LKSF "Future Now!" Outreach Program to Australia
HKUST students got an valuable opportunity to know more about the entrepreneurship culture in Australia by joining the Outreach Program "Future Now!". The program, co-organized by Li Ka Shing Foundation, HKUST and other three local universities in HK, took place at Australia from 6 to 9 October 2019.
The program received an overwhelming number of applications from HKUST students who are interested in entrepreneurship. Three students from School of Business and Management & School of Engineering were selected to join the the program. Prof. Gary CHAN, the Director of HKUST Entrepreneurship Center, also joined this program as an advisor.
Students had a chance to visit the high-tech startups at Australia, exchange ideas with the startup entrepreneurs and explore cutting-edge technology such as satellite IoT & quantum computing.
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.
