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Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
香港科技大學
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Type Public
Established 1991
Chancellor Chief Executive of Hong Kong
(Current officeholder: Leung Chun-ying)
President Tony F. Chan
Academic staff
531
Undergraduates 8,981
Postgraduates

4,475

Local students 9,630
Non-local students 3,826
Location Clear Water Bay, New Territories, Hong Kong
22°20′15″N 114°15′47″E / 22.3375°N 114.263°E / 22.3375; 114.263Coordinates: 22°20′15″N 114°15′47″E / 22.3375°N 114.263°E / 22.3375; 114.263
Campus Rural, 60 hectares (0.60 km2)
Colours          Blue & gold
Affiliations ASAIHL, APRU
Website Official website
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Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Traditional Chinese 香港科技大學
Simplified Chinese 香港科技大学
As of September 2016
University rankings
Global
ARWU 201–300
Times 49
QS 36
Asia
ARWU 27-42
Times 6
QS 4
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4,475

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is a public research university in Clear Water Bay Peninsula, Hong Kong. Established in 1991, it is the territory's youngest higher learning institution with no precursory existence.

The university consists of four disciplinary schools, which offer degrees in business and management, engineering, science, and humanities and social science, alongside the Interdisciplinary Programs Office, which provides cross-disciplinary programs, and Fok Ying Tung Graduate School/Fok Ying Tung Research Institute, which promotes technology transfer and commercialisation. HKUST has been continuously viewed as one of the top three higher education institutions in Hong Kong.

Established in 1991 under Chapter 1141 of the Laws of Hong Kong (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Ordinance), HKUST is one of the eight statutory universities in Hong Kong.

In the late 1980s the Hong Kong Government anticipated a strong demand for university graduates to fuel an economy increasingly based on services. Sir Chung Sze Yuen and the then Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Edward Youde, conceived the idea of another university in addition to the pre-existing two universities (HKU and CUHK).

Planning for the "Third University", named The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology later, began in 1986. Construction began at the Kohima Camp site in Tai Po Tsai on the Clear Water Bay Peninsula. The site was earmarked for the construction of a new British Army garrison, but plans for the construction of the garrison were shelved after the Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed in 1984.


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