Vice President of Tsinghua University and Founding Head of Tsinghua Medicine visits HKUST
President Prof. Nancy IP and CBE Head Prof. I-Ming HSING greeted the visit of Vice President of Tsinghua University Prof. Hongwei WANG and Founding Head and Chair Professor of Tsinghua Medicine Prof. Tien Yin WONG.
In the meeting, they explored the opportunity to strengthen the collaboration between Tsinghua and HKUST, particularly in bioengineering, digital medicine, and translational inter-disciplinary research.
Prof. Tien Yin WONG also delivered an IAS Distinguished Lecture on "Why is Digital Innovation in Healthcare so Hard" at IAS Lecture Theatre.
About The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (https://hkust.edu.hk/) is a world-class research intensive 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. Over 80% of our research work were rated “Internationally excellent” or “world leading” in the Research Assessment Exercise 2020 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee. We were ranked 3rd in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2022, and our graduates were ranked 23rd worldwide and among the best from universities from Asia in Global Employability University Ranking and Survey 2021.
