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Global EMBA Ranking for 7 times in the past ten years (Financial Times Global EMBA Rankings 2007, 2009-2013, 2016)Global Employability University Ranking 2016 (No.1 in Greater China)
Jun 1987 -
The Hong Kong Jockey
Club donated HK$1500 million to
fund the construction of the HKUST
campus
Feb 1994 -
HKUST was granted its
first patent in U.S. for a technique of
producing diamond film from polymer
sources through laser deposition
Dec 1997 -
The official launch of the
Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA
Program
Sep 1999-
"Information Technology"
was awarded as HKUST' s first Area
of Excellence by the University
Grants Committee
Jun 2006 -
Prof Stephen Hawking
delivered the inaugural lecture for the
Institute for Advanced Study
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~~~~ersity,
in
relentless
pursuit
of
excellence,
leading
the
advance
of
science,
technology,
business
and
humanities,
and
educating the
new
generation of front-runners for Asia and the
world. Since its official opening in October
1991, the Hong Kong University of Science
and Technology has established itself as an
intellectual powerhouse, energizing the
community's
transformation
into
a
knowledge-based society, and securing a
place on the academic world map in
record-breaking time. http://www.ust.hk
in Asia
Times Higher Education
Young University
Rankings 2017
(No. 2 in the world)
Jan 2007 -
Opening ceremony of the
HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate
School with its research centers in
Nansha
Jun 2010-
HKUST' s first State
Key Laboratory of Molecular
Neuroscience was established
Apr 2011 -
HKUST celebrated its
20th Anniversary
Jul 2013 -
"Photonic and Phononic
Advanced Materials Research" and
"Signaling Mechanisms Research in
Neuro-disorders" were awarded as
HKUST' s Area of Excellence by the
University Grants Committee
Sep 2013 -
Opening ceremony of Lee
Shau Kee Campus
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250
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FACULTY WITH DOCTORAL DEGREEDec 2014 -
Opening ceremony of
HKUST Fok Ying Tung Research
Institute Building
Jan 2015 -
HKUST attained the
highest proportion of internationally
excellent research work in the
University Grants Committee (UGC)
Research Assessment Exercise
2014
Feb 2016 -
Opening ceremony of
Cheng Yu Tung Building
Jun 2016 -
HKUST celebrated its
25th Anniversary
H KUST
FACTS AND FIGURES
2016
FIGURES AT A GLANCE
Opening
• October 1991
Academic Departments
and Divisions
• 20
Faculty Members (Regular)
• 641
Schools, Programs Offices, Institutes
Research Institutes
• 13
Research Centers
• 54
Student Enrollment
Total
14,208*
'data as of Dec 2016 Postgraduate4,874*
Undergraduate• School of Science
• HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School
9,334*
• School of Engineering
• Interdisciplinary Programs Office
• School of Business and Management
• HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study
• School of Humanities and Social Science
• HKUST Institute for Public Policy
STUDENT
NUMBERS(ASATDEC2016)
NON-LOCAL STUDENT NUMBERS
Science
857
Engineering
2,119
2,867
5,391
Undergraduate and Postgraduate
•
Non-Local
•
Local-HK
Business & Management
9,454 9,630 9026 9:
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-9,148
...
Humanities & Social Science
234
1 465
4,742
455
HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School
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2,137 2,395 2,677 3,0123,r
4,7154,r 5,r
Interdisciplinary Programs
198
752
Total
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Undergraduate
•
Postgraduate
Academic YearRESEARCH
No. of New Research Projects Sponsor
HKSAR Govt (UGC / RGC)
Others Total
New Research Funding
Funding (in HK$M)
Project Commencement Year
06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16 379 377 414 373 418 509 467 527 575 624 220 207 236 246 230 242 311 349 349 369 599 584 650 619 648 751 753 855 901 969·
3242 369.6 447 432.6 409.3 444.1 548.4 485.2 521.8 578.4 ..
* No. of projects does not add up due to projects with multiple sponsors. - includes R&D projects administrated by Rand D Corporation and Mainland platfonns. Excludes A-portion i.e. on-costs, Pl costs and HSS Premium provided by RGC for ERG projects.
FACULTY PROFILE
100% with doctorate degree
Majority from the following universities:
• Brown • Cambridge
• Carnegie-Mellon • Chicago
• Columbia • Cornell • Duke
• Harvard • Illinois • London
• Maryland • Michigan • MIT
• New York • Northwestern • Oxford
• Pennnsylvania • Princeton • Purdue
• Southern California • Standford
• Toronto • UBC • UC Berkeley
• UCLA • Washington • Wisconsin
•Yale
RANKINGS
(ASATSEP2017)
HKUST #1 #2 #30 #44 School of Science #27 School of Engineering School of Business and Management School of Humanities & Social Science #23 #43 #15 #19 #14 #1 #1 #15 #26 #27 #80 #10 #37Asian Top 200 Young Universities (No.2 in the world)
World's Top 50 Universities Under 50 (4 years in a row) World's Top 1000 Universities
World's Top 1000 Universities
World's Top 500 Universities in Chemistry (No. 1 in Hong Kong) World's Top 300 Universities in Materials Sciences
(No. 1 in Hong Kong)
World's Top 400 Universities in Mathematics
World's Top 500 Universities in Engineering and Technology
(No. 2 in Greater China)
World's Top 100 Universities in Engineering and Technology
(No. 2 in Greater China)
World's Top 100 Universities in Computer Science (No. 2 in Asia) Global EMBA Ranking - for the School's Kellogg-HKUST Executive
MBA Program
Global EMBA Ranking - for the School's Kellogg-HKUST Executive
MBA Program (For 7 times in the past ten years)
Global MBA Ranking - for the School's Full-lime MBA Program
{No. 1 in Asia)
Top 100 Business School Research Rankings (No.1 in Asia)
Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2017 QS Top 50 Under 50 2014 - 2018
QS World University Rankings 2018
limes Higher Education World University Rankings 2017 - 2018 QS World University Rankings 2017
QS World University Rankings 2017 QS World University Rankings 2017 QS World University Rankings 2017
Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2016 - 2017 Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2016 - 2017 QS Global Joint EMBA Rankings 2017
Financial Times Global EMBA Rankings 2007, 2009 -2013, 2016 Financial limes Global MBA Rankings 2017
University ofTexas at Dallas (UTD) Business School Research Rankings 2017
World's Top 500 Universities in Social Sciences & Management QS World University Rankings 2017
(No. 3 in Hong Kong)
World's Top 100 Universities in Social Sciences Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2016 - 2017
{No. 2 in Hong Kong)
Asian Top 100 Universities in Social Sciences & Management Asian Top 100 Universities in Arts & Humanities
QS University Rankings : Asia 2015 QS University Rankings : Asia 2015
