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HKUST Receives Over HK$10 Million Donation to Launch Sinovac Fellowship Program

Press Releases

Donation, Partnership, Internationalization and Partnership

HKUST Receives Over HK$10 Million Donation to Launch Sinovac Fellowship Program  

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has received a generous donation of US$1.5 million (approximately HK$11.7 million) from Sinovac Foundation.

2025-04-01

Press Releases

Medical Education

HKUST Submits Proposal for Hong Kong’s Third Medical School

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) submitted its formal proposal to the government today for the establishment of Hong Kong’s third medical school, an important initiative h

2025-03-17

The Route to Pioneering: Explore HKUST’s Far-reaching Impact in TV Episodes

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Innovation, Research and Technology, Technology Leadership

The Route to Pioneering: Explore HKUST’s Far-reaching Impact in TV Episodes

As the founding President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Prof.

2025-04-01

HKUST Leads the Pack

Rankings

Our international accolades

# 3

World’s Top 600+ Young Universities

in Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2024

# 24

Global Employability University Ranking 2025

No. 1 in Hong Kong, No. 3 in Greater China

Designed by the HR consultancy Emerging and published by Times Higher Education

# 12

Asia’s Top 700+ Universities

No. 3 in Hong Kong, No. 9 in Greater China

in Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2024

Facts and Figures

1800 +

Active HKUST Start-up Companies

Established by HKUST staff, students and alumni or incubated by HKUST programs or facilities

27 %

of Faculty Members

World’s Top 2% Scientists

Stanford University 2023

Patent Influence Metric

# 1

in China

# 33

Globally

Nature’s Leading 200 academic institutions
Patent Influence Metric published in 2022

10

Unicorn Start-Ups

Valued at >US$1 billion

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HKUST Launches Hong Kong’s First Division of Arts and Machine Creativity Blending Technology and Humanities to Nurture Talents for Creative Industries

HKUST Launches Redbird Innovation Fund

HKGAI Debuts Cutting Edge AI Projects at InnoEx 2024

HKUST Introduces Asia’s First “AI Lecturers” in Class to Promote Teaching Innovation

HKUST's InvestLM: Hong Kong's First Open-Source Large Language Model for Financial Generative AI Applications

HKUST Launches Hong Kong's First Higher Ed Satellite

HKUST to Host World Economic Forum’s First Leadership Development Program in Greater China on Artificial Intelligence for Young Global Leaders

HKUST and Wisers Launch Hong Kong’s First Forward-looking Tourism Index Supporting Tourism Recovery with AI-Powered Predictive Model

Awards & Recognitions

Celebrating the excellence of the HKUST talents.

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Prof. Sangyoon PARK

Associate Professor, Division of Social Science

HKUST-YONSEI Global Knowledge Network Award 2025

Prof. Sangyoon PARK

Associate Professor, Division of Social Science

BotBloc - A Modular Puzzle-Based Robot System for Adaptive Task Automation - Shing Yuk CHOONG, Sin Chun YEUNG

School of Engineering (SENG)

Hong Kong Techathon+ 2025 - Silver Award in Smart Cities category (Student Group)

BotBloc - A Modular Puzzle-Based Robot System for Adaptive Task Automation - Shing Yuk CHOONG, Sin Chun YEUNG

School of Engineering (SENG)

Sign Language Translation AI - Hao LIU, Aaliya RAZA

School of Engineering (SENG)

Hong Kong Techathon+ 2025 - Merit Award in Trusted AI Data Science category (Open Group)

Sign Language Translation AI - Hao LIU, Aaliya RAZA

School of Engineering (SENG)

Prof. Kam Biu LUK

IAS Paul C W Chu Professor

2024 The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow

Prof. Kam Biu LUK

IAS Paul C W Chu Professor

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