Summary of the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme 2010/11 Awardees Statistics
The Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme was launched by RGC in 2009 to attract the outstanding students in the world to pursue their PhD degree programs in Hong Kong using criteria such as academic excellence, research ability and potential, communication and interpersonal skills, and leadership abilities. The successful candidates were chosen through a stringent vetting process involving two selection panels comprising 21 overseas and 15 local academics, and detailed examination of the short-listed applications by the 16-member Panel which came to Hong Kong from overseas.
Meant to accept only candidates eligible for admission to the top universities around the world, it has only made 148 offers among the 2,996 applications worldwide from 100 countries / regions - among which 115 offers have been accepted.
| Institution | Number of Awardees | Percentage |
| City University of Hong Kong | 5 | 4.3% |
| Hong Kong Baptist University | 4 | 3.5% |
| Lingnan University | 1 | 0.9% |
| The Chinese University of Hong Kong | 30 | 26.1% |
| The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 15 | 13.0% |
| The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 34 | 29.6% |
| The University of Hong Kong | 26 | 22.6% |
| Total | 115 | 100.0% |
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.
