At SBM, each new student is assigned a designated Academic Affairs and Advising Counselor (AAAC) and you may contact your AAAC for information on your academic plans, university academic regulations and policies, and to get connected to different resources available from the University. You will be informed who your designated AAAC is. Check out here for more information about student advising:

Yes, there are a lot of events and activities which you must attend or have the option to attend in order to learn more about the School and the University. For compulsory events organized by the School, please check here:

For events offered by the University, please take a look here: https://nso.hkust.edu.hk/enrichment-talks-tours-workshops. Some events are compulsory. So, please don’t miss them.

The Academic Advising Session is important for you to understand the curriculum, other academic related matters as well as essential information that you need to know before the term begins. Therefore, you are strongly advised to attend the designated session. If you cannot attend the designated session, please email bmug@ust.hk as soon as possible.

Most orientation camps (O’Camp) are organized by student societies. Joining O’Camp is optional and on a voluntary basis. You may feel free to join one or more.

Check here for the details: https://nso.hkust.edu.hk/orientation-welcome#student-led-orientation

All students are allowed to take up to 18 credits per regular term.

For credit loading policy, please click here: https://bmundergrad.hkust.edu.hk/academics/academic-planning/academic-regulations

Based on your pre-admission qualifications, the majority of students will follow one of the study pathways in the below link and be pre-enrolled in Business Core courses.

For more details, please refer to the following website: https://bmundergrad.hkust.edu.hk/academics/academic-planning/studypathways2627

No, you are not allowed to drop pre-enrolled courses as these courses are normally Business Core courses required by the curriculum. Dropping a pre-enrolled course may result in failing to meet the pre-requisite requirement for a subsequent course.

No, students are pre-enrolled in MATH1003 and MATH1013 based on pre-admission background. Students pre-enrolled in MATH1013 are not allowed to take MATH1003.

Yes, if students want to challenge themselves, those pre-enrolled in MATH1003 can switch to take a more advanced Calculus course such as MATH1013 to fulfill the Business Core requirement. However, please note that you may not be able to go back to MATH1003 after switching due to quota constraint, so you must consider thoroughly before changing. Contact your Academic Affairs and Advising Counselor (AAAC) for advice.

Do NOT enroll or transfer any course that is an exclusion to a required Business Core course. If you complete a course that is an exclusion to a required Business Core course, you may not be able to fulfil the degree requirements.

Examples of common course exclusions include:

• ECON1220 (exclusive to ECON2103 and ECON2113)
• ECON1221 (exclusive to ECON2123)
• COMP1001 (exclusive to ISOM2010)
• COMP1021, COMP1023 (exclusive to ISOM2020)
• SOSC1440 (exclusive to ECON2103, ECON2113/2123)
• FINA2203 (exclusive to FINA2303)
• CIVL2160, IEDA2520, IEDA2540, LIFS3150, MATH2411, MATH3423 (exclusive to ISOM2500)
• IEDA4100 (exclusive to ISOM2700)

Important Notes

• The above list is for reference only and is not exhaustive.
• Students are responsible for checking course exclusions before enrolling or transferring credits for a course.
• If you mistakenly enroll in a course that is an exclusion to a required Business Core course, you should drop the course as soon as possible within the add/drop period.
• For the most up-to-date exclusion information, please refer to the course description in the course catalog.

If you consider QFIN/MAEC/RMBI/DDP as one of the major choices, please read https://bmundergrad.hkust.edu.hk/academics/academic-planning/major-selections/major-selection for the MATH requirement of each program. If you are pre-enrolled in MATH1003, contact your Academic Affairs and Advising Counselor (AAAC) to switch to a more advanced Calculus course before the end of the add/drop period.

Students admitted through IB/GCEAL in 2024-25 and onward are automatically granted 6 credits on University Common Core in Broadening Area and 9 free elective credits. If any subjects taken in the public examination have met the transfer requirements for HKUST courses, the transfer will be done automatically and no application is required. However, if the record has not been updated on Student Information System (SIS) in the beginning of the term, please email ARgradSBM@ust.hk before the end of the add/drop period.

For students admitted in 2024-25 onwards, please note that there will be no credit transfer from either English or Chinese Communication courses from any public examination.

Please email ARO ARgradSBM@ust.hk ASAP for assistance.