Alumni Stories-Faculty of Business and Management

[People of UIC] Meet Jia Fan: Innovative entrepreneur

Rob Jia Fan, a 2014 UIC Accounting graduate, has been listed in the 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 as well as Hurun China Under 30s To Watch 2019. He is the founder and CEO of Beeplus, a business that designs and provides exquisite co-working space. This year, Jia Fan’s company has established a Beeplus scholarship to support UIC students.Jia Fan is selected by Forbes for their under 30 China ListBor...

[People of UIC] Meet Xia Qing: From UIC to DPhil in Oxford with full scholarship

Xia Qing, from Shenzhen, graduated from the Accounting Programme of UIC in 2019. In March 2021, she was delighted to get admission for a DPhil in Management (Accounting) from the University of Oxford, along with a full scholarship. Xia QingWhen she graduated from high school six years ago, Xia Qing had no idea that one day she would walk into the world's top academy and pursue her dreams. At th...

[People of UIC] Zhao Chengyu: Poised for advanced economics study at UChicago

Zhao Chengyu, a student of UIC's Faculty of Business and Management, has received an offer to study in the Master of Arts Programme in Social Sciences – Economics at the University of Chicago. Zhao has a strong interest in economics and appreciates that UIC's curriculum aligns well with international standards, and values UIC's unique liberal arts education that focuses on interdisciplinary st...

[People of UIC] FBM graduates explore business world and beyond

With passion and ambition, students of the Faculty of Business and Management are ready to set sail for their further study.Han Yutong, a student of Department of Finance and Economics, has secured an offer from the National University of Singapore.Her unique study method using mind maps and study plans has contributed to her outstanding academic records. With outstanding performance, she won n...

[People of UIC] Xiao Jiacheng: Journey to full-scholarship PhD in Edinburgh

Xiao Jiacheng is a UIC student from the class of 2015 of the Applied Economics Programme. After graduating from the University of Edinburgh with a master's and a doctoral degree in Economics, he is employed by the Alibaba Group as a Data Scientist.Xiao JiachengXiao chose UIC for its international education environment. During the four years, he not only laid a solid foundation in expert knowled...

[People of UIC] Feng Yefei: UIC undergraduate on direct path to NTU PhD

Receiving multiple offers from world elite universities and colleges, Feng Yefei, a fourth-year student of UIC's Management of Human Resources Programme of the Faculty of Business and Management (FBM), chooses the Nanyang Technological University PhD programme with a full scholarship for her further study.Feng YefeiFeng said she had planned for her further study early on and started to prepare ...

[People of UIC] UIC students in the "Big Four"

"Big Four" refers to four well-known accounting firms: Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC), Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (Deloitte), KPMG, and Ernst & Young (EY). According to UIC's Career Development Office, more than 100 UIC undergraduates have been admitted by the "Big Four".Ching Ka-Lok at PwC: Move forward and broaden the horizonWhen studying at UIC, Ching Ka-Lok set the goal to work in "Big...

[People of UIC] Meet Chen Junzhe: Competing with myself

Four years ago, when Chen Junzhe graduated from high school, he was perceived as someone shy. Before entering UIC, one of his teachers said to him, "You should express yourself confidently."Now, Chen Junzhe has completed his four years of studies at UIC. In response to his teacher's encouragement, he has changed into a positive and hard-working person. This September, he is going to continue pu...