Hong Kong, HK · 12 months · class of 94
HKU MBA: cost, salary and payback
A one-year Hong Kong MBA where 60% of the class are women and 94% of graduates stay in Asia, for HK$834,000 with living costs.
Paid back after graduation in
salary not published
Total cost $196,271
| Tuition and fees, whole program | $82,570 |
| Living budget | $23,701 |
| Salary given up, 12 months | $90,000 |
| Total cost | $196,271 |
| Salary after: salary | not published |
US dollars at the ECB rate of the last update. Raises of 5% a year with the MBA and 3% without, discounted at 5%, before tax. How this is calculated.
Fees and budget read on October 13, 2026 · employment: Class of 2024 & 2025 (school standard) · Built by Radif Partners · Method
- Tuition and fees
- HK$648,000
- Total cost, salary given up included
- n/a
- Salary
- not published
- Payback, reference person
- not computable
The HKU full-time MBA charges a composition fee of HK$648,000 for its 12-month program, about $82,570 at the ECB rate, and the school's monthly estimate for a single student in Hong Kong adds HK$186,000 over a year, for HK$834,000 before any salary you give up. What this page cannot give is a total cost for a person earning $90,000 or a payback date: HKU publishes no graduate salary on its career pages, so there is nothing to set the cost against, and our ranking leaves the school out except by region. The employment figures the school does publish pool two classes, those of 2024 and 2025, and they are clear on one point: 94% of graduates work in Asia, and finance is the first destination at 42%. The class itself is unusual, with 60% women and 94% of students from outside Hong Kong. Part of the year is spent abroad, at a partner school that depends on the track chosen.
A class where women are the majority
HKU has the second highest share of women of the 61 schools on this site that publish one, 60%. The school labels its profile as covering the classes of 2026 and 2027 and gives 94 students; it does not publish an average age, years of experience or a test score median, so the profile table on this page is short. 94% of the class come from outside Hong Kong.
The year is not spent entirely in Hong Kong. After most of the year on the HKU campus, students move for the last few months to a partner school, which can be London Business School, Columbia, Peking University or Fudan depending on the track. The school's budget of HK$186,000 assumes 12 months of Hong Kong living costs; for the months abroad the school publishes different monthly estimates, and London or New York rents can lift the real figure.
A fee or a salary in US dollars
In US dollars
$111,880
| 1 EUR | $1.119 |
ECB reference rate of October 13, 2026. Prices on the ground do not follow exchange rates one for one.
What the career page says, and what it leaves out
Finance and banking hired 42% of the pooled classes, technology 18%, and consulting 9%. By job function, Sales & BD was the largest at 26%, and 7% of graduates are listed as entrepreneurs, a group whose income no salary survey would capture well. Because the two classes are pooled, the shares describe roughly two years of hiring rather than one. The named employers mix banks, technology firms and advisory firms: Airwallex, Alibaba, Bank of America, Boston Consulting Group, Citi and DBS Bank. On the page itself, the headings of the industry and function charts appear swapped; we assigned each chart by its content.
No salary is published for either class, and the employment rate shown on the page gives no time window, so it does not enter the table above. Our ranking for working in Asia, which counts the share placed there, puts HKU 4 of 18. To estimate a payback, type the salary you expect after the degree in the calculator at the top; HKUST, the other Hong Kong school on this site with a full page, charges HK$600,000 for a 16-month program and has the same gap in its salary data.
HKU: where the class went
Share of the class
9%
| Salary reported | not published |
| Graduates, about | 8 |
| Payback with that salary | n/a |
Reference person earning $90,000 before the MBA.
Where HKU stands in our rankings
- #4 of 18 · Working in Asia
Our fit score, reference person earning $90,000 before the MBA (method). Third-party rankings play no part in it. For reference, HKU was ranked 33 in the FT Global MBA 2026.
What the HKU MBA costs
| Item | HKD, and US dollars |
|---|---|
| Tuition, whole program | HK$648,000 $82,570 |
| Living budget, whole program | HK$186,000 $23,701 |
HKU graduates by industry
| Industry, as the school names it | Share | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Banking & Finance | 42% | not published |
| Tech & Telcom, Innovation & AI | 18% | not published |
| Nonprofit, Government, NGOs, Education | 11% | not published |
| Advisor, Professional & Business Consulting | 9% | not published |
| Travel & Hospitality + Media, Entertainment & Communications + RE, Construction & Engineering | 9% | not published |
| Manufacturing & Supply Chain & Logistics | 5% | not published |
| Consumer Products, FMCG, Retail | 4% | not published |
| Energy, Utilities & ESG | 1% | not published |
| Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals | 1% | not published |
Where HKU graduates went to work
| Region | Share | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| US (North America) | 4% | not published |
| Europe | 2% | not published |
| Asia | 94% | not published |
HKU graduates by job function
| Function | Share | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Sales & BD | 26% | not published |
| Finance | 22% | not published |
| AI, Data Analytics, BI, Tech & Engineering | 9% | not published |
| Consulting & Strategy | 7% | not published |
| Entrepreneur | 7% | not published |
| Marketing, PR & Communications | 6% | not published |
| General Management | 5% | not published |
| Accounting & Auditing | 5% | not published |
| Operations / Supply Chain | 5% | not published |
| HR & Admin | 4% | not published |
| Product Management | 3% | not published |
| Others | 1% | not published |
Employers named by HKU
Airwallex · Alibaba · Bank of America · Boston Consulting Group · Citi · DBS Bank · EY · HSBC · J.P. Morgan · KPMG · Morgan Stanley · Salesforce · Pfizer · JD · Jardine Matheson
Names only: the school gives no hire counts.
The HKU class
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| International students | 94% |
| Women | 60% |
| Class size | 94 |
Not published by HKU in the documents we read: a graduate salary. We leave these blank rather than fill them with an estimate.