All-round development
There's not just science and technology at HKUST.
 
Arts and culture
   
HKUST Arts Festival 2003 saw a packed program of workshops, competitions and concerts ranging from the classical to the contemporary during February and March. Groups from the University and other higher education institutes in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland made the festival go with a swing.
   
The visual arts were not overlooked, with two major exhibitions at the library over the year. Paper-cuts and Stencil Prints displayed the works of Chinese folk artists Yu Ping and Ren Ping while China in European Maps, an eye-catching collection of antique maps and prints, celebrated the publication of the map catalog China in European Maps - A Library Special Collection.  
   
Music Week in October proved a notable success, with a range of classical recitals by members of the University, and the wider community, on campus. Pianist Prof Pola Baytelman, our Artist-in-Residence, also returned in November to provide inspiring master classes, workshops and lectures on musical greats.

 

Good sports

The 19th All China University Handball Competition and HKUST International University Handball Invitational Competition held on campus in July 2002 threw up an exciting challenge for 15 handball teams from the Chinese Mainland, Taiwan, Singapore, Macau and Hong Kong. The inauguration of the University's first standard beach handball court also took place during the events.
   
HKUST student dragon boaters made a splash when the men's team paddled to victory in the Educational Division at Deepwater Bay in May 2003.