HKUST In The Media

HKUST has secured funding for 13 projects in the 2025/26 Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) and Research Impact Fund (RIF) under University Grants Committee's Research Grants Council, with grants totaling more than HK$77 million.  The achievement places HKUST first among all UGC-funded universities.  

‎HKUST has secured funding for 13 projects in the 2025/26 Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) and Research Impact Fund (RIF) under University Grants Committee's Research Grants Council, with grants totaling more than HK$77 million.  The achievement places HKUST first among all UGC-funded universities.

HKUST-incubated startup Point Fit Technology Limited won in the "Digital Health" category at CES 2026 Innovation Awards for its PF-Sweat Patch, a skin patch sweat sensor.  Co-founded by HKUST student Kenny OKTAVIUS, the company is part of HK’s 61-company CES 2026 delegation.  

Futu Securities International (HK) announced a donation of HK$30 million to HKUST, with HK$20 million allocated for the University's research projects and HK$10 million for the establishment of the "Futu Scholarship".  

HKUST announced the appointment of Prof. Frederik ANSEEL, former Dean of the Business School at the University of New South Wales in Australia, as the SBM Dean to succeed the SBM Acting Dean Prof. HUI Kai-Lung, effective on 1 February.

HKUST will host the inaugural Nobel Heroes@HKUST event on Jan 13, bringing together five Nobel laureates to engage in thought-provoking and in-depth dialogues with students that reveal the human stories behind groundbreaking discoveries and inspire the next generation of innovators with scientists' passion for knowledge and creativity.  

CIVL Chair Professor Prof. SU Hui, alongside researchers from the National Satellite Meteorological Center, Guangzhou Tropical Marine Meteorological Institute, and Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen) have developed a Deep Diffusion Model (DDMS) based on Fengyun meteorological satellite data. 

A team led by ECE Assoc. Prof. ZHANG Jun and ECE Asst. Prof. MENG Zili tested if the GPT-5.2-equipped Rokid smart AI glasses could help them achieve high scores during the "Computer Communication Networks" exam. They achieved an astonishing score of 92.5, demonstrating the AI glasses’ capability for deep reasoning in highly complex tasks.  

The HKMA and HKUST Business School have jointly worked on cybersecurity research to ensure the resilience of HK's fintech sector.  

LIFS Prof. ZHANG Lisheng and his research team have made a significant breakthrough in RNA epigenetics, developing a highly sensitive early screening technology that is clinically applicable.  

Researchers from HKUST and Kling AI published a paper proposing the UnityVideo multimodal AI framework, which can simultaneously perform multiple tasks such as video generation and recognition, significantly improving the understanding of the physical world and the realism of the generated content.  

Research led by PHYS Assoc. Prof. LIU Junwei and PHYS Postdoctoral Researcher Dr. XU Runzhang focuses on forecasting a trove of potentially synthesizable monolayer altermagnets and forging a rational, universal design playbook that can be applied to other systems, including 3D bulks.