News & Stories

Hong Kong may not be the popular choice of higher education for many Malaysian students but Jason and Chu Henn see the competitive advantage of HKUST over many leading universities in the world. In the last of the three-part series, the Malaysian students share how studying at HKUST has enriched their international exposure and networking opportunities in the Greater Bay Area.

The “Why HKUST?” series features students from three belt-and-road countries who stepped out of their comfort zone to embrace growth challenges at HKUST.

Dennis CHOW, a graduate of Mathematics in 2018, is a firm believer in learning by doing. And thanks to his outgoing personality and an insatiable appetite for new challenges, throughout his four years at HKUST, the young man made the most of every opportunity provided by the University to build his experiences and skills that set himself apart from his peers, and even outperformed them when they graduated.

About 450 student athletes, coaches and staff from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and University of Macau participated in the 13 events of the 19th HKUST-UM Sports Challenge Cup at HKUST on Saturday, 28 April 2018.

Yash AGRAWAL, a Year 3 student of Individualized Interdisciplinary Major Program (IIM), attended Harvard University as a Visiting Undergraduate Student last term to explore history of the Earth and astronomy.

The second World Elite University Football Tournament was taken place from 23 June to 3 July 2017 at TsinghuaUniversity, Beijing. Twelve world-class Universities from Germany, Canada, the United States, Netherlands, the UnitedKingdom, China, Hong Kong and Australia competed and mingled together during the Tournament.