Latest News

Because responding to COVID-19 has influenced everything we do in the past year, we decided to make it the theme of this year’s newsletter. One of our faculty members and one of our MSc students reflect upon how the pandemic affected teaching and exchange activities. We also report on research of our faculty on topics related to COVID-19, which highlights the leading role the Department is playing in deepening understanding of the economic and environmental impacts of the pandemic.

PARK and GARCIA-HERRERO explains the powerful effect of COVID-19 on emerging markets.

Congratulations to faculty receiving GRF grants from the Hong Kong Research Grants Council!

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our students who received the Dean’s List Award for Spring 2019-20. The Dean’s List recognizes students’ outstanding attainment in fall or spring term.

Program Coordinators acts as a bridge between students and the department and provide information on courses and career prospects to students and more. Effective July 1st, 2020, our new program coordinators are as follows, UG Coordinator Prof. Wooyoung LIM PG Coordinator Prof. Songnian CHEN Message to Students

Prof. Albert Park has been appointed as the Head of the Department of Economics.

June 18-19, 2019 | HKUST Main Campus