

For students who have a strong interest in a specific area of business at the time of admission, the program-based admission route  (Application Choice: BBA in Marketing, BSc in Economics and Finance etc.) allows them to enroll directly into their program of interest. Program-based applicants are also encouraged to include the school-based application choice for concurrent consideration to maximize the chance of admission. 

Students of both school-based and program-based routes will follow an identical broad curriculum in their first three terms. 

Key features of the B&M program

• In the first three terms, students will be exposed to a wide variety of business and other foundational subjects (i.e. Business Core and Common Core courses) to fully explore their study interests and academic strengths before choosing their one or more specialties in the Major Selection Exercise.
• About half of each major's quota is reserved for B&M program students to enroll in the major via the Major Selection Exercise at the end of the first three terms (i.e. Year 2 Fall term).
• Close to 90% of business students were admitted into their first- or second-choice major through the Major Selection Exercise.
• Joint-school programs (BSc in Biotechnology and Business, BSc in Mathematics and Economics) and interdisciplinary programs (BEng / BSc and BBA Dual Degree Program in Technology and Management, BSc in Environmental Management & Technology Program and BSc in Individualized Interdisciplinary Major Program) are also available in the Major Selection Exercise.
• Students joining the business school through both program-based and school-based routes, as long as they meet the extended major requirements, are eligible to apply for the extended major.