Hong Kong University of Science and Technology to hold admission talk in India

NEW DELHI: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) will host an admission talk for Indian students on September 3 from 3 PM to 4 PM at Inspire, Le Meridien New Delhi. Students can register for free for the talk. HKUST admission consultants will talk about the University’s latest programmes and admission requirements, internship opportunities, career support and prospects in HKUST and Hong Kong.

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HKUST students, Hansika Murugu, (third-year student in computer science) and Srivatsav Swaminathan (final year student in aerospace engineering) will also join the talk virtually to share their university life and study experience.

Eligibility criteria for the courses

Students from any scholastic background who wish to apply for HKUST must meet the general admission, school/programme-specific, and English language criteria. HKUST evaluates applications holistically, considering both academic and extracurricular achievements. For students taking Indian Boards examinations, the prerequisite is “Pass Certificates received on completion of Class 12 (State and National boards)”, while the reference score of previous students admitted to HKUST is “Overall average of 85 percent or higher.” Applicants will also have to submit their Class 10 (state and national boards) scores.

Tuition Fee, scholarship criteria for students from India

The tuition charges for each academic year is HKD 140,000 (approximately Rs 14,25,000). Academic scholarships are awarded to outstanding students based on competitive merit. These prizes may be one-time or renewable and may include full or partial tuition waivers.

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The maximum scholarship amount is equivalent to the full tuition fee and an allowance of HKD 55,000 (approx. Rs 5,60,000) every academic year - renewable for the normal term of study subject to adequate educational excellence.

HKUST courses

HKUST has launched two undergraduate degree programmes – “Science with an extended Major in Artificial Intelligence” and “Engineering with an extended Major in Artificial Intelligence”. To help students better integrate new knowledge into existing disciplines and systems, students in this programme will have to study a traditional science or engineering major, while undertaking an extended major which now only covers AI, but will be expanded to other emerging topics such as data science, FinTech and digital media and arts in the near future.

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“With the opening of HKUST’s new campus in Nansha, Guangzhou, students of HKUST and HKUST(GZ) can take courses offered by both campuses, with credits mutually recognized and automatically transferable. Meanwhile, HKUST(GZ) offers 15 MPhil, PhD degrees in areas including sustainable energy and environment, artificial intelligence, and computational media and arts, etc.,” said an official statement from HKUST.

Further, HKUST offers dual degree/jointly supervised MPhil and/PhD programmes in collaboration with numerous institutions worldwide, under which HKUST students could spend half of their study time at the University and the other half at another host institution overseas.