T&M-DDP High School Student Dinner 2019
Dual Degree Program in Technology & Management (T&M-DDP) High School Student Dinner was held on 6 June 2019 to gather around 30 prospective high school students and parents. Program directors, faulty advisors, alumni, staff and current students joined the event to mingle and share about program design, learning experience, opportunities and career prospects.
Prof. Ravindra GOONETILLEKE, Co-director of T&M-DDP, kicked off the evening with a warm welcome to all students and parents. Followed by, Prof. Chi Ming CHAN, Co-founder of T&M-DDP, shared how the program was developed and designed to equip students with both knowledge from technology and management fields. Prof. Betty LIN, Associate Director & UG Coordinator of T&M-DDP, then showcased how the program captured the best of both technology and business worlds by introducing the exclusive courses and opportunities brought by the program. Prof. Kai Lung HUI, Co-director of T&M-DDP, also gave a brief overview on admission figures and some tips and strategies on JUPAS. Last but not least, two alumni, Mr. Sunny WONG and Mr. Jovian LING shared about their learning experience in T&M-DDP and the paths in founding their own business after graduation.
After the sharing part, students and parents enjoyed the dinner and mingled with faculty members, staff current and graduated students to understand more about the program details.
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.
