A FOCUSED ELITE
RESEARCH UNIVERSITY
FACULTY WITH DOCTORAL DEGREE
1
#
100%
PARTNERSHIPS
OVER
250
1
#
Global Employability University
Ranking 2014 (1st in Greater China)
16
#
IN ASIA FOR
3 YEARS
IN A ROW
(2011-2013,
QS ASIAN
UNIVERSITY
RANKINGS)
Global EMBA
Ranking for
5 years (Financial
Times
EMBA Ranking
2009-2013)
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
Jan 2007 –
Opening ceremony of the
HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate
School with its research centers in
Nansha
Jun 2010 –
HK U S T ’ s fi r s t S t a t e
K e y L a b o r a t o r y o f M o l e c u l a r
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
HKUST - A dynamic, international research
university, 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
FIGURES AT A GLANCE
RECENT TRENDS IN THE NUMBER
OF NON-LOCAL STUDENTS
HKUST
FACTS AND FIGURES
2015
FACULTY PROFILE
Schools, Programs Offices, Institutes
Opening
• October 1991
Faculty Members (Regular)
• 531
• School of Science
• School of Engineering
• School of Business and Management
• School of Humanities and Social Science
Academic Departments
and Divisions
• 20
Research Institutes
• 12
Research Centers
• 51
STUDENT NUMBERS
(AS AT SEP 2014)
Total 13,456*
*data as of Sept 2014
Student Enrollment
Non-Local Local-HK
• FYT Graduate School / FYT Research Institute
• Interdisciplinary Programs Office
• HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study
• HKUST Institute for Public Policy and Administration
Undergraduate and Postgraduate
RANKINGS
(AS AT SEP 2015)
RESEARCH
HKUST #1 World's Top 300 Asian Universities (3 years in a row) QS University Rankings : Asia 2011 - 2013 #1 World's Top 50 Universities Under 50 (2 years in a row) QS Top 50 Under 50 2012 - 2013 #28 World's Top 800 Universities (No. 1 in Hong Kong) QS World University Rankings 2015 / 2016
#51 World's Top 400 Universities Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2014 - 2015 School of Science #14 Asian Top 100 Universities in Natural Sciences QS University Rankings : Asia 2015
(No. 2 in Hong Kong)
#15 Asia's Top 100 Universities in Life Sciences and Medicine QS University Rankings : Asia 2015 #29 World's Top 400 Universities in Natural Sciences (No. 2 in Hong Kong) QS World University Rankings 2015 School of #8 Asian Top 100 Universities in Engineering & Technology QS University Rankings : Asia 2015 Engineering (No. 1 in Hong Kong)
#14 World's Top 400 Universities in Engineering & Technology QS World University Rankings 2015
(No. 1 in Hong Kong for 6 years in a row)
#21 World's Top 100 Universities in Engineering and Technology Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2014 - 2015
(No. 1 in Greater China)
School of #1 Global EMBA Ranking - for the School's Kellogg-HKUST EMBA Program Financial Times EMBA Rankings 2009 - 2013 Business and (5 years in a row)
Management #14 Global MBA Ranking - for the School's Full-Time MBA Program Financial Times MBA Rankings 2015 #10 Asian Top 100 Universities in Social Sciences & Management QS University Rankings : Asia 2015
#21 Top 100 Business School Research Rankings (No.1 in Asia) University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) Business School Research Rankings 2015
School of #10 Asian Top 100 Universities in Social Sciences & Management QS University Rankings : Asia 2015 Humanities & #26 World's Top 400 Universities in Social Sciences & Management QS World University Rankings 2015 Social Science (No. 2 in Hong Kong)
#37 Asian Top 100 Universities in Arts & Humanities QS University Rankings : Asia 2015
#38 World's Top 100 Universities in Social Sciences Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2014 - 2015
(No. 2 in Greater China)
8,981*
Undergraduate Postgraduate4,475*
Academic Year 1,677 7,323 1,995 7,132 2,137 7,134 2,395 7,120 2,677 7,204 3,012 7,224 3,625 3,826 9,454 9,630 1,299 7,524Undergraduate Postgraduate Total
2,728 Science 648 5,201 Engineering 2,031 4,578 Business & Management
3,160 1,418
453 Humanities & Social Science
204 249
53 HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School
53 443 Interdisciplinary Programs 367 76 2,080 3,170 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14
New Research Funding
Funding (in HK$M) 283.6 254.2 324.2 369.6 447 432.6 409.3 444.1 548.4 485.2**
No. of New Research Projects
Sponsor Project Commencement Year
04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 HKSAR Govt (UGC / RGC) 375 384 379 377 414 373 418 509 467 527 Others 176 182 220 207 236 246 230 242 311 349 Total 551 566 599 584 650 619 648 751 753 855*
* No. of projects does not add up due to projects with multiple sponsors. ** Includes R&D projects administrated by R and D Corporation and Mainland platforms. Excludes R-portion i.e. on-costs, PI costs and HSS Premium provided by RGC for ERG projects.
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100% with doctorate degree Majority from the following universities: • Caltech • Cambridge
• Carnegie-Mellon • Chicago • Columbia • Cornell • Duke • Harvard • Illinois • Imperial • London • Maryland • Michigan • MIT • New York • Northwestern • Oxford • Pennsylvania • Princeton • Purdue • Stanford • Toronto • UBC • UC Berkeley • UCLA • Washington • Wisconsin • Yale
