One more UIC undergraduate courses recognised as provincial first class

UIC owns four courses that the Department of Education of Guangdong has selected as the provincial first-class undergraduate courses. They are Optimisation, Introduction to Robotics, Principles of Macroeconomics, and Machine Learning. To date, two FBM courses have been recognised as provincial first class.Principles of Macroeconomics is a core course of all UIC's Faculty of Business and Managem...

2023/12/13

Champions! UICers triumph in HKICPA Business Case Competition

UIC students of the Faculty of Business and Management formed two teams and participated in the final round of the HKICPA Business Case Competition. One emerged as the Champions, whose leader Chen Xixi was named the Best Presenter, while the other was ranked as the Merit team. The championship winners were Chen Dingyu, Zhou Ruoyi and Bai Zhidan, led by Chen Xixi.Championship-winning teamMerit t...

2023/12/12

[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...

2023/12/01

Conference on Transport and Supply Chain Resilience and Digital Transformation

Group photo of conference participantsOn the highly anticipated day of November 15th, 2023, UIC hosted top academics from across Mainland of China and Hong Kong SAR of China for the “Conference on Transport and Supply Chain Resilience and Digital Transformation”. Experts and scholars gathered to share and discuss cutting-edge research and findings on the topic, with the added benefits of netw...

2023/11/20

Career Talk for Accounting Students | Seeking the Simplest Truth: Essence and Uniqueness

On November 8, 2023, the Department of Accounting (DAcc) invited Ms. Cathy to deliver a career talk titled "Seeking the Simplest Truth: Essence and Uniqueness".To open the career talk, Dr. Anthony LIU, head of DAcc, introduced Ms. Cathy LUO, the guest speaker. Ms. LUO is the manager of the Geguzhai Art Fund and an ACCA member. Previously served as Financial Accountant, Senior Director of Fund M...

2023/11/13

UIC gold-prize winners to represent Guangdong in national competition

UIC organised a provincial-level English speaking contest for college students on 28 October, 4 November and 5 November 2023. Three UIC students won the gold prize and would later represent Guangdong in the national competition.The competition comprised several sessions, including speaking, writing, reading, translation and interpretation, attracting more than 90 thousand college students’ par...

2023/11/10

Event Report | FBM Discussion Forum

In the UIC Council Chamber on November 2, 2023, FBM hosted leaders from the Treaty One Nation, based in Manitoba, Canada, for a discussion forum titled: “Opportunities Brought by the Largest Urban Reserved Economic Development Zone in Canada to Community, Students, and Entrepreneurs.”Treaty One Nation leaders and FBM faculty gather in UIC’s Council Chamber01Introduction of Treaty One NationT...

2023/11/06

Research Seminar | The Evolution of Economic Theory: Navigating Uncertainty and Compound Risk

On September 27, 2023, Dr. Zhihua Li, an Associate Professor at the Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (UIC) gave an FBM internal research seminar at FBM T1-302. Dr. Li’s academic journey spans multiple continents, delivered an enlightening seminar that delved into the fascinating realm of behavioural economics. Her talk, titled "The Evolution o...

2023/10/23