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The College of Business (CB) (traditional Chinese: 商學院（城商）; simplified Chinese: 商学院（城商）) is one of the three colleges at the City University of Hong Kong. It was founded in 1990. There are six departments under the College, providing undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The new College office is located on 12/F of Lau Ming Wai Academic Building (Academic 3), an academic building of CityU offering more facilities for learning and teaching activities.

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College International Advisory Board

The College International Advisory Board (CIAB) was founded on 22 October 2009. It acts as a steering force on internationalization and helps CB to gain external inputs on its internationalization drive as well as offering advice on the ways of strengthening the College's ties with local business. CIAB comprises people from the business world and academics.

Chairman

  • Dr Changle Liu
    • Chairman & CEO, Phoenix Satellite Television, PRC

    Members

  • Mr Chi-kong Adrian Cheng
    • Executive Director and Joint General Manager, New World Development Company Limited Executive Director, New World China Land Limited Executive Director, New World Department Store China Limited Executive Director, Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Founder & Chairman, K11 Concepts Limited
  • Prof Gregory C. Chow
    • Class of 1913 Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus; Professor of Economics, Emeritus Senior Economist, Princeton University, USA
  • Mr Alfred Chuang
    • CEO and Founder, Magnet Systems, USA Founder and Former Chairman, BEA Systems, USA
  • Mr Albert Yuk Keung Ip
    • Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Langham Hospitality Investment Limited
  • Mr Rongrong Li
    • Chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (2003-2010) Vice Chairman of China Center for International Economic Exchanges
  • Prof Sir James A. Mirrlees
    • Distinguished Professor-at-Large and Master of Morningside College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Mr James Thompson
    • Founder and Chairman, Crown Worldwide, HK

    Convenor

  • Prof Houmin Yan
    • Dean of CB and Chair Professor of the Department of Management Sciences

    Management Team

    There are around 160 research faculty members of over 20 nationalities in the CB. The management team is headed by Prof Houmin Yan (嚴厚民教授), Dean of CB and Chair Professor of the Department of Management Sciences.

    There are four Associate Deans and four Assistant Deans in the team. They are:

    Associate Deans

  • Prof William Wan (Research and Faculty)
  • Prof Wenyu Dou (Graduate Programmes)
  • Dr Weiquan Wang (Undergraduate Programmes)
  • Dr Mary Pang (Internationalization)

    • Assistant Deans

  • Prof Robert Davison (Assurance of Learning)
  • Prof Wayne Yu (Executive Education)
  • Dr Gang Hao (Advancement)
  • Dr Isabel Yan (Career Services)

    • Accreditation and Rankings

    Accreditation

    CB is highly regarded in Hong Kong and internationally, and is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS).

    Rankings

    UTD Top 100 Business School Research Rankings™: 33rd among the top 100 business schools worldwide; 2nd in the Asia Pacific Region (2011-2015)

    US News 2016 Best Global Universities for Economics and Business: 57th among business schools worldwide; 2nd in the Asia Pacific Region

    QS World University Rankings® by Subject 2016 – Business & Management Studies: 45th worldwide; 11th in the Asia Pacific Region

    QS World University Rankings® by Subject 2016 – Accounting & Finance: 47th worldwide; 10th in the Asia Pacific Region

    Departments

    There are six departments in CB:

  • Department of Accountancy
  • Department of Economics and Finance
  • Department of Information Systems
  • Department of Management
  • Department of Management Sciences
  • Department of Marketing

    • Research Centres/Units

  • Operated under CB
  • Centre for Applied Knowledge and Innovation Management Research
  • Centre for Social Media Marketing and Business Intelligence
  • Centre for Transport, Trade and Financial Studies
  • China Business and Economic Development Research Centre
  • Operated under Department of Economics and Finance
  • Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics
  • CityUHK Experimental Economics Laboratory
  • Global Research Unit
  • Research Center for International Economics
  • Operated under Department of Information Systems
  • Financial Computing Laboratory
  • Operated under Department of Management Sciences
  • Forecasting Science Research Unit
  • Energy and Environmental Policy Research Unit (EEPRU)
  • Statistical Consulting Unit

    • Programmes

    The College of Business offers a wide range of programmes including Undergraduate Programmes and Postgraduate Programmes (Taught Master Programmes, MBA Programme, EMBA Programme, DBA Programme, and research degree (MPhil and PhD) programmes).

    Undergraduate Programmes

    (For 2016 entry)

    The College has following joint degree programmes partnered with world renowned universities:

  • Joint Bachelor's Degree Programme between City University of Hong Kong and National Taiwan University
  • in Accountancy
  • in Business Economics
  • Joint Bachelor's Degree Program between City University of Hong Kong and Columbia University
  • in Business Economics

    • Postgraduate Programmes

    (For 2016 entry)

    Advanced Management Programme

  • The College of Business is the 1st Hong Kong partner of the Asia Business Centre, Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley
  • It established the Advanced Management Programme at University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), US, from 2008. To date, there are more than 300 participants who have joined the programme.
  • The programme is tailor-made for DBA, EMBA, MBA, and CB postgraduates students only.

    • Executive Education

    The College of Business has been providing Executive Education in Hong Kong, Mainland China, and worldwide for over a decade. It aims to serve clients in a wide range of industry sectors. The College provides Company Programmes to clients regionally and worldwide, and contributes to international programmes such as the Advanced Masters Program in Management of Global Enterprises of Globally Distributed Work (GDW) Foundation in Bangalore; the Omnium Global Executive MBA of the University of Toronto, Canada; and the Executive MBA Program of Graduate School of International Business, RANEPA in Russia.

    The College leverages results of its research, and within a wide range of research and development activity, and is able to respond to individual client requests and offer appropriate customized programmes.

    Internationalization/ Exchange Programmes

    The College of Business offers a spectrum of exciting co-curricular activities at home and abroad, designed for students to attain further personal and professiobnal development, which will enable graduates to become globally-minded persons. The College has 190 partnered institutions from 36 countries. The College's summer programmes, such as the Cultural and Language Immersion Scheme, Service Learning Programme and Community Service Project is growing popular to the students.

    Business Career Services

    The College's Business Career Services aims to help students to enhance their employability by guiding through all stages of career development process. The College provides students personalized career consultations, career fair, recruitment events, and opportunities for students to build up sustainable network with industry communities, etc.

    References

    College of Business, City University of Hong Kong Wikipedia
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