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Aging, and the struggle against it, has long been a popular theme in classic and modern literature in human history. From the ill-fated Qin Shi Huang’s expedition to the sea searching for eternal life to Count Dracula’s popularity in the West, aging is a mystery that has captured the world's imagination for thousands of years and yet remains unsolved.

Prof. Khaled B. LETAIEF, Acting Provost and Chair Professor of Electronic and Computer Engineering was conferred an Honorary Doctoral Degree by University of Johannesburg. 

Survey respondents show a positive disposition towards e-HKD adoption, with over half of them saying they are likely to use it for daily transactions.

President Prof. Nancy Y. IP welcomes and expresses gratitude to the series of measures rolled out by the Chief Executive Mr. John LEE in his maiden Policy Address.

HKUST received a generous donation from the King family in support of research, especially on Asian family business and family office.

The KH EMBA program is ranked No.1 in the latest Financial Times EMBA Ranking.

The partnership will accelerate the bank’s digital journey, and facilitate FinTech talent development within the bank and in Hong Kong.

Centuries before the air plane was invented and the world was much larger than it seems now, Western travelers tried in their own ways to explore the East and, as a gift back home, they often brought with them printed maps of the unforeseen cultures. Now, for the first time, a comprehensive collection of antique maps of China is available in a book authored by our HKUST scholar. This will be the first and unique scholarly work in cartography. Titled “Regnum Chinae: The Printed Western Maps of China to 1735”, the book features 127 Western printed maps of China from 1584 to 1735, which has taken Dr. Marco CABOARA, Digital Scholarship and Archives Manager at HKUST Lee Shau Kee Library, and his team four years to finish.