HKUST Facts and Figures 2016 (As at Dec 2016)

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A FOCUSED ELITE

THE

HONG KONG

RE EAR H NIVER ITV

ffi

UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE

W

AND TECHNOLOGY

#

1

Global EMBA Ranking for 7 times in the

past

ten years (Financial Times Global EMBA Rankings 2007, 2009-2013, 2016)

#13

Global Employability University Ranking 2016 (1st 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 depos

i

t

i

on

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

~

ST - A dynamic

, i

nternational research

11

~~~~ersity

,

in

relentless

pursuit

of

excellence,

leading the advance of

science,

technology,

business

and

humanities

,

and

educat

i

ng 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

.

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:

//www

.

ust.hk

IN ASIA FOR

3 YEARS

IN A ROW

(2011-2013, QSASIAN UNIVERSITY RANKINGS)

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-

0pening ceremony of Lee

Shau Kee Campus

•

250

0

FACULTY WITH DOCTORAL DEGREE

Dec 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

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HKUST

FACTS AND FIGURES

2016

FIGURES AT A GLANCE

Opening • October

1991

Academic Departments and Divisions

• 20

Faculty Members (Regular)

• 607

Schools, Programs Offices, Institutes

Research Institutes

•13

Research Centers

• 54

Student Enrollment

Total

14,210*

•data as of Sep 2016 Postgraduate

4,829*

Undergraduate

• School of Science

• FYT

Graduate School / FYT Research Institute

9,381*

• 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

(AS AT SEP

2016)

RECENTTRENDSINTHENUMBER

Science

_{OF NON-LOCAL STUDENTS}

Engineering

864 3,020

_{Undergraduate and Postgraduate}

- Non-Local - Local-HK

2,234

5,518

Business

&

Management

Humanities

&

Social Science

234

HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School

1

Interdisciplinary Programs

100 1 396

• Undergraduate • Postgraduate

RESEARCH

No. of New Research Projects

Sponsor Project Commencement Year

4,694

455

522

Total 7,132 7,134 ₇_,₁₂₀ 1,995

I

2,137

I

2,395

I

07-08 08-09 09-10 9,454 9,630 7,204 2,677

I

3,012

I

3,625

I

3,826

I

4,715

I

4,730

f

Academic Year 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16

FACULTY PROFILE

100%

with doctorate degree 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16 Majority from the following universities: HKSAR Govt (UGC / RGC)

Others Total

New Research Funding

Funding (in HK$M)

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 A&D projects administrated by A and D Corporation and Mainland platforms. Excludes A-portion i.e. on-costs, Pl costs and HSS Premium provided by RGC for ERG projects.

• 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

RANKINGS

(AS AT DEC

2016)

• Wisconsin • Yale HKUST #1 #2 #36 #49 School of Science #28 School of Engineering School of Business and Management School of Humanities & Social Science #37 #50 #14 #14 #19 #1 #14 #23 #18 #24 #10 #26 #37 #80

World's Top 300 Asian Universities (3 years in a row) World's Top 50 Universities Under 50 (3 years in a row) World's Top 800 Universities

World's Top 800 Universities

World's Top 200 Universities in Chemistry (No.2 in Hong Kong) World's Top 200 Universities in Materials Sciences (No. 1 in Hong Kong)

World's Top 200 Universtties in Mathematics World's Top 200 Universities in Computer Science and Information Systems (No. 1 in Greater China)

World's Top 100 Universities in Computer Science (No. 2 in Asia) World's Top 100 Universities in Engineering and Technology

(No. 2 in Greater China)

as

University Rankings : Asia 2011 - 2013

as

Top 50 Under 50 2014 - 2016

as

World University Rankings 2016

I

2017

Ttmes Higher Education World University Rankings 2016 - 2017

as

Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2016 - 2017 Ttmes Higher Education World University Rankings 2016 - 2017

Global EMBA Ranking - for the School's Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA Financial Times Global EMBA Rankings 2007, 2009 - 2013, 2016

Program (For 7 times in the past ten years)

Global MBA Ranking - for the School's Full-lime MBA Program FinancialTtmes Global MBA Rankings 2016

(No. 1 in Asia}

Top MBAs for Entrepreneurship (No. 1 in Asia)

World's Top 200 Universities in Business and Management Studies (No.2 in Asia)

Top 100 Business School Research Rankings (No. 1 in Asia)

Asian Top 100 Universities in Social Sciences & Management World's Top 400 Universities in Social Sciences & Management

(No. 2 in Greater China)

Asian Top 100 Universities in Arts & Humanities World's Top 100 Universities in Social Sciences

(No. 2 in Hong Kong)

Financial Times Top MBAs for Entrepreneurship 2016

as

University ofTexas at Dallas (UTD) Business School Research Rankings 2016

as

University Rankings : Asia 2015

as

University Rankings : Asia 2015

Ttmes Higher Education World Universtty Rankings 2016 - 2017