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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology is offering more than 1,000 scholarships amounting to $31 million to outstanding students from across the world, including the Mainland, Taiwan and Macao. "Investing in the younger generation is one of the best investments a community can make. The offer of scholarships is an effective way to ensure that good students would not miss out on university education because of lack of means. Scholarships also enable our students to fully concentrate on their studies and campus life." said Prof Roland Chin, HKUST's Vice-President for Academic Affairs. In the coming academic year, over $10 million of scholarship has been set aside for the new intake of Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination students through JUPAS.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) today (Feb 9) kicked off its joint Corporate Project as part of its Dual Degree Program in Technology and Management (T&M) in tandem with its corporate partners and project sponsors, Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd and Sun Microsystems of California Ltd. (From left) Mr Steve Siu and Ms Betty Lin present a cheque to sponsor Corporate Project of HKUST Dual Degree Program in Technology and Management Mr Steve Siu and Ms Betty Lin pose for a photo with 16 HKUST T&M students participating in Corporate Project

I was quite a bad student until I found my passion.Having dreamed of working in the gaming industry from a young age, Prof. Kenneth LEUNG, Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at HKUST’s School of Engineering never thought he would become a professor one day, let alone winning a teaching award.  “I was quite a bad student until I went to college,” recounts the winner of the HKUST 2021 Common Core Teaching Excellence Award. “But then I discovered an interest in computer science and continued my studies in the graduate level. Before I realized, I became a teaching assistant (TA), and now, a professor at HKUST where I got my PhD.”  Expectations met Reality