HKUST has joined 11 other leading universities in engineering in the region to form the Asia-Oceania Top University League on Engineering (AOTULE)
The league, formed in March this year, seeks to improve the quality of engineering education and research and to facilitate international collaborations among its top-ranking members through exchanges of information, students and staff.
Other league members comprise Monash University (Australia), Tsinghua University (China), National Taiwan University (Taiwan), India Institute of Technology Bombay (India), Bandung Institute of Technology (Indonesia), Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan), Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Korea), University of Malaya (Malaysia), The University of Auckland (New Zealand), Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), and Chulalongkorn University (Thailand).
At the first Deans’ Meeting at Tokyo Institute of Technology in March, representatives agreed to implement joint annual research symposiums, exchanges, and an annual meeting of Deans of Engineering Schools/Faculties, among other programs.
The second gathering takes place at the Korean Advanced Institute for Science and Technology in Daejeon, Korea from 28-30 November. Student and young scientists’ workshops on mechanical science/engineering and polymer science/engineering will be held at the same time,
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.
