HKUST In The Media

In the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings for 2025, HKUST ranked 19th globally and 6th in Asia, maintaining its top position among universities in HK and mainland China for the second consecutive year.

Seven projects of HKUST have secured funding in the second round of the Innovation and Technology Commission’s (ITC) Research, Academic and Industry Sectors One-plus (RAISe+) Scheme.

In an interview, CIVL Prof. SU Hui revealed that HKUST is participating in the development of the world's first high-precision carbon dioxide and methane synergistic observatory payload, which is scheduled to be sent to the space station next April.

HKUST and Baiwang Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement to jointly develop financial intelligent agent and macroeconomic modeling, aiming to create a "data brain for the AI era" and drive innovation in financial decision-making and macroeconomic forecasting paradigms.

In an article on private equity outpacing banks in the scramble for graduate talents, Raymond XIAO, Head of SBM’s MSc CPD, was quoted as saying that front-office roles remain limited and employers are becoming more selective.

CSE Chair Prof. JIA Jiaya, also SmartMore's founder, presented their fast-selling smart quality control machine, which has inspected more than 2 billion products in three years.

HKUST hosted its third "Unicorn Day" last Friday, showcasing innovations from over 100 startups nurtured by the University.

Provost Prof. GUO Yike, also Director of HKGAI, delivered a keynote speech at the second Innovation and Technology leadership series thematic seminar co-organized by the Digital Policy Office (DPO) and the Civil Service College (CSC), introducing the homegrown large language model "HKGAI V1" developed by HKGAI and its applications. 

HKUST Business School is among the 11 top-rated institutions in the Positive Impact Rating (PIR) 2025 Report, earning a Level 5 rating and recognized as “Pioneering Schools”. 

In an article on students emerging as bargaining chip in China-US trade talks in London this week, SOSC Prof. Emeritus David ZWEIG, who is also the author of The War for Chinese Talent in America: The Politics of Technology and Knowledge in Sino-US Relations, noted students become a key mechanism for tech transfer.

The HKUST team won the second runner-up prize at the 2025 "CEIBS INNOVATEChina x Michelin: Global Innovation Challenge", which was held last Sunday featuring teams from more than 20 global business schools. 

HKUST has developed the Pore Unit Assembly-Discrete Element Model (PUA-DEM), which can accurately predict the flow of granular materials.  The model can precisely forecast natural disasters such as landslides and floods.