HKUST Corporate Brochure

SERVE THE WORLD WITH INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY Since its establishment in 1991, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has been making strides progressively in education, research, knowledge transfer, and social services. As the world moves toward a new era where economic growth and societal development rely increasingly on more human-centered science, technology, new business innovation, and organizational frameworks, HKUST is in a prime position to assume a major role inaddressing21st-centuryproblems with what we have been stressing since day one – innovation, adaptation, inclusivity and originality. Today, Hong Kong is provided with a wide array of opportunities, many of which are available because of the city’s unique outlook: international, open-minded, and close proximity to China. The impending development of China’s innovation-driven Greater Bay Area, which is right at our doorstep, has set an even clearer scene for HKUST to play a more substantial role in our community and beyond. Our ambitious plan to establish a new campus in Guangzhou will strengthen HKUST’s capabilities to groom talents to meet the challenges ahead, and seize the opportunity to establish academic and research excellence. In particular, we aim at offering new degree programs focusing on cross-disciplinary frontiers to complement, not duplicate, those being offered in our Clear Water Bay campus and, more importantly, we are determined to realize this plan through new academic structures which are agile and less discipline-bound. Many key areas including information and data sciences, autonomous systems and robotics, advanced materials and smart fabrication and prototyping, sensing and actuation, and design and system thinking approaches will join force to help find answers in critical areas such as sustainability and environment; energy, city and population; ocean, space, and the planet; body, mind and aging; society, humanity and public policy. As we continue our journey, we welcome partners from around the globe to advanceourmissionandsharedinterests together.We are indebted to the vision of our founders, generous contributions of our donors, support from the Hong Kong society, and contributions of our alumni and staff, without whom we would not be in the position we are at today. Professor Wei Shyy President, HKUST