At the Eighth Congregation, academic degrees were conferred on 1,828 undergraduates and 670 postgraduates.


Vincent CHEUNG (left), Zhaofeng ZHANG (right), and their thesis supervisor Dr Howard LUONG attended the Chip Olympics held in San Francisco.

 

Students
As of January 2001, the University enrolled 5,578 undergraduates and 1,754 postgraduates. HKUST students continued their track record of achieving remarkable results in both academic and extra-curricular activities during the year.

Academic Achievements
Academic degrees were conferred on 1,828 undergraduates and 670 postgraduates at the University's Eighth Congregation, which took place from 8 to 10 November 2000. The postgraduate degrees included 58 doctoral degrees and 43 Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) degrees.

12 graduates also received the University's Academic Achievement Award. The Award recognizes the outstanding academic performance of those students who achieve a "Solid A" Cumulative Grade Average throughout their undergraduate career. The 12 winners were:

Chun Ho CHEUNG (Computer Science and Computer Engineering)
Man Hin CHIU (Computer Engineering)
Oscar Lung WA Chung (Chemistry)
Ho Yan KUNG (Accounting)
Emily Sau Man LAI (Chemical Engineering)
Kwan Yee LAU (Chemical Engineering)
Yan Man LUI (Information Systems)
Dinesh Hiranand MOORJANI (Finance)
Emily Hau Wan NG (Mechanical Engineering)
Jessica Pui Han TSANG (Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management —— Transportation Logistics Management)
Wang Kei TUNG (Civil and Structural Engineering)
Wing Yee WONG (Biology)

In addition, 38 undergraduates received the Humanities and Social Science Dean's Award, which recognizes the outstanding performance of students who attain a Cumulative Grade Average of 10 or above in the School's minor programs.

In 2000/01, HKUST students also recorded impressive achievements in local and international events. Noteworthy examples include the following:

  • PhD candidates Vincent CHEUNG and Zhaofeng ZHANG of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering were invited to present their papers at the prestigious IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (the "Chip Olympics") in San Francisco in February 2001. This was the fourth time and third year running that HKUST students were invited to the event. Second-time invitee Vincent Cheung's paper was named one of the year's most significant research results.
  • Chi Man WONG, graduate of the Finance Department (2000), won the "M-Innovation" Award at the New World Mobility M-Commerce Application Competition organized by the Hong Kong Productivity Council and the Hong Kong Junior Chamber. Wong's winning project was the Salesperson Mobile-Privilege System, which enables sales executives to access, retrieve, and forward data from their company's database through a WAP phone.

Extra-Curricular Activities
At HKUST, all-round education is stressed. The University encourages its students to make the best use of their leisure time and participate in various extra-curricular activities. The success of this effort is demonstrated by the exceptional performance of HKUST students in a variety of competitions and events. Here are some examples:

  • Postgraduate student Dorothy TSE of the Humanities Division received the top prizes in fiction and literary essay at Hong Kong's first "University Literary Award".
  • The University's Kendo Club won the championship at the Joint University Kendo Competition. In the Second HKUST Fencing Invitation Competition, Benny Wai Yin TO and Chi Kong YU of the Fencing Club snatched the championship in Men's Individual Foil and second runner-up prize in Men's Individual Epee, respectively.
  • In the Seventh Inter-Collegiate Handball Competition, the HKUST Handball Teams won the overall championship and the women's team championship, while the men's team was second runner-up.
  • The HKUST Contract Bridge Club came first at the 2000/01 Inter-University Bridge League.
  • HKUST's Orienteering Team took home three top prizes at the Inter-Tertiary Institute Orienteering Competition 2000: the University Overall Championship, the Men's Overall Championship and the Women's Overall Championship.
  • In the 2000 Legislative Council Election New Territories East Inter-Varsity Debate Competition, the HKUST Cantonese Debating Team out-debated competitors to come in first.

HKUST students are not only outstanding contestants but also competent organizers of extra-curricular activities. Members of the student sports clubs demonstrated their leadership potential by organizing a total of 13 inter-collegiate competitions at local and international levels.

 


 

 




























































The HKUST Handball Teams shone at the Seventh Inter-Collegiate Handball Competition.