HKUST Enhances collaboration with Leading University in Belarus
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) today signed an agreement with the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (BSUIR), a premier university in the Republic of Belarus famous for its expertise in computer science, radioelectronics and telecommunications. The agreement is to develop cooperation and academic contacts between the two universities.
The agreement was jointly signed at a ceremony today, with Chair Professor Hoi Sing KWOK, Director of the Center for Display Research, representing HKUST, and Rector Mikhail Batura for BSUIR.
In 2002, Prof KWOK had signed an agreement with the Rector of BSUIR over a joint research activity.
Speaking at the ceremony, Prof Kwok said HKUST felt honored by this collaboration with a leading university from Belarus. The new agreement, effective immediately, for five years, will commit the two universities to an exchange of students as well as collaborations in joint projects in nanomaterials and nanoelectronics.
About the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics
The Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (BSUIR) was founded in March 15, 1964. In the national system of education of the Republic of Belarus, BSUIR plays a leading role in the preparation of the engineering and scientific staff in the field of computer science, radioelectronics and telecommunications. Today BSUIR is a large and leading scientific and educational center in Belarus.
About The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (www.ust.hk) is a world-class research university that focuses on science, technology and business as well as humanities and social science. HKUST offers an international campus, and a holistic and interdisciplinary pedagogy to nurture well-rounded graduates with global vision, a strong entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinking. HKUST attained the highest proportion of internationally excellent research work in the Research Assessment Exercise 2014 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee, and is ranked as the world’s best young university in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2019. Its graduates were ranked 16th worldwide and top in Greater China in Global University Employability Survey 2018.
