# Rankings & Accreditation

**Source**: https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/rankings-accreditation
**Parent**: https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/

Program / Area

Rankings

Young University Ranking

World’s No 1 by Times Higher Education (2018-2020)

Positive Impact Rating

The only institution in Hong Kong holding the highest "Pioneering School" level rating (2023, 2025)

Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA Program

World’s No 1 by Financial Times (2007, 2009-13, 2016-18, 2020, 2022-23)

MBA Program

Asia's No 1 by Bloomberg Businessweek (2023-2024, 2024-2025)

World Top 20 for 13 times by Financial Times (2008-2020)

Research

Asia’s No 1 by The UTD Top 100 Business School Research Rankings (2005-2023)

### AACSB Accredited

One of the world's major quality review system for business and management schools, AACSB accredition represent a school’s overall quality, viability and commitment to improvement. [Learn More](http://www.aacsb.edu/about)

### EQUIS Accredited

The HKUST Business School was one of the first business schools in Asia to be accredited by EQUIS back in 2000, underlining our longstanding pledge to quality improvement. [Learn More](https://www.efmdglobal.org/about-efmd-global/)