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Impact Lab celebrates its 10th anniversary
companies we worked with
2022 - 2023 impact data
STUDENTS
96
students received valuable real-life experiences and developed practical skills vital to today's workplace.
HOURS
11,520
hours have been dedicated by students to start and assist social businesses in scaling their impact.
PARTNERS
11
social impact organizations have partnered up with the Impact Lab course to provide meaningful opportunities to youth.
iNTERNATIONALIZATION
By giving students the opportunity to support social ventures - each committed to different Sustainable Development Goals - Impact Lab enables students to become global citizens. From their supervisors to their team members, students are given the opportunity to learn intercultural communication by being exposed to a diverse environment in gender, race, ethnicity, and culture.
Our students around the world
94
from
North
america
94
from
North
america
94
from
North
america
3
from
south
america
Our students around Asia
29
from
Oceania
169
from
Europe
5
from
Africa
833
from
Asia
3from
Western Asia
41from
Southeast Asia
3from
Central Asia
78from
South Asia
132STudents from
China (Mainland)
446STudents from
Hong Kong
14STudents from
Taiwan
38STudents from
South Korea
5STudents from
Japan
635 Students from East Asia
69%
Full-time
HKU Students
31%
Exchange
Students
iNTERDisciplinarity
The diverse areas of focus of our partner companies and the wide range of roles and responsibilities students are placed into, give Impact Lab its unique, interdisciplinary nature. This means the Course is relevant, practical, and value-added to students, regardless of their academic disciplines.
Multiple Faculties
Impact Lab students are from almost all of the faculties at HKU
53STudents from
The Faculty of Engineering
38STudents from
The Faculty of Arts
56STudents from
The Li Ka Shing Faculty of MEdicine
56STudents from
The Faculty of Social Sciences
798STudents from
HKU BUsiness School
Students from 9/10 Faculties
3STudents from
The Faculty of Architecture
36STudents from
The Faculty of Science
9STudents from
The Faculty of Education
9STudents from
The Faculty of Law
impact
aLUMNI tESTIMONIES
Impact Lab alumni have gone on to illustrious careers around the globe. Many have started their own
social impact organizations, landed in careers with a focus on social impact, or are driving impact from
within their private sector employers. These students have taken their learnings forward to empower
the next generation of youth and the broader community as responsible global citizens.
Vivian seo
Impact Lab alumna and current Project Manager at FSI (Ex-Goldman Sachs)
Impact Lab alumna and current Project Manager at FSI (Ex-Goldman Sachs)
Tomás Kessl
Impact Lab alumnus and currently Head of Strategy at EIDU (Ex-BCG)
Impact Lab alumna and current Project Manager at FSI (Ex-Goldman Sachs)
uNITED nATIONS sUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT gOALS
HKU has committed to respond purposefully to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) as stated in the HKU Vision 2016-2025. The Impact Lab course works with organizations that
are committed to different SDGs. This allows students and the Course to directly contribute to the
international agenda and make a positive impact. For instance:
24 Hour Race contributes to the SDGs by working towards the following goals: 10 Reduced Inequalities; 16 Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions; and 17 Partnerships for the Goals.
Migrasia, which works with migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong, contributes to the SDGs related to: 4 Quality Education; 10 Reduced Inequalities; 16 Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions; and 17 Partnerships for the Goals.
impact: Fighting covid-19
Impact Lab alumni have gone on to illustrious careers around the globe. Many have started their own
social impact organizations, landed in careers with a focus on social impact, or are driving impact from
within their private sector employers. These students have taken their learnings forward to empower
the next generation of youth and the broader community as responsible global citizens.
