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When you think big, you achieve even bigger success. Little wonder then, that HKUST has just been crowned the world’s best young university in a new THE ranking. For the first time, we have reached the top of the rankings that include only universities under 50 years old. Acting President of HKUST, Prof Wei Shyy says the recognition results from a clear positioning of the research spectrums encompassing artificial intelligence, data science, life science, public policy and sustainability, among others. This allows us, despite limited manpower and resources, to produce a high volume of research with major impact, in the likes of Alzheimer’s disease and HIV. HKUST was praised for excellence in teaching, research, citation impact and international outlook. "We have been steering our curriculum towards a multidisciplinary, highly individualised and student-driven direction over the past decade”, says Shyy.

Four distinguished individuals, Dr Aron Harilela, Ms Catherine Leung, Prof Francis Lui and Mr Michael Wu were conferred Honorary Fellowships by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Officiating at the ceremony were Mr Andrew Liao Cheung-sing, Chairman of HKUST Council and Prof Wei Shyy, Acting President of HKUST.

Lilian TSANG, Year 4 student of Environmental Management & Technology Program, was crowned the Hong Kong District's National Winner of the James Dyson Award 2017 with a product to monitors children's real-time body temperatures.

President Chan, we are fortunate to have you these years! Your footprints in the Library may not be visible any more, but they are in our hearts, and in students? memory.

The MBA Program, offered by the School of Business and Management at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST Business School), has been ranked No.14 in the world by the Financial Times. This is the ninth consecutive year that the Program has been ranked in the top 15 globally. The HKUST MBA Program has constantly achieved positive results throughout the years. The newly released Financial Times Global MBA Ranking once again reflects the joint efforts made by the Program and the surveyed alumni who graduated in 2014 (i.e. intake of 2012) to understand the business talent that the changing market needs.

A research team led by Prof Tang Benzhong – Stephen Kam-chuen Cheong Professor of Science and Chair Professor of Chemistry at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), received the State Natural Science Award (First Class) 2017 from Premier Li Keqiang in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing this morning, in recognition of his outstanding achievements in research on aggregation-induced emission (AIE), and such discovery’s significant contribution to life science, medicine and applied science.

CHAN Kai Ho, Hercules, a year 4 student of Risk Management & Business Intelligence Program (RMBI) has won the Champion of International Space-Out Competition in Taipei. As a US certified hypnotherapist, Hercules encourages students to space-out which helps improve mental status.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has risen one place to rank 12th worldwide and No. 1 in Greater China in the high-profile annual Global Employability University Ranking this year.  HKUST graduates have been ranked the world’s top 20 most employable and the most employable in Greater China five years in a roll. HKUST President Prof Tony F Chan is glad to see the ascent.  “I am very proud of our graduates who continue to be ranked amongst the most competitive and desirable employees in the global job market.  It attests to their personal quality and the high regard that their employers have placed on them. Being one of the top universities in Asia, HKUST provides an innovative, holistic and multi-cultural learning environment, which helps groom our students into not only experts of their fields, but also versatile leaders with a global mindset and problem solving skills,” Prof Chan said.