HKUST

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology is a public research university in Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong. Founded in 1991 by the British Hong Kong Government, it was the territory's third institution to be granted university status. HKUST is commonly regarded as one of the fastest growing universities in the world. In 2019, the university was ranked seventh in Asia by QS and third by The Times, and around top 40 internationally. It was ranked 27th in the world and second in Hong Kong by QS 2021. It also ranked first in Times Higher Education Young University Rankings in 2019 and second by QS world's under-50 universities in 2020.

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HKUST and Tsinghua researchers develop mechanism of electrical 180° switching of Néel vector - EurekAlert

HKUST scientists develop simple blood test for early detection of Alzheimer's disease

HKUST-Beijing Tiantan Hospital researchers discover a new cause for the cerebral cavernous malformation

HKUST's meta-analysis shows SARS-CoV-2 variants unlikely to affect T cell responses

HKUST scientists discover how antibiotics target bacterial RNAP to inhibit its gene transcription

HKUST develops a novel raman spectroscopy platform to characterize IDPs in dilute solution

HKUST researchers unlock the micro-molecular physiochemical mechanism of dental plaque formation

HKUST decodes a deep-sea vent-endemic snail hologenome

HKUST Researchers Discover a Novel Mechanism of Recruiting Arf Family Proteins to specific subcellular localizations