HKUST Partners with Tung Wah College to Advance Interdisciplinary Healthcare Education

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Tung Wah College (TWC) to enhance collaboration in cross-disciplinary medical education, innovative research, knowledge transfer, and community outreach services. 

A Synergy of Strengths

Combining HKUST’s strengths in scientific innovation and TWC’s expertise in nurturing high-caliber talent across healthcare disciplines, including nursing and allied health, this partnership focuses on five key areas: 

1.    facilitate student learning and clinical rotations for HKUST and TWC students; 
2.    develop and implement joint interprofessional programs that integrate cutting-edge technologies like AI; 
3.    foster interdisciplinary research in pioneering fields; 
4.    enhancing community services; and 
5.    co-develop a Centre of Excellence to drive breakthroughs in medical education, translational research, and patient care.

HKUST President Prof. Nancy IP expressed her gratitude to TWC for this partnership.  She said, "Healthcare’s future requires collaborations across all health professionals. When doctors, nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, and allied fields unite, they build efficient, patient-centered systems. At HKUST, we fuse cutting-edge research with practical solutions to address societal challenges like aging populations and chronic diseases. By integrating AI diagnostics, smart rehabilitation, and data analytics into training, we're developing next-generation healthcare leaders equipped for modern medicine's complexities – setting new benchmarks for interprofessional education in Hong Kong and beyond." 

President of the TWC Prof. Sally CHAN said, “The MOU positions us to leverage our collective expertise, share best practices, and drive positive impacts to benefit both our communities. This alliance will open new doors for our students, providing invaluable learning experiences to build them into all-round healthcare professionals and exposure to cutting-edge research. It will also enable our faculty members to work alongside their counterparts at HKUST, sharing knowledge to tackle some of the most pressing challenges in the healthcare field and to foster significant improvements in the well-being of our community.  As TWC embarks on the journey to becoming a private university and a University of Applied Sciences, signing this MOU with HKUST represents a promising future of collaboration – a partnership that bridges the strengths of a traditional research-intensive university with a soon-to-be university of applied sciences, propelling our endeavors to new heights.” 

About Tung Wah College
Tung Wah College (TWC) (www.twc.edu.hk) is a self-financing degree-granting tertiary institution incorporated in 2010 by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (TWGHs). Taking advantage of the acknowledged strengths and expertise of TWGHs in medical and health, education, and social services, TWC aspires to become a renowned privately-funded university, recognised for high quality programmes focusing on practical application for both for-profit and non-profit organisations, while nurturing youngsters to be caring citizens with a sense of social responsibility. TWC is an approved post-secondary college registered under the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance (Cap 320). All TWC's programmes are accredited by the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ). 

Currently, TWC offers programmes in diverse disciplines through four Schools, namely, School of Nursing, School of Medical and Health Sciences, School of Management and School of Arts and Humanities. The College has a student population of over 4,000, offering 19 degree, sub-degree, diploma, and certificate programmes in nursing, gerontology, health information and services management, biomedical science, forensic biomedical science, medical laboratory science, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, radiation therapy, medical imaging, management in social and business sustainability, applied psychology, early childhood education, and other disciplines. It has nurtured more than 6,300 graduates since its inception in 2010.