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Our latest endeavors are creating positive change in a dynamic global environment.

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Medical Education

HKUST Submits Proposal for Hong Kong’s Third Medical School

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) submitted its formal proposal to the government today for the establishment of Hong Kong’s third medical school, an important initiative h

2025-03-17

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HKUST Hosts Memorial Service in Memory of Founding President Prof. Chia-Wei WOO (Chinese Version Only)

香港科技大學（科大）今日下午於逸夫演藝中心舉行追思會，悼念創校校長吳家瑋教授。近500名包括駐港聯絡辦代表、多家大學校長與高層管理人員，科大校董會及顧問委員會成員，以及現任與退休教職員、校友、學生及吳校長親友出席儀式，另有眾多海內外人士收看網上直播，共同緬懷吳校長對科大、以至香港高等教育的傑出貢獻。

2025-03-19

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Drones, Robotics

Government Launches Regulatory Sandbox Pilot Projects at HKUST

The Government announced today (March 20) the list of the first batch of low-altitude economy (LAE) Regulatory Sandbox pilot projects, which will be rolled out progressively, to enable members of t

2025-03-20

HKUST Leads the Pack

Rankings

Our international accolades

# 3

World’s Top 600+ Young Universities

in Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2024

# 24

Global Employability University Ranking 2025

No. 1 in Hong Kong, No. 3 in Greater China

Designed by the HR consultancy Emerging and published by Times Higher Education

# 12

Asia’s Top 700+ Universities

No. 3 in Hong Kong, No. 9 in Greater China

in Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2024

Facts and Figures

1800 +

Active HKUST Start-up Companies

Established by HKUST staff, students and alumni or incubated by HKUST programs or facilities

27 %

of Faculty Members

World’s Top 2% Scientists

Stanford University 2023

Patent Influence Metric

# 1

in China

# 33

Globally

Nature’s Leading 200 academic institutions
Patent Influence Metric published in 2022

10

Unicorn Start-Ups

Valued at >US$1 billion

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HKUST Launches Hong Kong’s First Division of Arts and Machine Creativity Blending Technology and Humanities to Nurture Talents for Creative Industries

HKUST Launches Redbird Innovation Fund

HKGAI Debuts Cutting Edge AI Projects at InnoEx 2024

HKUST Introduces Asia’s First “AI Lecturers” in Class to Promote Teaching Innovation

HKUST's InvestLM: Hong Kong's First Open-Source Large Language Model for Financial Generative AI Applications

HKUST Launches Hong Kong's First Higher Ed Satellite

HKUST to Host World Economic Forum’s First Leadership Development Program in Greater China on Artificial Intelligence for Young Global Leaders

HKUST and Wisers Launch Hong Kong’s First Forward-looking Tourism Index Supporting Tourism Recovery with AI-Powered Predictive Model

Awards & Recognitions

Celebrating the excellence of the HKUST talents.

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Prof. Qiming SHAO

Assistant Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Department of Physics

Prof. SHAO and the research team introduce Novel Cryogenic In-Memory Computing Scheme to Bridge AI with Quantum Computing Content Banner

Prof. Qiming SHAO

Assistant Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Department of Physics

Petscast - Marco Man Ho CHAN, Chit Kit YIP, Yui Cheung YU, Hei Lam KONG, Chun Yat CHAN

School of Business and Management, School of Engineering (SENG)

Hong Kong Techathon+ 2025 - Silver Award in Trusted AI Data Science category (Student Group)

Petscast - Marco Man Ho CHAN, Chit Kit YIP, Yui Cheung YU, Hei Lam KONG, Chun Yat CHAN

School of Business and Management, School of Engineering (SENG)

WONG Sum Yi

Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management (Hong Kong Artistic Cycling Team)

The UCI Bohemia Open 2025 at Prague on 2 March - Champion in Single Women Elite event

WONG Sum Yi

Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management (Hong Kong Artistic Cycling Team)

Ashleigh MA Ying Wen

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

The 63rd USFHK Athletic Meet - Champion in Womens 400m (set the new USFHK record with 56.33 seconds)

Ashleigh MA Ying Wen

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

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