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HKUST 2012-13 Annual Report
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Forging Partnerships
Overseas delegations paved the way for the
development of strategic partnerships between
HKUST and selected elite universities to foster
faculty research collaborations. The first such
collaborations have been established with the
University of Southern California and California
Institute of Technology in the US, École Normale
Supérieure in France, École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, and
Technical University of Munich in Germany.
Another exciting development is a joint initiative
with the University of Oxford. The Oxford-
HKUST Leadership and Public Policy Series will
provide top-quality executive education to
senior members of the public sector in Hong
Kong, Mainland China, and eventually Asia.
President Chan and Oxford’s Vice-Chancellor
Prof Andrew Hamilton signed a Memorandum
of Understanding in January 2013 at Davos
to develop the series. The University is also
collaborating with Smith College to provide
executive education tailor-made for senior
women executives in Asia.
Growing Network
HKUST continued to enhance engagement
with its global network of 250 universities and
institutions during the year. Students benefited
from the University’s internationalization efforts
through internships and research experience
at first-class institutions such as MIT and CERN,
among others.
The University entered into 89 institutional,
university and school-level agreements with
leading institutions globally in 2012-13. In
addition, 88 international delegations visited
HKUST, including senior representatives from
Harvard University, University of Southern
California and University of Minnesota in the US;
Imperial College London in the UK; and TU Berlin
in Germany.