Reading Week Lecture 7: AE experience sharing session

On the afternoon of April 8, 2022, the Division of Business and Management and the Applied Economics Academic Society jointly held an experience sharing session. Four outstanding senior students from the Applied Economics programme (Ms. Yuxing YAO, Mr. Lei QIN, Mr. Yipeng CHEN, and Mr. Ruijian WANG) were invited to share their life and study experiences at UIC with the audience. Dr. Darren WENG...

2022/04/25

Reading Week Lecture 8: Embrace the changes, and move with the tides

On the evening of April 8, Ms. Lin Shijing, the UIC alumni and investment director of CRRC, brought an alumni sharing session with the theme of "Embrace the changes, and move with the tides" to UIC students. Ms. Lin ShijingMs. Lin shared her work experience in auditing, investment and investment banking with students. She encouraged students to adapt to the industry, the economic environment an...

2022/04/25

Talk on Increasing Students’ Engagement in Class Activities via Perusall

In a talk held by DBM in T1-302-R1 on March 9, 2022, Dr. Henni Appelgryn shared his experience on “Increasing Students’ Engagement in Class Activities via Perusall” with DBM staff members. The talk aimed to provide support for teachers to enhance learning experiences for students.Dr. Henni Appelgryn was speakingDr. Henni Appelgryn started the talk by introducing Perusall. Perusall is a socia...

2022/03/21

Experts and scholars on fintech and digital economy

The China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (CSIAM) Activity Group on Financial Technology and Algorithm (planned) held the first annual meeting at UIC on 8-9 January 2022. More than 1,600 experts from academia and the industry participated in the meeting online or on-site.The event aimed to promote the theoretical development and application practice of data science, artificial in...

2022/01/13

UIC students shine at HKICPA Business Case Competition

At the 2021 HKICPA Business Case Competition final held in Guangzhou on 27 November, two UIC teams won the first and second runners-up. In addition, Yu Zhiyao, from the First Runner-up prize-winning team, won the Best Presenter.The HKICPA Business Case Competition has welcomed tertiary students with diverse educational backgrounds to compete. Under the guidance of Ms Claudia Chow, four second-y...

2021/12/21

Yu Dan – Out to the world with Chinese roots

At the High Table Dinner held by the Division of Business and Management on 1 December, Prof Yu Dan was invited to give a speech as a high table guest.Prof Yu Dan is a renowned scholar and professor of media studies at Beijing Normal University.In her speech, Prof Yu said that students should form their values and find their cognitive drive during college days. When one sees passion, one is uns...

2021/12/20

Students show creativity in short video competition

UIC held an award ceremony for the second short video competition on 8 December.  The contest was sponsored by the Division of Business and Management (DBM) and the 15th Executive Committee of the Student Union. A total of 61 short video works made by 185 students were submitted to the competition, with 11 pieces winning awards.President Tang Tao said in his speech that the contest provides a g...

2021/12/16

Guangdong endorses three UIC undergraduate programmes in first class list

Since 2020, three UIC undergraduate programmes have been rated the provincial first-class programmes by the Department of Education of Guangdong. They have been Applied Economics, Computer Science and Technology, and Statistics.Applied EconomicsThe UIC Applied Economics (AE) programme nurtures analytical thinkers and rigorous problem-solvers. The AE curriculum helps students dissect managerial ...

2021/12/13