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Promoting gender equity is a team effort and the younger generations’ voices matter in driving changes in the future world. In the second part of the Smashing the Glass Ceiling series, a group of business students share with us how they gather momentum to help their female fellows approach the business world with confidence and fortitude.  Women in Business (WIB), one of HKUST’s newest associations for female students, was born out of necessity. Upon returning to Hong Kong in 2020 after an exchange trip abroad, Gillian DEL MUNDO (Global Business and Economics, 2021), found that the existing initiatives on campus lacked what she felt was needed to guide young women starting out in business. 

Our non-local students' stories will equip younger readers with valuable insights into making the most of university life

HKUST has launched the Comfort Paws Program to help students de-stress and refresh particularly during challenging times.

Defying circumstances and overcoming challenges, HKUST undergraduate Kevin LEUNG sets an example by winning himself an incredible 15 scholarships.

From a terminal heart failure patient to a university student, mentor, and public speaker, HKUST’s third-year business management student Krishna JHANGIANI (KJ) has hardly had a conventional study journey. Recently recognized by the Dean of Students’ Office for his community service, KJ is the embodiment of resilience, and determined to innovate to give himself and others a new lease of life. “It was like living in a bubble for 16 years and the bubble just popped,” KJ describes his near-death experience. From the massive smile that he is wearing, you would struggle to believe what he has been through.

The “Why HKUST?” series features students from three belt-and-road countries who stepped out of their comfort zone to embrace growth challenges at HKUST.

Unlike big tech corporations, tech SMEs or start-ups usually do not have dedicated resources to hire interns who are enthusiastic about innovation and technology. Yet, internships at big tech firms are highly competitive. To help bridge this gap, HKUST has joined the Hong Kong government’s STEM Internship Scheme, through which more than 300 HKUST students have secured internships -- the highest among all universities taking part.The Scheme, offered by the Innovation and Technology Commission to students from UGC-funded universities, aims to foster students’ interest in pursuing a career in IT after graduation to enlarge the local IT talent pool in the long run. 

Before the third wave of COVID-19 outbreak hit Hong Kong in mid-July, Ryan FUNG Kei-Ning, an HKUST Year 2 business student, along with staff of the Salvation Army Integrated Service for Street Sleepers, used to go on evening outreach trips to bring food and daily necessities to the homeless up to three times a week; recently, he has had to cut the number down to one.