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HKUST 2014-2015
Annual Report
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
2015
• HKUST achieved outstanding
ratings in the University
Grants Committee’s Research
Assessment Exercise 2014,
achieving world-leading (four
stars) and internationally
excellent (three stars) levels for
70% of its research submissions,
the highest among all other
local institutions.
• President Prof Tony F Chan
led a delegation to the World
Economic Forum in Davos,
Switzerland, where HKUST was
the only Asian university to
conduct an IdeasLab, its first at
a “Winter Davos”. Four School
of Engineering professors
discussed technologies that
could lead to the seamless
merging of physical and virtual
worlds.
• The School of Business and
Management and Chartered
Alternative Investment Analyst
(CAIA) Association announced
an academic partnership to
promote alternative investment
education across Asia.
• Members of the State Key
Laboratory of Molecular
Neuroscience organized the
Croucher Advanced Study
Institute “Alzheimer’s Dementia
in a Global Context” workshop
at HKUST, in partnership with
the Alzheimer’s Association of
the United States.
• A HKUST Leadership and Public
Policy Executive Education forum
discussed the way forward
for democratic development
in Hong Kong. Dr Vincent Lo,
Chairman of Shui On Group
and former HKUST Council
Chairman, chaired a panel
discussion, with leading public
figures among the panelists.
• The Graduate Commons
opened, enabling postgraduate
students across all Schools
to engage in ideas exchange
and collaborative learning in
an informal and welcoming
environment.
• The Department of Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering
and HKUST Student Branch
of the American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics
jointly organized the first AERO
DAY on campus.
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
• The Wong Chak Chui
Charitable Foundation made a
donation to boost education
and research development
and to set up the Wong Chak
Chui International Enrichment
Scholarship. In recognition, the
University named the Lee Shau
Kee Business Building lecture
theater after the late Mr Wong
Chak Chui.
• The second Hackathon@HKUST,
a 24-hour university student-
led coding event, widened its
scope to encompass students
and alumni from other local
universities, attracting over 200
participants.
MARCH
