HKUST President Tony F Chan and Cambridge University Vice-Chancellor Prof Sir Leszek Borysiewicz Share Insights into University Education
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) President Tony F Chan today had an inspiring dialogue with Cambridge University Vice-Chancellor Prof Sir Leszek Borysiewicz at the Presidents Dialogue at HKUST. Cambridge University is one of the world's top universities, with 89 of its faculty and alumni having won Nobel Prizes.
Prof Borysiewicz said that a world-class university must have focus and determination. He stressed that it is important to have good professors as they will attract good students. He stated that for Cambridge University, the key to success was the uncompromising pursuit of quality and excellence.
He said that while competition encourages improvement, collaboration is also conducive to growth. On the research front, he stated that both basic and applied research should run in parallel as both are of equal importance.
He added that HKUST has built a robust foundation and is primed for significant growth in the years to come.
The Presidents Dialogue is one of the celebratory activities for HKUST's 20th Anniversary.
Related link:
http://videochannel.ust.hk/Watch.aspx?Video=1B18CC3BA5DC88C1
For media enquiries, please feel free to contact :
Ross Lai
Tel: 2358 6306 / 9103 2928
Tel: 2358 6306 / 9103 2928
Kit Yip
Tel: 2358 6313
Email: kityip@ust.hk
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.
