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2026

HKUST Strengthens AI Partnership with the Shenzhen Loop Area Institute
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HKUST Strengthens AI Partnership with the Shenzhen Loop Area Institute (Chinese Version Only)
深圳河套學院代表團於香港科技大學35周年校慶啟動禮期間到訪港科大,並與大學管理層及學術領導就人工智能領域的合作方向進行深入交流。

2022

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HKUST(GZ) Celebrates its Opening Today
HKUST and HKUST(GZ) will cultivate more future-oriented innovative talents and pioneer a new direction in the higher education sector.
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HKUST2.0 to Drive Complementary and Collaborative Development of Its Hong Kong and Guangzhou Campuses
Students of HKUST and HKUST(GZ) can take courses offered by both campuses, with credits mutually recognized and automatically transferable.
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Greater Bay Area, University Development, Innovation
HKUST(GZ) Formally Established
On June 29, 2022, the Ministry of Education announced that it had approved the establishment of (HKUST(GZ)).

2020

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Transportation, Artificial Intelligence
HKUST Signs Cooperative Agreement with Guangzhou Metro to Nurture Talents in Intelligent Transportation
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Guangzhou Metro Group Co. Ltd. (Guangzhou Metro) have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly nurture HKUST postgraduate (PG) students into experts of intelligent transportation. Read more about relevant research: HKUST Intelligent Transportation Systems Laboratory
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Greater Bay Area, Education, University Development
Expanding Frontiers, Converging Minds
HKUST(GZ) fosters cross-disciplinary pursuits with its unique academic structure.

2019

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University Development, Greater Bay Area, Innovation, Research
HKUST(GZ)’s Preparatory Status Approved by the State Ministry of Education
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has started a new chapter as The State Ministry of Education (MoE) has approved its application for proceeding to establish The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) (HKUST (GZ)). The new campus will synergize with and maintain the same academic standard as that of its Clear Water Bay (CWB) counterpart.  HKUST (GZ) will nurture talent and facilitate collaboration amongst Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area (GBA) and beyond on education, research and commercialization, while strengthening knowledge transfer to bridge Hong Kong’s gap in high-tech manufacturing.
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Fintech, Research and Technology
HKUST and WeBank Launch First HK-Guangdong Joint Laboratory in Banking
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and WeBank Co. Ltd (WeBank) have established the HKUST-WeBank Joint Laboratory to nurture talent and explore cutting-edge technologies.  Leveraging on both parties’ advantages in research and knowledge transfer in the Greater Bay Area (GBA), the joint lab will collaborate on areas spanning artificial intelligence (AI), big data, blockchain as well as financial and regulatory technologies. This collaboration also serves as a high-level collaborative innovation platform for enterprises, universities and research institutes to promote knowledge transfer under the GBA Development Framework.