HKUST Facts and Figures 2008

HKUST

Total number of students ( 2007-08 )

Recent Trends in the Number of Non-local Students

Local-HK

FACTS AND FIGURES 2008

Opening October 1991

Student Enrolment Total Enrolment 9,127

Undergraduate 5,868

Postgraduate 3,259

Faculty Members 461

Schools School of Science

School of Humanities and Social Science School of Business and Management School of Engineering

HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School Academic Departments 19

Research Centers 39 Research Institutes 9

Mode of Study Number

Full-Time 7,490 Part-Time 1,637 Total 9,127 No. of Students Academic Year

FIGURES AT A GLANCE

STAFF / STUDENT NUMBERS

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 10,000 9,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 926 7,382 1,068 7,445 1,299 7,524 1,677 7,323 1,995 7,132

Undergraduate Exchanges

( Academic Year 2007-08 )

Host/ Destination Exchange-in Exchange-out Country (Persons) (Persons)

Australia 4 4 Canada 36 56 Central & South America Chinese Mainland 100 54 France 49 49 Germany 10 9 Japan 1 8 Korea 6 2 New Zealand 2 1 Other European Countries Singapore 17 12 Taiwan 1 1 UK 9 29 USA 160 155

Total

504

497

School/Area Undergraduate Postgraduate Total

Science 1,430 407 1,837 Engineering 2,171 1,369 3,540 Business & Management Humanities & Social Science Joint School Programs UG Dual Degree Programs Total 5,868 3,259 9,127

Student Numbers ( as at Jan 2008 )

School Regular Visiting Total

Science 101 17 118 Engineering 143 13 156 Business & Management Humanities & Social Science Total 410 51 461

Teaching Staff ( as at Jan 2008 )

Caltech Imperial Stanford Toronto Cambridge London Carnegie-Mellon Michigan Chicago MIT UC Berkeley UCLA Columbia Northwestern Cornell Oxford Washington Wisconsin Harvard Princeton Illinois Purdue Yale UBC

Faculty Profile

100% with doctorate degree

80% from the following universities :

2,162 1,125 3,287 N/A 311 311 N/A 47 47 105 N/A 105 117 14 131 49 7 56 5 4 104 113

Graduate Numbers, 2006-2007 (headcount)

Department Undergraduate Postgraduate Total

Research Taught School of Science 449 105 44 598 School of Engineering 723 176 440 1,339 School of Business & Management School of Humanities & Social Science

Joint Degree Program - 1 30 31

University Total 1,841 323 1,152 3,316

GRADUATION & EMPLOYMENT

Accumulated graduate number (up to Academic Year 2006-07) 33,608

Summary of the Undergraduate Employment Survey 2007

Employment Situation of Undergraduates %

Employed 86.1%

Unemployed 0.9%

Further Studies 12.4%

Others 0.5%

Employment Situation of Undergraduates by Industry

Commerce and Business 73.5%

Community & Social Services 1.8%

Government 2.6%

Education 7.0%

Manufacturing & Industries 10.8%

Construction 4.4%

Summary of the Postgraduate (full time) Employment Survey 2007

Employment Situation PhD MPhil Taught Master Degree MBA of Postgraduates Degree Degree (except MBA) Degree

Employed 92.3% 61.9% 66.4% 72.7%

Returned to Home Country

or emigrated

Further Studies 0% 27.8% 12.9% 0%

Unemployed 1.1% 5.2% 5.0% 4.5%

Others 1.1% 2.1% 0.5% 9.1%

Employment Situation of Postgraduates by Industry

Commerce and Business 7.8% 47.2% 62.6% 73.3%

Community & Social Services 1.3% 0% 0.9% 13.3%

Government 1.3% 7.6% 3.7% 0%

Education 81.8% 34.0% 15.0% 0%

Manufacturing & Industries 6.5% 11.3% 10.3% 13.3%

Construction 1.3% 0% 7.5% 0%

669 15 485 1,169

- 26 153 179

No. of New Research Projects

Sponsor Project Commencement Year

2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

UGC/RGC 347 398 410 357 369 356

Others 105 156 173 176 182 218

Total 452 554 583 533 551 574

RESEARCH

New Research Funding

Funding (in HK$M)

HKUST

RANKINGS

No. 53, World’s Top 200 Universities (2007)

No. 23, World’s Top 50 Universities in Technology (2007) (Times Higher Education Supplement)

No. 37, World’s Top 100 Universities in Engineering/ Technology and Computer Sciences

(No. 1 in Greater China) (2007)

Ranked 51-75, World’s Top 100 Universities in Social Sciences (No. 1 in Greater China) (2007)

(Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

Kellogg-HKUST

EMBA Program

Full-Time MBA

Program

No. 17 in the world (2008) (Financial Times)

No. 1 in Asia Pacific, No. 20 in the world (2007) (Economist Intelligence Unit)

Department

of Mechanical

Engineering

No. 1 in world for research output, from a survey of 265 universities worldwide (2005 which is the latest)

(Yuan Ze University, Taiwan)

Department

of Finance

No. 1 in Asia Pacific for research output, and the only university in Asia in the top 25 (2006)

(Arizona State University Survey)

Executive

Education in

Custom Programs

No. 1 in Asia Pacific (since 2003) (Financial Times)

INCOME & EXPENDITURE

Learning and Research

Government Subventions 1,647.68

Tuition, Programmes and Other Fees 537.62 Inter est and Investment Income 141.47 Donations and Benefactions 194.61 others 199.72

Instruction and Research 1,469.35

Library 78.56

Central Computing Facilities 64.87

Other Academic Services 46.23

FACILITIES

Student Hall Places (as at Jan 2008)

Student Halls Number of Places

Undergraduate Halls 2,976

Postgraduate Halls 978

Additional Student Halls to be constructed 350 by 2009 700 by 2012

Library Collection (as at Jan 2008)

650,000 volumes of Printed Books and Journals 352,000 units of Microforms

25,500 titles of Media Resources 100,500 titles of Electronic Books 20,400 titles of Electronic Journals 305 databases

Remark: Figures updated as at 1 January 2008, unless otherwise specified.

Source of Income for the year ended 30 June 2007

(in HK$Million)

Expenditure for the year ended 30 June 2007

(in HK$Million)

Management and General 114.63

Premises and related Expenses 334.41

Student and General Education Services 95.40

Other Activities 34.18

Institutional Support

Total 2,237.63

Total 2,721.10

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Published by the Office of University Development and Public Affairs, April 2008