Press Releases and Stories

2018

Press Releases
Data Science
HKUST Launches HK’s First Tech-Based Degree Program in Data Science and Technology
The School of Science (SSCI) and the School of Engineering (SENG) at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) jointly
Press Releases
Innovation, Technology
HKUST Researchers Develop First Innovative Fusion-based Location Sensing Technology to Shape a Smart City
A research team at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) recently invented a new fusion-based technology which achieves remarkably improved accuracy to position people indoor, enabling novel smart location-based applications such as indoor navigation, location-based personali

2016

Press Releases
Science, Education
HKUST hosts first Asian Physics Olympiad in Hong Kong
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is hosting the grand physics competition in Asia – the 17th annual Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO) – for the first time in Hong Kong in the largest scale ever.

2015

Press Releases
Environmental Protection, Undergraduate
HKUST Hosts the First National Challenge Cup Theme-Based Competition on Smart Green Cities
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is the first local university to co-host the “National Challenge Cup”, a prestigious competition branded as the Olympiad of Science and Technology for university students.
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Business, International
HKUST Partners with Global School Alliance to Host First Corporate Benchmarking Conference in Asia
The School of Business and Management at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (the HKUST Business School) joined hands with the world’s top alliance of university business schools CEMS1 to
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Massive Open Online Courses, Teaching and Learning, Technology
HKUST Develops First Visual Analytic System on E-learning Behavior VisMOOC Won HKICT Innovation Award
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed the first visual analytic system for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC), which provides interactive, in-depth, and user-friendly analysis of e-learning behavior, promising improvement in teaching quality and more demand-focu

2014

Press Releases
Science, Innovation, Teaching and Learning
HKUST First Local Institution to Co-host “National Challenge Cup”
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) signed a memorandum with Guangdong University of Technology (GDUT) today to map out the details of co-hosting the “National Challenge Cup” – a competition branded as the Olympiad of Science and Technology for university students.
Press Releases
Massive Open Online Courses, Education, Interdisciplinary
HKUST Launches Hong Kong's First Credit-bearing MOOC and Three New Programs on edX
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) will add its first three courses on edX (xConsortium) - one of the two major platforms in the world that offers Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), in its ongoing efforts to promote this next generation learning medium that not only give