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Invaluable to modern society, refrigeration faces challenges from traditional vapor-compression systems, which are energy-intensive and employ refrigerants that exacerbate the greenhouse effect and damage the ozone layer. Addressing this, a research team from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has unveiled the world’s first zero-degradation elastocaloric cooling device.
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) welcomed H.E. Mr. Abdulla Nigmatovich ARIPOV, Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, for an official campus visit on September 10, 2026, making HKUST the sole university included in his Hong Kong itinerary.
HKUST Leads the Pack
Rankings
Our international accolades
QS World University Rankings 2027
No. 20 Globally, No. 1 in Hong Kong
in Times Higher Education Sustainability Impact Ratings 2026
Global Employability University Ranking 2026
No. 1 in Hong Kong, No. 3 in Greater China
Designed by the HR consultancy Emerging and published by Times Higher Education
Facts and Figures
Active HKUST Start-up Companies
Founded/co-founded by HKUST students, alumni, staff or incubated by HKUST programs or facilities
of Faculty Members
World’s Top 2% Scientists
Stanford University 2025
Patent Influence Metric
Nature’s Leading 200 academic institutions
Patent Influence Metric published in 2022
Unicorn Start-Ups
Valued at >US$1 billion
Ms. WANG Xiaoqing
AIS Best Research Award 2025/26 - Merit Prize (Clear Water Bay Campus category)
Ms. WANG Xiaoqing
Icebird - Kong Chi Yuen Jimmy, Jiang Kit Hoi Ivan, Shah Dhairya Pankaj, and Ma Zheng Qing Isaac
1st Runner-Up at HKCERT Capture The Flag 2025
Icebird - Kong Chi Yuen Jimmy, Jiang Kit Hoi Ivan, Shah Dhairya Pankaj, and Ma Zheng Qing Isaac
ZHAO Chen
Awardee of Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship
ZHAO Chen
Prof. Jidong ZHAO
Springer Nature’s Editor of Distinction Award and Acta Geotechnica Best Paper Award
Prof. Jidong ZHAO
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