News & Stories

As a university that strives to groom students’ individuality and holistic development through gender parity and diversity, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) launched a series of events under the theme #itsME in celebration of the International Women’s Day, leveraging the opportunity to reinforce the message that gender should not be a hindrance factor for one’s development. A highlight of the events held today was the Women in Innovation Forum.  Entitled “Challenges vs Chances”, entrepreneurs, leaders from business, technology and education as well as students discussed topics spanning gender stereotypes in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), the qualities required of women to thrive in a male-dominated environment, and challenges women face in STEM and business fields.

Prof. Arthur LAU, Co-director of Environmental Management and Technology Program, was invited by MTR Corporation Ltd. to shoot an educational video clip on MTR's water-recycling measures.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) received a HK$3 million donation from Tin Ka Ping Foundation (the Foundation) for the University’s work in gifted education. The donation will be used for enhancing peer and family support for young gifted learners, so these children could unleash their potential in a well-supported environment. The HK$3 million is part of a generous gift of the Foundation to nine local higher education institutes in celebration of Dr Tin Ka Ping’s 100th birthday. HKUST is pleased to be the first to kick-off the celebration with the Foundation. Its Board Chairman Mr Sam Tin Hing Sin, Deputy Chairman Mr Tai Hay Lap and Director Mr Tin Wing Sin officiated the ceremony today with the University’s President Prof Tony F Chan, Vice-President for Institutional Advancement Dr Sabrina Lin, Director of The Center for the Development of the Gifted and Talented (CDGT) Prof King L Chow and other members of senior management.

According to Professor Brian Mak, Associate Professor in HKUST’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering, a recent survey indicated that Hong Kong is home to around 50,000 people who are either totally deaf or are hearing-impaired. However, the kind of support this community requires is not currently available. “The number of professional sign language interpreters [in Hong Kong] is low – only about 54 in total,” Professor Mak explained. For their final year project, three Computer Science and Engineering undergraduates decided to use the skills they had developed at HKUST to tackle this problem. The app developed by Ken Ka-wai Lai, Mary Ming-fong Leung and Kelvin Wai-chiu Yung translates Chinese sentences keyed into a phone into video sequences illustrating how to sign the words.

On 18 October 2017, the 2017-18 HKUST Sports Teams Flag Presentation Ceremony was held at the Atrium to kick-offthe intervarsity sports competition seasons this year.

IPO provides students with daily selected fruits in supporting of their final examinations

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) hosted its annual Underwater Robot Competition and a record high 300 students from 42 different primary and secondary school signed up for the four-day event. As part of the University’s effort to promote inclusion and robotics education among the wider community, the Competition invited students from mainstream schools, students with special educational needs (SEN), physical disability, as well as ethnic minorities to take part and make their own inventions.

The HKUST Global Days of Changemaking (rebranded from HKUST Service Learning Day) with the aim to mobilize all HKUST members to take action and solve social problems in their communities to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Students, faculty, staff and alumni in Hong Kong or those currently living overseas can engage in various changemaking efforts coordinated by HKUST Connect to contribute to initiatives that improve their communities.