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SCMP's annual guide to postgraduate study in Hong Kong
The accounting landscape is changing rapidly, and accountants need to learn new skills to stay competitive. Photo: Shutterstock
Education

How Hong Kong’s universities are preparing accountants for future requirements

If accountants want to thrive in a data-driven future, they’ll need to acquire new skills – soft and hard – with an eye on global trends and practical application.

Education

How Hong Kong universities are shaping the future of the arts

Universities in Hong Kong

How Hong Kong’s universities are helping graduates advance a career in education

Universities in Hong Kong

How Hong Kong’s top universities are shaping the future of legal education

These advanced courses, spanning arbitration, dispute resolution, Chinese business law and more, prepare students for success in a globalised legal landscape.

The Goddess sculpture at the Court of Final Appeal in Central, Hong Kong, in May 2017. Photo: Sam Tsang
Education

Law schools are adapting curricula to handle new types of tech-linked cases

The courses also cover ethical implications of AI in law, and practical training to prepare graduates for roles as legal technologists and cybersecurity advisers.

Education

Hong Kong’s MBA programmes are showing the way for tomorrow’s leaders

Universities are incorporating AI, ESG and soft skills into their curriculum to better prepare students for complex modern business environments.

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EMBA and DBA programmes evolve to meet the needs of today’s business leaders

They are focused on developing and enhancing leadership skills, while embracing emerging technologies like AI and promoting sustainability.

EMBA and DBA programmes ensure senior executives have the right tools to adapt to changing need. Photo: Shutterstock
Education

How Hong Kong universities tackle mental health challenges among students

Mature students face unique mental health challenges as they seek to balance work commitments, family needs, social life and academic pressures.

Education

What recruiters are looking for, in preparation for the future workplace

Postgraduate students need more than just academic qualifications to thrive in the rapidly changing job market and evolving work environment.

Fintech

Want to be a fintech whizz? Hong Kong universities offer cutting-edge programmes

The courses provide professionals and emerging students with a comprehensive understanding of new technologies and their impact on traditional finance models.

Hong Kong’s universities offer some of the best postgraduate degrees related to fintech. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Education

Postgraduate studies in healthcare: Education beyond the front line

Developing strategies for public health management is at the core of the postgraduate courses offered by Hong Kong’s universities

Doctors and nurses are not the only professionals needed for effective public health care. Photo: Handout
Education

Teaching degrees in Hong Kong: Steaming ahead with STEM education

Flexible and updated programmes are providing educators with the right tools to advance STEM education in schools

Education

Studying accounting in Hong Kong: Preparing future business leaders

Universities are redesigning their higher-level courses to keep up-to-date with a post-pandemic business world

Education

Studying fintech: How universities are upgrading finance courses

Higher educational institutions in Hong Kong must consistently update their curriculum to prepare students for a world increasingly dominated by AI, Web3 and blockchain

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Education

How Juris Doctor degrees shape the legal minds of tomorrow

The Juris Doctor programme offered by three universities in Hong Kong is more extensive and profession-oriented than the Master of Law

Law schools in Hong Kong have partnered with overseas institutions to provide more rounded qualifications. Photo: AP
Education

MBAs in Hong Kong: Changing degrees for a changing world

As the business world’s needs evolve in the digital era, institutions are ensuring their MBAs are in step with current and future requirements

Education in Hong Kong

EMBA and DBAs in Hong Kong: Mastering business studies beyond the boardroom

While every good programme covers the essentials, business schools are well aware that graduates also need that special something extra to give them an edge

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Hong Kong to train more teachers, boost intake to lucrative diploma

Education Bureau says it will increase intake to sought-after postgraduate diploma in bid to help sector’s flagging figures.

School is in session, but teacher turnover is rising. Photo: May Tse
International schools in Hong Kong

What does Hong Kong’s growing art scene mean for the education sector?

As collectors flock to Art Basel and M+ museum, the city’s increasing interest in the arts should lead to the further development and proliferation of relevant academic programmes

Education

Hong Kong’s universities meet future health care needs by building capacity now

Hong Kong University, Baptist University and Chinese University are three of the local institutions to offer a Masters in Public Health which tackles business, management and policy aspects of health care

Artificial intelligence

How fintech courses can future-proof Hong Kong’s crucial financial sector

Today, local universities have grasped the importance of fintech and seek collaborations in teaching it, both across faculties within the organisation, and externally in industry and academia overseas

The next generation of employees in the financial sector will as a matter of course need to be familiar with the key technological shifts happening to their industry. Photo: Getty/iStock
Education

Silver linings: Hong Kong’s institutions use pandemic as a learning opportunity

The likes of HKU, EduHK and HKBU have used to hone online and mixed-mode learning models, helping prepare them for greater use of e-learning in thefuture

Chinese student in School class at the blackboard. Photo: Getty
Banking & finance

Online/in person learning and other trends shaping finance masters programmes

Hong Kong universities’ new normal of mixed online and face-to-face learning also boosting the international appeal of their accounting and other syllabuses

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong’s next gen Masters of Laws courses

The city’s universities have answered the needs of tomorrow with programmes that tackle thorny issues like cross-border issues, environmental law, arbitration and intellectual property

China economy

How do Hong Kong’s universities ready their MBA students for the GBA of tomorrow?

Staying relevant in the region means staying nimble and ready to change to meet the cultural and technological shifts under way

A group attend a seminar while following social distancing and mask-wearing protocols, just two of the more obvious ways the world has changed in recent times. Photo: Shutterstock
Education

Higher-level business courses building tomorrow’s leaders today

As in the rest of the world, Hong Kong’s institutions have had to grapple with pandemic-era logistical challenges on top of evolving to address the big data, fintech of the the moment

A presenter addresses a busy lecture hall, though in the era of Covid-19, even courses at master’s level and above have been forced to embrace online learning. Photo: Shutterstock
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