A new joint SCUT-HKUST laboratory on Display Technology
HKUST and South China University of Technology 華南理工大學 (SCUT), a key university of science and engineering in China, have signed an agreement on a joint SCUT-HKUST lab on display technology. SCUT and the Guangdong Government will commit more than HKD100 million to set up a large facility dedicated to Thin Film Transistor (TFT) technology. Prof Hoi Sing KWOK, a Chair Professor of Electronic and Computer Engineering and the Dr. William Mong Chair Professor of Nanotechnology, will serve as the founding director of the newly established lab.
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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.
