HKUST Annual Report 2019-2020

STUDENTS Student Enrollment (as of 30 Sep 2020) School / Area Undergraduate Postgraduate Total MPhil PhD Taught Science 2,210 111 587 454 3,362 Engineering 3,434 284 1,100 892 5,710 Business and Management 3,488 40 81 1336 4,945 Humanities and Social Science 211 30 38 209 488 Interdisciplinary Programs 290 77 188 219 774 Joint School 672 0 0 244 916 Total 10,305 542 1,994 3,354 16,195 Non-local Student Enrollment (2019-20) Home Country Undergraduate Postgraduate Total Research Taught Mainland China 786 1,517 2,273 4,576 Other Places in Asia 902 273 168 1,343 Rest of the World 211 107 121 439 Total 1,899 1,897 2,562 6,358 * as of Oct 2019 Undergraduate Exchanges (2019-20) Host/ Destination Region Exchange-in % Exchange-out % Mainland China 12 2.7 9 1.2 Asia 17 3.8 86 11.1 North America 128 28.3 291 37.6 Central and South America 1 0.2 0 0 Europe 284 62.8 369 47.7 Australia and New Zealand 10 2.2 18 2.3 Africa 0 0 0 0 Total 452 100 773 100 * as of Aug 2020 Employment (2019) Note: Percentages may not add up to 100%, as they are rounded to the nearest percent Undergraduate Postgraduate PhD MPhil Taught Master (Except MBA) MBA Employment Situation % % % % % Employed 80.2 60 35 30.7 95.3 Further Studies 13.7 1.1 43.9 6.3 0.9 Returned to Home Country or Emigrated 3.7 37.9 18 62.1 0 Others 2.5 1.1 3.3 1.1 3.7 Employment Situation by Industry % % % % % Commerce and Business 57.7 12.6 26.9 59.2 81.5 Engineering and Industry 30.3 13.8 31.3 25.7 17.4 Education 7.0 72.3 34.3 14.4 0 Government and Related Organizations 3.1 1.3 7.5 0.7 0 Community and Social Services 1.9 0 0 0 1.1 FACULTY Faculty Members (as of 30 Jun 2020) (Full-time Equivalent) ^ School/ Area Regular Visiting Total Science 166 8 174 Engineering 200 4 204 Business and Management 149 1 150 Humanities and Social Science 135 7 142 Interdisciplinary Programs 26 0 26 HKUST Jockey Club Institute of Advanced Study 2 0 2 Institute for Public Policy 1 0 1 Total 677 20 697 ^ The above faculty numbers are reported in Full-time Equivalent (FTE) basis to reflect faculty’s service distribution to each school. RESEARCH No. of New Research Projects and Funding (2019-20) Number Funding (in HK$M) UGC 398 135.9 RGC 233 197.6 Others 844 746.7 Total 1,469 * 1,080.1 ** No. of Patents (2019-20) Filed 286 Granted 74 * No. of projects does not add up due to projects with multiple sponsors. ** Includes R&D projects administrated by R and D Corporation and Mainland platforms. FACTS AND FIGURES Graduate Numbers (2020) School / Area Undergraduate Postgraduate Total Research Taught Science 505 140 333 978 Engineering 796 286 757 1,839 Business and Management 841 35 1,042 1,918 Humanities and Social Science 58 19 230 307 Interdisciplinary Programs 63 17 136 216 Joint School 112 0 152 264 Total 2,375 497 2,650 5,522 * as of Aug 2020 HKUST ANNUAL REPORT 2019-2020 49 48 Facts and Figures