HKUST In The Media

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.

In an interview with HK Commercial Daily, CSE Chair Prof. JIA Jiaya, also SmartMore's founder, shared insights for tech companies seeking investment from Hong Kong Investment Corporation Limited (HKIC) and expressed optimism about HK's I&T sector. 

A joint research team comprising members from HKUST and Kuaishou Technology has proposed the EvoSearch (evolutionary search) technology, which significantly enhances the quality of model generation by increasing computational power during inference. 

SOSC/PPOL Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN commented on an article on global declining fertility rates that it was the first time that the UN has taken such a strong stance on low fertility issues, adding that low fertility, population ageing, population stagnation were used as an excuse to justify nationalist, anti-migrant policies and gender conservative policies. 

A research team from ISD has developed an AI-assisted 3D food printing solution with the use of generative algorithms and computer programs.

HKUST's Institute for Financial Research (IFR) Asst. Director TANG Bo pointed out that stablecoins have become a key infrastructure supporting the on-chain financial ecosystem and payment systems.

PPOL Assoc. Prof. Alex HE Jingwei identified healthcare access as the biggest challenge for HK retirees in Mainland China and proposed that the government take five measures to address their needs, including enhancing the portability of welfare benefits and developing long-term care insurance.

HKUST said it has extended admission offers to two Harvard postgraduate students—one from Mainland China and the other from Pakistan.

In a CCTV program, URAO Director Prof. Emily NASON revealed that the University plans to admit 250 mainland students through the national college entrance examination (Gaokao) this year.