Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is a public research university in Tai Po Tsai, Clear Water Bay Peninsula, New Territories, Hong Kong. Founded in 1991, it was the territory's third institution to be granted university status.
Other name
HKUST, UST
2 October 1991
HK$5.13 billion
- Ting Chuen Pong
- Tim Kwang Ting Cheng
- Yang Wang
Yike Guo
745
17,581
10,478 (59.0%)
7,103 (40.1%)
10,737(61.1%)
6,844 (38.9%)
English
USFHK
香港科技大学
香港科技大學
Xiānggǎng Kējì Dàxué
Xiānggǎng Kējì Dàxué
Hēunggóng Fōgeih Daaihhohk
Hoeng1gong2 Fo1gei6 Daai6hok6
University rankings
301-400 (2022)
47 (2025)
2 (2021)
58 (2023)
91-100 (2022)
3 (2022)
95 (2023)
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Student life[edit]
Student body[edit]
For year 2022-23, HKUST enrolled ~10,500 undergraduates and ~7,000 postgraduates, with over 40% (~2,000 undergraduates & ~5,000 postgraduates) of the total enrolment being non-local (not holding Hong Kong citizenship). In terms of student population, the School of Engineering is the largest among the university's four schools, hosting 34% and 36% of HKUST's undergraduates and postgraduates respectively; this was followed by the schools of Business and Management (34%/24%), Science (21%/20%), and Humanities and Social Science (3%/8%).[69]
A total of 2,129 local students were admitted to undergraduate programs offered by the university in 2018/19. The university saw the graduation of 2,317 undergraduate students, 506 research postgraduates and 2,224 taught postgraduates in the same academic year, amounting to a total of 5,047 degrees being conferred.[70]
Identification[edit]
Logo[edit]
The HKUST logo is in several ways symbolic of the institution. Lyrically it visualizes the golden head of wisdom over the open book of knowledge. Between the arms holding the book can be seen as a flask representing science. Alternatively, it is a transmission tower representing engineering and technology or communication and management. A sun radiating gold can also be seen, that very traditional Chinese color, over an ocean glowing with the deep blue representative of Hong Kong. Supporting these emblems are the three Greek letters upsilon (υ), psi (ψ), and tau (Τ), that is: υψΤ transliterating as UST. The logo entwines many meanings, as does the University itself.
Icon[edit]
Few symbols represent an institution like the sundial represents HKUST, entitled "Circle of Time", the sculpture standing in the center of the Entrance Piazza was commissioned by the Hong Kong Jockey Club and created by two Irish-born, Perth (Western Australia) based sculptors, the husband-and-wife team of Charles and Joan Walsh-Smith.
