College of Business
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CB honours outstanding achievements of PhD students


Four College of Business PhD students were awarded the PhD Student Research Excellence Award and PhD Student Teaching Excellence Award for the year 2015. The presentation ceremony was held on 14th December.

Prof Houmin Yan, Dean of the College of Business, and Dr Ye Lu, Director of the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Programme, presented the certificates and the cash awards to the awardees to thank for their contributions to the College. The two awards are established to recognise research and teaching excellence among PhD students in the College. They aim to encourage students in pursuit of high quality research and motivate them to strive for their best in teaching.
Our warmest congratulations to this year’s awardees:

The College PhD Student Research Excellence Award

  • Wenping Zhang, Department of Information Systems
  • Zhenzhen Zhang, Department of Management Sciences

The College PhD Student Teaching Excellence Award

  • Ke Wang, Department of Accountancy
  • Alexandra Kalinina, Department of Management

About PhD Programme

The College of Business PhD Programme aims to provide advanced education and training to nurture students who can 1) contribute to the advancement of knowledge through independent and original research; 2) demonstrate specialist subject knowledge and a high level of transferable skills, including analytical, communication and leadership skills; and 3) enhance economic, social and cultural development of society.

To learn more about the PhD programme, please visit website.