News & Stories

2021

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HK's First Mixed Reality Classroom
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Teaching and Learning, Sustainability, Common Core, Interdisciplinary
The Eco Role Model
Led by Prof. Arthur Lau (third from the right), the teaching team of SUST1000 offer their widely varied academic knowledge and experiences to fosters mutual learning and emphasize different perspectives in debates. To foster a sustainability mindset among its students, HKUST is expanding its sustainability course offerings to equip them with the knowledge, understanding, and skills needed to live a more sustainable lifestyle.
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Quenching Endless Curiosity with Research
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Teaching and Learning, Postgraduate, Research, Scholarship
Breaking Misconceptions about Postgraduate Degrees
Master's and doctoral graduates can only be researchers? Not really!
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Education, MBA
HKUST Launches Hong Kong’s First Digital MBA for Working Professionals in Asia
This is the first-of-its-kind program in Asia among Financial Times’ global top 25 MBAs that offers a flexible online learning mode for motivated professionals in the region.

2020

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Teaching and Learning, Electronic and Computer Engineering, LED Lighting
Illuminating the Way
Prof. Kei May LAU, who was awarded the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s J. J. Thomson Medal for Electronics, shares her approach to life and research.
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Teaching and Learning, Postgraduate, Undergraduate
Academic arrangements for the Winter and Spring Terms 2020-21
Academic arrangements for the Winter and Spring Terms 2020-21
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Artificial Intelligence, High School Learners, Undergraduate
HKUST Launches HK’s First Degree Programs with Extended Major
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) will introduce a novel academic framework “Major + X” as a new degree option for undergraduates.  Blending traditional programs with emerging hot topics such as artificial intelligence, this new degree structure not only offers students with greater flexibility, but also allows timely curriculum adjustment and better integration between existing and new knowledge to meet with the emerging need of the society.