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Impact Lab celebrates its 10th anniversary
companies we worked with
2023 - 2024 impact data
STUDENTS
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121​
students received valuable real-life experiences and developed practical skills vital to today's workplace.
HOURS
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13,960
hours have been dedicated by students to start and assist social businesses in scaling their impact.
PARTNERS
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40
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
194
from
Europe
94
from
North
america
94
from
North
america
94
from
North
america
3
from
south
america
29
from
Oceania
169
from
Europe
5
from
Africa
833
from
Asia
29
from
Oceania
923
from
asia
5from
Africa
5
from
South America
96
from
North america
From 65
Countries & Territories
Our students around Asia
4from
Western Asia
69from
Southeast Asia
5from
Central Asia
164STudents from
China (Mainland)
513STudents from
Hong Kong
16STudents from
Taiwan
52STudents from
South Korea
923
Students from East Asia
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91from
South Asia
9STudents from
Japan
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
77STudents from
The Faculty of Engineering
44STudents from
The Faculty of Arts
10STudents from
The Li Ka Shing Faculty of MEdicine
956STudents from
HKU BUsiness School
Students from 9/10 Faculties
9STudents from
The Faculty of Architecture
52STudents from
The Faculty of Science
9STudents from
The Faculty of Education
77STudents from
The Faculty of Social Sciences
18STudents from
The Faculty of Law
and
40 Different Majors
impact
Many Impact Lab alumni have started their social impact organizations, landed careers focused on social impact, or are driving impact from within their private sector employers. Our impact on youth empowerment and capacity building for under-resourced social impact organizations is widely acknowledged by the University Grants Committee and the 2023 Teaching Award it grants to Impact Lab’s instructor, David Bishop.
impact on Students
“Working with the Youth Empowerment group in FSI was a truly eye-opening experience that allowed me to understand the profound impact Impact Lab has on its students in creating brilliant leaders and change-makers for our future, and I myself aspire to be one of them.”
Laveen Rekhani, Spring 2024, FSI
“Through Impact Lab, I discovered that the most valuable lessons extended beyond accounting and finance. The experience provided me insights on the interconnectedness of different departments within FSI, as well as its commitment to facilitating social impact.”
Matt Jung, Spring 2024, FSI
Partner tESTIMONIES
"My Impact Lab experience brought me opportunities to interact with people from many diverse backgrounds with one thing in common that brought us all together: the love for art. Passion brings people closer despite our differences, and this is a valuable lesson."
Tonia Pao
Spring 2024, Gowld Art Centre
"The service trip to the Philippines was truly life-changing. I had never been to Iloilo before, and it made me aware of my biases. The experience taught me to dig deeper and explore lesser-known routes in all aspects of life. The biggest takeaway was gratitude. When visiting Soap Cycling partner schools, I saw how little the children had, and yet they were so happy. It made me appreciate what we have in Hong Kong."
Tzu-Hsin Kayla Lee
Spring 2024, Soap Cycling
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"Impact Lab provided a remarkable opportunity to break out of a bubble and truly immerse myself in a diverse and international community. It was a fun and exhilarating experience to interact with people from various cultures and backgrounds. The range of students in Impact Lab was incredibly diverse, and when we all got together in the workshops, it almost felt like we were transported beyond the borders of Hong Kong."
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Saha Sapnojit
Fall 2023, GREEN Hospitality
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.