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HKUST 2011-2012 Annual Report
Over the past year, students benefited from one-to-
one faculty mentoring, overseas exchange, the Summer
Sojourn Program in Beijing, and internship opportunities.
In another enterprising move, the School offered its first
collaborative combined degree programs with strategic
partners in Mainland China. These accelerated programs
provide the exciting opportunity to study a “bachelor’s
+ taught master’s” or “taught master’s + research
master’s” degree programs. They are open to high-caliber
undergraduates and postgraduates respectively.
Dynamic international partnerships
Over 2011-12, the School continued to attract
international attention and world-renowned university
partners. Among its many creative initiatives, the School
moved forward on plans to launch a faculty exchange
program with California Institute of Technology, to hold
Jefferson Global Seminars with the University of Virginia
on HKUST campus, and to offer collaborative PhD training
in economic and social history with Utrecht University in
the Netherlands.
Fresh insight into creativity
The second season of the annual “Intimacy of Creativity”
program was successfully held in Spring 2012, led by
artistic director and internationally renowned composer,
conductor and pianist Bright Sheng. The program
gathered together established composers, selected
emerging composers and world-renowned performers at
HKUST to engage in an innovative dialogue. Over two
weeks, the composers presented and revised chamber
music compositions following in-depth discussions with
the musicians during open workshop sessions. The world
premiere of the revised works took place at Hong Kong
City Hall.
