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HKUST 2012-13 Annual Report
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A number of events for school students were
organized by the School of Engineering.
The Department of Computer Science and
Engineering co-organized the Android
Application Design Contest with the Hong Kong
Federation of Education Workers to raise interest
among secondary school students in computer
science and improve their independence and
peer cooperation. More than 200 students
and teachers from 40 secondary schools joined
the contest. The Department of Industrial
Engineering and Logistics Management held
the My Toy Design Competition to foster
entrepreneurship and innovation, attracting 140
teams from local secondary schools and tertiary
institutions. The competition was well supported
by toy companies, professional bodies, design
and youth organizations.
The School of Business and Management
organized or co-organized a series of conferences
and seminars, including a roundtable on the
sustainability of Chinese family businesses and
a conference on China’s securities market. The
School also continued to arrange its well-received
Business Insights luncheon seminars, a weekly
column in a major economic and financial
newspaper in Hong Kong, and a biweekly release
of research articles.
In addition, the Division of Humanities organized
54 seminars, and co-organized 23 public lectures
with the Hong Kong Museum of History, while
the Division of Social Science held 27 seminars.
To share what life is like at the University, HKUST
Information Day offered talks and campus tours in
October 2012, attracting over 35,000 people.
GIVING SUPPORT
The year saw many generous donations that will
assist the University to move forward in a range of
significant ways.
The landmark HKUST Named Professorship
Program, which unites community support and
recognition for exceptional faculty, mobilized
a wide range of donors and benefactors. The
prestigious scheme was inaugurated in February
2013 to honor donors and professors. With
the addition of a Professorship in Aerospace
Engineering, supported by the Swire Group
Charitable Trust, the total number of Named
Professorships at the University stands at 18, with
another four for the Institute for Advanced Study.
The University will continue to engage support
for Named Professorships to attract and retain
distinguished academics.
The recently established Leadership and Public
Policy Executive Education Programs Unit
received a $30 million donation from Shui On
Holdings Limited. The Unit runs high-level
executive education programs in leadership
and public policy for senior public officials and
corporate executives from Hong Kong, Mainland
and Asia. The first program will be the Oxford-
HKUST Leadership and Public Policy Series, an
initiative with Oxford University.
To meet the increasing demand for hostel
places, HKUST and Hong Kong Baptist University
are developing a joint undergraduate hostel
in Tseung Kwan O. The Hong Kong Jockey
Club Charities Trust is supporting part of the
construction costs, with the amount for HKUST
standing at $23.5 million.