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STUDENT ENROLLMENT (2025/26 ACADEMIC YEAR)
 UndergraduatePostgraduateTotal
Science2,6318373,468
Engineering3,9141,8705,784
Business and Management3,6321463,778
Humanities and Social Science38765452
Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies387365752
Joint School673-673
Total11,6243,28314,907

 

POSTGRADUATES FIGURES (2025/26 ACADEMIC YEAR)
 
Research Postgraduate
Taught PG
Total
MPhilPhD
Science1706676451,482
Engineering2931,5771,4343,304
Business and Management451012,1292,275
Humanities and Social Sciences3233359424
Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies77288421786
Joint School--439439
Total6172,6665,4278,710

 

ENROLMENT BY GENDER (2025/26 ACADEMIC YEAR)
 UndergraduatePostgraduateTotal
Female4,2509885,238
Male7,3742,2959,669
Total11,6243,28314,907

 

NON LOCAL STUDENTS (2023/24 ACADEMIC YEAR)
 
Undergraduate
Postgraduate
Total
ResearchTaught
Mainland China1,0922,1802,7406,012
Other places in Asia783200801,063
Rest of the world2037142316
Total2,0782,4512,8627,391

 

FACULTY MEMBERS (AS OF JUN 2024) (FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT)
 RegularVisitingTotal
Science2035208
Engineering27416290
Business and Management16439203
Humanities and Social Science1583161
Interdisciplinary #8813101
Total ^83271903

# This refers to faculty members under the Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies (formerly known as the Interdisciplinary Programs Office), HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study and HKUST Institute for Public Policy.

^ A faculty member may be affiliated with multiple schools/areas, so the total may be different from the sum of faculty members of all schools/areas. 

 

RESEARCH FUNDING
 Funding (HK$M)
2007 - 2008369.6
2008 - 2009447
2009 - 2010432.6
2010 - 2011409.3
2011 - 2012444.1
2012 - 2013548.4
2013 - 2014485.2
2014 - 2015521.8
2015 - 2016578.4
2016 - 2017690.9
2017 - 2018657
2018 - 2019836.1
2019 - 20201080.1*
2020 - 20211033.6*
2021 - 20221082.8*
2022 - 2023956.1*
2023 - 20241119.9*

*Includes R&D projects administrated by R&D Corporation and Mainland platforms.

 

FACULTY PROFILE
100% with doctorate degree and majority from the following universities: 
(Only tenure track faculty - Assistant Professor or above)
BostonBrownCambridgeCarnegie-Mellon
ChicagoColumbiaCornellDuke
HarvardIllinoisLondonMaryland
MichiganMITNew YorkNorthwestern
OxfordPennsylvaniaPrincetonPurdue
Southern CaliforniaStanfordTorontoUBC
UC BerkeleyUCLAWashingtonYale