HKUST receives HK$200 million from Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd
HKUST has received a large gift from Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd, a company listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange. The generous HK$200 million to the University, received yesterday, will drive forward innovative research and education.
The donation will endow a Kaisa professorship, and support a joint research institute to conduct research in chosen fields including advanced materials, the Internet of things, and big data.
Kaisa has been an enthusiastic supporter of HKUST. With this latest gift, the University will have more resources to support and lead cutting-edge research as well as talent development and knowledge transfer.
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.
