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The HKUST website (hkust.edu.hk) is the official web presence of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, a university in Hong Kong. It is the entry point for anyone who needs to learn about the institution, apply for admission, or navigate its academic and research offerings. The site is organized around distinct audiences — prospective students, current students, researchers, and visitors — and each audience has a clear path through the navigation.
What the Site Covers
The homepage navigation reflects the university's main functions. The core sections are:
| Section | What you'll find |
|---|---|
| About HKUST | Institutional overview, including the Guangzhou campus (HKUST (GZ)) |
| Academics | Teaching & Learning, faculty, and the individual schools |
| Programs & Courses | Degree programs and course information |
| Admissions | Undergraduate admissions, postgraduate admissions, scholarships, financial aid and insurance, student exchange, and visiting students & interns |
| Life@UST | Arts and culture, diversity and inclusion, community outreach, wellness & sports, and student enrichment |
| Research | Research highlights, research news, impact cases, and support and opportunities for researchers |
| Facts & Figures | Rankings, statistics, and awards & recognitions |
| News & Stories | Latest developments, media coverage, and events |
The site also links to an Application Portal, which is where the admissions process is actually carried out.
Who It Serves
The navigation makes the intended audiences explicit:
- Prospective students start with Admissions, where undergraduate and postgraduate routes are separated, and where scholarship and financial aid information sits alongside the application path.
- Current students use Life@UST for campus services, wellness and sports, and enrichment activities, plus the academic school pages.
- Researchers have a dedicated Research section covering funding opportunities, collaboration, and knowledge transfer.
- Visitors and exchange students are served by the Student Exchange and Visiting Students & Interns pages.
What the News Section Tells You
The News & Stories section is not just announcements — it shows where the university is investing. Recent items on the homepage include progress on establishing Hong Kong's third medical school, with infrastructure, curriculum framework, and recruitment of academic and clinical leaders underway, and the establishment ceremony for a new Department of Materials. For a prospective student or research collaborator, this kind of item is a useful signal about which fields are expanding.
How to Use the Site
- Identify your goal first. If you want to study there, go straight to Admissions rather than browsing Academics; the admissions pages carry the application steps and the scholarship information in one place.
- Use the school structure to narrow programs. Academics is divided into the School of Science, School of Engineering, School of Business and Management, School of Humanities and Social Science, School of Medicine, and the Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies. Find your field there before searching for individual courses.
- Check Facts & Figures for rankings and awards if you are comparing institutions — the site collects rankings and recognitions in one section rather than scattering them.
- Use the Application Portal for anything transactional. Program pages describe; the portal is where you act.
Common Points to Watch
- The site covers both the Hong Kong campus and HKUST (GZ), the Guangzhou campus. Program and admissions details can differ between them, so confirm which campus a program belongs to before applying.
- The site is in English, and the navigation labels above match the live menu, so you can search for them directly.
- The homepage does not publish tuition figures or fees; those details, if available, sit within the individual admissions pages rather than the top level.