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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

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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.

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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.

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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)

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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

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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.

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