News & Stories

2014

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Global Employability, International, Student Development
HKUST Ranks 16th Worldwide in Latest Global Survey on Employability of Graduates
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has risen two places to rank #16 in the high-profile annual Global Employability University Survey and Ranking this year, as reported by the New York Times.  HKUST remains No. 1 in Greater China.
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Innovation, Engineering, Student Development, Undergraduate
HKUST Students Win National Aircraft Design Competition
Five undergraduate students from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) came second among 153 teams – comprising mostly postgraduate students and profes
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EMBA, Education, International
Kellogg-HKUST EMBA Ranks No.2 in the World
The Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA (EMBA) program maintains its world’s leading position and has been ranked No. 2 in this year’s Financial Times EMBA Ranking.
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Science
HKUST scientists are listed as the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds
Three distinguished professors from the University attended a luncheon on October 15 to receive awards as the top scientists in the globe by Thomson Reuters for their outstanding research achievements.
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International, Engineering
HKUST Professor Wins Hong Kong’s First Calvin W Rice Lecture Award
Prof Ricky Shi-wei Lee, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Director of Center for Advanced Microsystems Packaging (CAMP) at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) was selected as the winner
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Award, Sustainability, Business, International
Inspiration to Go Green 
The team “EnerBy” from HKUST won the energy management company Schneider Electric’s Global Business Case Challenge “Go Green in the City 2014” that was held in Paris from 17-21 June 2014.
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International, Engineering
HKUST Environmental Engineering Professor Becomes the First Hong Kong Scholar Elected as an Academician of European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Professor Irene Lo of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has been elected as an Academician (Technical and Environmental Sciences) of the European Academy of Sciences a
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Social Science, International
HKUST Social Science Professor wins Barrington Moore Book Award
Prof Wenkai He, Associate Professor from the Division of Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), became a co-winner of 2014 Barrington Moore Book Award of the American