HKUST In The Media

HKUST and Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Wuhan Union Hospital) officially launched the "Collaborative Center for Medical and Engineering Innovation".

A CNN TÜRK video interview featured AP (Teaching & Learning) Prof. Jimmy FUNG, SENG Dean Prof. Hong LO, and Turkish alumnus Yigit SEN discussing HKUST's unique appeal to Turkish students and the benefits of studying in HK. 

CHEM/ENVR Chair Prof. YU Jianzhen and FINA Assoc. Prof. JI Yan have been awarded fellowship under the 2025/26 Research Grants Council (RGC)’s Senior Research Fellow Scheme (SRFS) and Research Fellow Scheme (RFS), respectively. 

HKUST inaugurated the second Belt and Road International Training Workshop on Space Science and Utilization, marking the program's debut in Hong Kong.

Scientific Director of the Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences Prof. POO Muming recounted in an interview the early days of HKUST’s establishment.

A column article by MGMT Chair Prof. LI Jiatao on ten emerging technologies that bring new business opportunities across different areas.

In an article on mainland students sidestepping HK’s exorbitant rents, VPIA-designate Prof. Charles NG noted that the University is exploring multiple options, such as negotiating with property owners in Kwun Tong to convert vacant spaces into student housing or labs. 

A team led by ECE Asst. Prof. LI Xiaomeng, who is also Assoc. Director of Center for Medical Imaging and Analysis, has developed a new AI model capable of generating high-quality 3D images of patients' bones and anatomy in under a minute with just 2–4 X-ray snapshots, as compared to 400-500 for CT scans. 

HKUST has signed an environmental project cooperation agreement with Jiangsu DAOTOP Environmental Technology to implement the first benchmark project under the RAISe+ Scheme in Wuxi.

Researchers led by ECE Assoc. Prof. Abhishek K. SRIVASTAVA innovated a new class of green-emitting quantum rods, developing the world’s brightest and most energy-efficient quantum rod LEDs (QRLEDs). 

HKUST’s SBM and Tsinghua University’s PBC School of Finance jointly launched a program aimed at developing global leaders in finance and tech. 

A team led by PHYS Chair Prof. LAW Kam-Tuen recently discovered an existing two-dimensional material, after modification, could become an excellent quantum computer chip, significantly enhancing current quantum computers’ computational and storage capabilities.