Technology and Management International Business Plan Competition 2013 in South Africa
18 Dual Degree Program in Technology & Management students traveled to Johannesburg, South Africa, from 2 to 11 Jan 2013, to join students from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) and form mixed teams to conduct research on social and economic topics of South Africa in order to develop awareness in the global nature of business and a deeper understanding of important issues facing nations in the developing and developed world.
Students visited museums, local chamber of commerce, railway and port company, institutes of poverty and race relations etc. to experience firsthand some of the social, economic, political, and business challenges taking place in South Africa today.
They also had fun in the game reserve and marine world as well as enhancing South Africa culture immersion through interactions with local people.
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About The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (www.ust.hk) is a world-class research university that focuses on science, technology and business as well as humanities and social science. HKUST offers an international campus, and a holistic and interdisciplinary pedagogy to nurture well-rounded graduates with global vision, a strong entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinking. HKUST attained the highest proportion of internationally excellent research work in the Research Assessment Exercise 2014 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee, and is ranked as the world’s best young university in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2019. Its graduates were ranked 16th worldwide and top in Greater China in Global University Employability Survey 2018.
