A FOCUSED ELITE
RESEARCH UNIVERSITY
FACULTY WITH DOCTORAL DEGREE
1
1
#
100%
PARTNERSHIPS
OVER
250
1
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Global Employability University
Ranking 2013 (1st in Greater China)
18
#
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
K e l l o g g - H K U S T E x e c u t i v e M B A
Program.
Sep 1999 –
“Information Technology”
was awarded as HKUST’ s first Area
o f E x c e l l e n c e b y t h e U n i v e r s i t y
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
N e u ro s c i e n c e w a s e s t a b l i s h e d .
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
2013
FACULTY PROFILE
100% with doctorate degree 80% from the following universities: • Caltech • Cambridge
• Carnegie-Mellon • Chicago • Columbia • Cornell • Harvard • Illinois • Imperial • London • Michigan • MIT • Northwestern • Oxford • Princeton • Purdue • Stanford • Toronto • UBC • UC Berkeley • UCLA • Washington • Wisconsin • Yale
Schools
Opening
• October 1991
Faculty Members
• 627
• School of Science
• School of Engineering
• School of Business and Management
Academic Departments
and Divisions
• 20
Research Institutes
• 11
Research Centers
• 48
STUDENT NUMBERS
(AS AT SEP 2013)
Total 13,079
Student Enrollment
Non-Local Local-HK
• School of Humanities and Social
Science
• HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate
School
Undergraduate and Postgraduate
RANKINGS
RESEARCH
HKUST #1 World's Top 300 Asian Universities (3 years in a row) QS Asian University Rankings 2011-2013 #1 World's Top 50 Universities Under 50 QS Top 50 Under 50 2013
#34 World's Top 800 Universities QS World University Rankings 2013
#57 World's Top 400 Universities Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2013 / 2014 School of Science #12 Asia's Top 100 Universities in Natural Sciences QS Asian University Rankings 2013
(No. 2 in Hong Kong)
#13 Asia's Top 100 Universities in Life Sciences and Medicine QS Asian University Rankings 2013 #44 World's Top 400 Universities in Natural Science (No. 1 in Hong Kong) QS World University Rankings 2013 School of #8 Asia's Top 100 Universities in Engineering & Technology QS Asian University Rankings 2013 Engineering (No. 1 in Hong Kong)
#19 World's Top 400 Universities in Engineering & Technology QS World University Rankings 2013
(No. 1 in Hong Kong)
#21 World's Top 100 Engineering and Technology Universities Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2013 / 2014
(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
Management #8 Global MBA Ranking - for the School's Full-Time MBA Program Financial Times MBA Rankings 2013 #7 Asia’s Top 100 Universities in Social Sciences & QS Asian University Rankings 2013 Management (No. 2 in Hong Kong)
#16 Top 100 Business School Research Rankings (No.1 in Asia) University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) Business School Rankings 2013 School of #7 Asia’s Top 100 Universities in Social Sciences & Management QS Asian University Rankings 2013
Humanities &
Social Science #33 World's Top 400 Universities in Social Sciences & Management QS World University Rankings 2013
#45 World's Top 100 Universities in Social Sciences Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2013 / 2014 #50 Asia's Top 100 Universities in Arts & Humanities QS Asian University Rankings 2013
#51-75 World's Top 200 Universities in Social Sciences Academic Ranking of World Universities by
(No. 1 in Greater China) Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2013
(No.2 in Hong Kong) (5 years in a row)
8,849
Undergraduate Postgraduate4,230
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 9,454 1,299 7,524Undergraduate Postgraduate Total
2,704 Science 589 5,027 Engineering 1,914 4,355 Business & Management
3,063 1,292
457 Humanities & Social Science
192 265
86 HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School
86 450 Interdisciplinary Programs 366 84 2,115 3,113 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13
New Research Funding
Funding (in HK$M) 283.6 254.2 324.2 369.6 447 432.6 409.3 444.1 548.4**
* No. of projects does not add up due to projects with multiple sponsors.
** Includes R&D projects administrated by R and D Corporation. Excludes R-portion i.e. on-costs, PI costs and HSS Premium provided by RGC for ERG projects.
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 HKSAR Govt (UGC / RGC) 375 384 379 377 414 373 418 509 467 Others 176 182 220 207 236 246 230 242 311 Total 551 566 599 584 650 619 648 751 753*
