News & Stories

IPO organized "Exploring IPO at HKUST" on 25 November 2017 and invited IPO alumni and current students to share about their study tips, university life and career prospects with prospective students.

IPO Industrial Fellowship "Career Insider Series" is held regularly to provide insights and insider tips of different industries to IPO students. On 15 November 2017, our inspirational fellow, Mr. Nick Chan, MH, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs, shared the new trends that legal profession field started turning to hire technologists.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Megvii (Face++) yesterday on establishing a joint laboratory on artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision.  The lab will be dedicated to improving people’s living and advance knowledge frontiers through researches in AI and image recognition and analysis, marking a new milestone in the collaboration between HKUST and Megvii.

A research team led by awards-winning neuroscientist and structural biologist Prof Zhang Mingjie of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has recently reached a breakthrough unveiling the fundamental mechanism that causes schizophrenia and other serious psychiatric conditions.  Such discovery may potentially lead to the development of new treatments and drugs for the mental disorders. At present, there are about 40,000 diagnosed schizophrenic patients in Hong Kong [1].

Miles from friends and family, exchange students often have a difficult time adjusting to local life. The “One More Pair of Chopsticks” program initiated by School of Science is changing all that with help from Hong Kong students. With markets, lanterns, gatherings, mooncakes and joy, Hong Kong people love the Mid-Autumn Festival. But often times exchange students can feel home sick and left out. To change all that, the One More Pair of Chopsticks program is pairing international scholars with local students to discover authentic local experiences. “I really had a great time with the international students and they both enjoyed the meal prepared by me and my family,” says Sara Man, a local undergraduate student who hosted Paula Grossman from Germany, and Angelica Intan from Indonesia.

HKUST's 25th Congregation was held on 16 & 17 November 2017. Over 150 IPO graduates attended the Congregation Ceremony at the Atrium.

The Big Data Institute (BDI) of HKUST co-hosted the first ever University Fintech Education Forum with partners Financial Data Technologies Ltd (FDT) and Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA). Speakers in the forum include many prominent figures in the fintech and big data industry, such as Qifeng Liu, Co-founder and CEO of FDT-AI, Henry Ma, Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Webank, Ying Yan, Lead researcher from Microsoft Research,  James Lei, Acting Director of ASTRI, and Yang Qiang, Head of Department of Computer Science & Engineering, and Director of the Big Data Institute. In his opening address, President Prof Tony F Chan emphasizes the importance of the synergy between fintech and big data/AI research in a rapidly changing world. “Societies that response quickly will see their economy stay ahead and competitive in this digital age.”

The School of Business and Management of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School (HKUST Business School) announced to partner with two of the world's top business schools to launch a portfolio of dual-degree master's programs (M2M) designed to prepare aspiring young people for global roles. The M2M programs are a collaboration among five schools, under which the HKUST Business School has partnered with two of them namely the Yale School of Management (Yale SOM) and HEC Paris to offer three options of dual degrees as follows: HKUST-Yale Master of Science in International Management (MIMT) Program HEC-HKUST Master of Science in International Management (MIMT) Program HKUST-Yale Master of Science in Global Operations (MSGO) Program