香港中文大學

The Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management was established in the year 1991 (in the name of Department of Systems Engineering) as the first of its kind in tertiary educational institutions in Hong Kong. In August the same year, the Department was one of the 4 founding departments of the newly established Faculty of Engineering.

Our goal is to develop novel analytic models and artificial intelligence techniques to derive managerial insights for optimal decision-making in complex environments.

To achieve the goal, the Department conducts innovative research with focus on Financial Engineering and FinTech, Information Systems, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Operations Research, and Service Engineering.

Service Engineering and Management: develop quantitative decision-making tools and methodologies for smooth, agile and resilient operations in data-intensive service systems such as finance, healthcare and logistics.

Major pillars of the Hong Kong economy are related to services such as finance, professional services, medicine, education and logistics. Those service systems are complex systems in which specific arrangements of people and technologies take actions that provide value for others. Systems are designed and built to provide and sustain services, yet because of their complexity and size, operations do not always go smoothly, and all interactions and results cannot be anticipated. As a result, systems engineers are trained to develop quantitative decision-making tools and methodologies for smooth, agile and resilient operations in data-intensive service systems such as finance, healthcare, and logistics.

To lead in today’s rapidly-changing world, systems engineers need to have strong quantitative and interdisciplinary training. Our graduates work in a wide range of industries, such as telecommunications, entertainment, finance, fast moving consumer goods, healthcare, logistics, manufacturing, semiconductors, sports, travel, and transportation. They have pursued successful careers in entrepreneurship, consulting, investment banking, enterprise management, financial analysis, government policy analysis, industrial research, line management, product development, project management, strategic planning, and university teaching and research.