HKUST Welcomed Visit from the Hong Kong Young Industrialists Council
On June 11, HKUST welcomed the 18-member delegation, led by the Hong Kong Young Industrialists Council Foundation Chairman Mr Hui Leung Wah and the Council's Deputy Chairmen Mr Alan Cheung and Mr Ricky Chan. A welcome lunch was hosted by Acting President Professor Wei Shyy and Vice-President for Institutional Advancement Professor Sabrina Lin. To encourage networking and exchanges, the University has invited over ten professors to meet with the industrialists as well as the Council member cum Vice Chairman of the Institutional Advancement and Outreach Committee Professor Jack Lau to talk about applications for the Innovation & Technology Fund. The delegation also learnt about the latest development of the School of Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Industry 4.0, Integrative Systems & Design and visited the Robotics Institute.
Professor Shyy remarked, “HKUST always treasures support from the industrialists and looks forward to closer collaboration. We hope to obtain more internship opportunities for our students and work hand in hand with the private sector on nurturing talents and driving research development.”
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.
