Hong Kong SAR China
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Asia-Pacific Part-time MBA (Digital MBA) / DiMBA
HKUST’s Digital MBA (DiMBA) is the part-time online mode of its MBA, normally two years, with live virtual classes. Students must attend an opening immersion week in Hong Kong and a study week in the second year; other campus electives are optional. The 2025–26 catalogue lists the programme fee as HK$490,000.
The school’s page presented this as a current program. Last checked 2026-10-27. Confirm the details with the school before you apply.
- Country of the award
- Hong Kong SAR China
- Delivery
- Online with required residency
- Residency
- Required
- Duration
- 2 years (normative)
- Language
- English
- Tuition
- HK$490,000 published total tuition
- Admissions test
- GMAT or GRE rule not published
- Business school
- HKUST Business School
Overview
- Official award title
- Asia-Pacific Part-time MBA (Digital MBA) / DiMBA
- University
- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Business school or department
- HKUST Business School
- Awarding institution
- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Awarding note
- Degree-awarding institution recorded as the university that publishes the program. Parchment wording was not separately photographed.
- Country of the award
- Hong Kong SAR China
- Location recorded
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China
- Executive MBA label
- Not labeled executive
- Named pathways
- No named specialization. This can still be a general MBA.
Study format and residency
- Delivery
- Online with required residency. Official MBA site: live virtual classes, optional face-to-face electives, and required in-person attendance for an immersion week in Hong Kong at the start and a study week in the second year. 2025–26 catalogue: part-time online, normative duration 2 years, programme fee HK$490,000, same admissions and graduation requirements as the face-to-face part-time MBA.
- Intensity
- Part-time
- Duration
- 2 years (normative)
- Teaching languages
- English
- Language requirement
- Not extracted. Catalogue says DiMBA has the same admissions requirements as the part-time face-to-face MBA; those requirements were not opened.
- Live or asynchronous
- Live and asynchronous
- Mandatory residency
- Yes
- Residency detail
- Required immersion week in Hong Kong at the start and a study week in year 2. Other face-to-face electives are optional.
- Intakes
- Current intake not confirmed
Admissions
- Previous degree
- Admission requirements not published
- GMAT or GRE
- GMAT or GRE rule not published
- Test detail
- Not on the pages reviewed. Catalogue says admissions requirements match the face-to-face part-time MBA.
- Geographic eligibility
- Designed so students can join from anywhere, with required weeks in Hong Kong.
Tuition and funding
- Published tuition
- HK$490,000 published total tuition
- Fee notes
- Year: 2025-26 HK$490,000 is the programme fee in the 2025–26 postgraduate catalogue entry for DiMBA. A 2026–27 fee was not opened.
Accreditation
- Accreditation
- No accreditation is listed on this profile. That does not mean the school is unrecognized.
- Outcomes
- No salary or employment figure is published here. This directory does not estimate outcomes.
Sources
- HKUST Digital MBA · checked 2026-10-27
- 2025-26 catalogue: DiMBA fee and mode · checked 2026-10-27