Faculty

First-rate faculty are the key to building a world-class university. At HKUST, all our academics hold PhDs and we are continually seeking to draw and retain both the top names who set the research and teaching pace and international rising stars.

Our approved academic staff establishment for 2002-03 was 520 and at 30 June, 2003, there were 423 faculty on regular terms and 41 senior visiting faculty at HKUST, with the rest of the positions converted to a flexible budget provision for the appointment of other visiting faculty and teaching-related staff.

The reputation we have been able to build in the international academic arena for our research and our graduates with this relatively small number of faculty and just a 12-year history is testament to the quality of work generated at HKUST.

Dynamic minds set on new discoveries transfer their enthusiasm through research and teaching to postgraduates and undergraduates, who in turn go on to keep HKUST and Hong Kong at the forefront of international progress.

Minds over matter

Marketing Department Asst Prof Rashmi Adaval
2002 Robert Ferber Award for her paper 'Sometimes It Just Feels Right: The Differential Weighting of Affect-Consistent and Affect-Inconsistent Product Information', published in the Journal of Consumer Research, one of the world's top marketing publications.

Mechanical Engineering Department Prof Ping Cheng
2003 AIAA Thermophysics Award, given by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, for his contribution to thermophysics literature related to aerospace applications.

Mathematics Department Prof Jing Song Huang
2002 State Natural Science Award, Second Class, the highest honor in natural sciences in China, for research on group representation theory and harmonic analysis.

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department
Prof Khaled Ben Letaief & Prof Hoi Sing Kwok
Elected Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for work in analysis, design and performance evaluation of high-speed wireless communication systems, and liquid display technology respectively. IEEE Fellows are internationally regarded as leading authorities in their research areas.

Chemical Engineering Department Prof Ka Ming Ng
Excellence in Process Development Research Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers for outstanding achievements in process development.

Civil Engineering Department Prof Wilson Tang
Elected to the US Offshore Energy Center's Hall of Fame as a Technology Pioneer for his work related to the offshore oil and gas industry.

Division of Social Science Assc Prof Carsten Holz
The Gordon White Prize 2001 for his article in The China Quarterly entitled "Economic Reforms and State Sector Bankruptcy in China".

Mechanical Engineering Department Prof Tongyi Zhang &
Biochemistry Department Prof Mingjie Zhang
Croucher Senior Fellowships for work related to material science and engineering, and biochemistry respectively. The Fellowships recognize research achievements by local scientists.

School of Business and Management
Named top business school in Asia and Australia for its full-time MBA for the second year running and also garnered the top position in Asia-Pacific for its executive education programs tailored for companies, according to Financial Times rankings released in January and May 2003, respectively.