The Hong
Kong University of Science and Technology is a community research
university in Clear Water Bay Peninsula, Hong Kong. Founded in 1991, it is the region's
youngest higher learning organization with no precursory subsistence.
The university includes four disciplinary schools, which provide degrees in
business and management, engineering, science, and humanities and social
science, along with the Interdisciplinary Programs Office, which offers
cross-disciplinary programs, and Fok Ying Tung Graduate School/Fok Ying Tung
Research Institute, which encourages technology transfer and commercialization.
HKUST has been regularly seen as one of the top three higher education organization
in Hong Kong.
History
Founded in 1991 under Chapter 1141
of the Laws of Hong Kong (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
regulation), HKUST is one of the eight legislative universities in Hong
Kong. In the late 1980s the Hong Kong
Government predicted a strong demand for university graduates to stimulate an
economy increasingly based on services. Sir Chung Sze Yuen and the then Governor
of Hong Kong, Sir Edward Youde visualized the idea of another university in
addition to the pre-existing two universities HKU and CUHK. Preparation for the "3rd University",
named The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology began in 1986. On the
Clear Water Bay Peninsula, construction took place at the Kohima Camp site in Tai
Po Tsai. The site was assigned for the construction of a new British Army barracks,
but plans for the construction of the barracks were canceled after the Sino-
British Joint Declaration was signed in 1984.
Primarily planned to end in 1994,
the death of Sir Edward in 1986 led to increased endeavor and permitted UST to
open its doors early – in 1991. Quite a few leading scientists and researchers
took top positions at the new university in its early years, including
physicist Leroy Chang who came in 1993
as Dean of Science and became Vice-President for Academic Affairs. Thomas E. Stelson was also a founding member
of the management. The venture was condemned for exceeding the budget set forth
by the Hong Kong Government and the royal Hong Kong Jockey Club. However, under
the fund-raising efforts of its President, Woo Chia-wei, the first students
enrolled in October 1991. By 1992, housing and athletic facilities were extended
to support about 7,000 students. Several more development projects such as the
construction of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Enterprise Centre have been completed
since then. The library extension
building Lo Ka Chung Building South Bus Station, Lee Shau Kee Business Building
(LSK), Cheng Yu Tung Building (CYT), the Conference Lodge and Undergraduate
Halls VIII and IX are the latest add-ons to the campus.
Campus
The university is located at the
northern part of Clear Water Bay Peninsulain Sai Kung District, new Territories,
Hong Kong, reside in a 60-hectare site overlooking Port Shelter in Tai Po Tsai.
Apart from the educational complexes, the campus also possess student halls of
residence, indoor and outdoor athletics facilities, the University Center,
staff quarters and the President's chalet, making use of the sloped landscape
to divide the campus for different uses.
Reputation
and rankings
HKUST had been formerly graded
Asia's No.1 by the independent regional QS University Rankings: Asia for
three straight years from 2011 to 2013. It's one of the fastest growing
institutions as graded #1 and #4 by QS world's under 50 universities and Times
100 under 50 universities respectively in 2014. The THE's World
Reputation Rankings of 2015 considered it the second reputable in the
territory, while it was third in the HKU Public Opinion Program survey
(2012). According to Global Employability University Ranking 2015, the
University's graduates have the most employment rate among Greater China,
ranked 14th globally.
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