HKUST In The Media

HKUST signed cooperation agreements with two leading pharmaceutical companies from Shandong – Shandong Luye Pharmaceutical Group and Boan Biotechnology.

Led by HKUST, the global transdisciplinary "research-to-operation" (R2O) initiative, “Seamless Prediction and Services for Sustainable Natural and Built Environments” (SEPRESS), has been endorsed by UNESCO as part of its International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development (IDSSD).

The "HKUST-Sino One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition 2025", jointly organized by HKUST and Sino Group, is now open for applications. 

A team led by CBE Adjunct Prof. TANG Benzhong has developed a new NIR-II AIE molecule called C12T-BBT that operates in the near-infrared range.

A team led by CIVL Prof. ZHAO Jidong has developed the Pore Unit Assembly-Discrete Element Model (PUA-DEM), which incorporates rigorous physical principles to govern the dynamic interactions among particles, air, and water phases.

HKUST hosted its inaugural short-term training course for senior healthcare executives in the national healthcare system from April 6 to 19, welcoming 25 executives from central government bodies.

HKUST, in collaboration with Apple's Machine Learning team and researchers from Nanjing University, has unveiled an innovative 3D AI model known as Matrix3D.

HKUST, Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd., and Wuhan University signed a strategic cooperation agreement to drive technological innovation and talent development.

HKUST hosted its inaugural Gala Dinner to celebrate the launch of the HKUST Foundation, attracting over 200 distinguished leaders from academia, industry, and philanthropy.

PHYS Asst. Prof. SONG Xueyang has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Croucher Tak Wah Mak Innovation Award, receiving HKD 5 million in funding from the Croucher Foundation to further her pioneering research in theoretical condensed matter physics.

In a feature article on the third medical school, P Prof. Nancy IP introduced HKUST's competitive advantages as"ITIT," an acronym of "Internationalization, " Technological Innovation, " "Interdisciplinary Learning," and Translational Research." 

In an article on China's status in economic globalization during the Ming and Qing dynasties, HUMA Prof. Emeritus LI Bozhong discussed the position and role of China and East Asia.