Campus Life
Students continue to enjoy a vibrant campus life
and actively participate in a great variety of extra-
curricular activities. The 2007-08 academic year
saw greater efforts by students in assuming a
leadership role in many cultural exchange activities,
regional sports competitions, and wellness
programs.
Cultural Exchange
Student groups or societies organized overseas trips
for cultural exchange with their counterparts abroad.
Deserving special mention is the active involvement
of the Students’ Union in organizing a visit to
National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan and a
study tour to Beijing and Tianjin.
Delta Forum
Students from the Business Students’ Union,
Engineering Students’ Union and Science Students’
Association of HKUST once again successfully
held the sixth Delta Forum on the HKUST campus.
In Delta Forum 2007, university students from
Singapore and Malaysia were invited to join for
international exposure and cultural enrichment.
The Forum has evolved into an international event,
expanding its focus beyond the region and covering
more global issues. The Forum was sponsored by
the Lions Club of Metropolitan of Hong Kong.
Sports Events and Competitions
HKUST students continued to be very active in
organizing sports competitions both within the
university and at a regional level. Students from the
sports teams also assisted in the Olympic Torch Relay
in Hong Kong, in which President Paul Chu and
student Chan Yik-hei took part as Torch Bearers.
Arts Festival
HKUST Arts Festival was held during 20 February
- 28 March 2008. Students from the performing
art clubs and the Center for the Arts jointly staged
a variety of art programs for the enjoyment of
students, staff, and the general public.
Wellness Programs
All first-year students take as a graduation
requirement a non credit-earning “Healthy Lifestyle”
course, through which they are encouraged to form
a lifelong habit of incorporating physical activity
into their hectic school or working life.
Preparing for the World of Work
Wh i l e ma k i ng good u s e o f t h e l e a r n i ng
opportunities of extra-curricular activities, students
are no less active in getting prepared for the world
of work after graduation. There was an enthusiastic
response from students to the “Career Mosaic”,
a job fair which served as an effective platform
for students to “mix and match” with some 26
prospective employers from Banking & Financial
Services, IT, Food & Beverage, Education, Event
Management, Insurance and Real Estate sectors.
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