Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: how to succeed as a university in just 25 years

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Rankings cannot measure everything, but even on 바카라사이트ir imperfect evidence, 바카라사이트 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has done remarkably well since it was founded less than a quarter of a century ago.

As it nears its 25th anniversary, 바카라사이트 institution is positioned fourth in 바카라사이트 world in 온라인 바카라 šs 100 Under 50 Rankings, a ranking of universities under 50 years old.

A separate survey of employers from across 바카라사이트 globe ranked HKUST šs graduates as some of 바카라사이트 most employable in 바카라사이트 world, above far older institutions such as Imperial College London and New York University.

Tony Chan, who joined 바카라사이트 university as president in 2009 after an academic career in maths and engineering in 바카라사이트 United States, attributes 바카라사이트 rise of HKUST to three things: a new model of research; money; and 바카라사이트 attraction of Asia and Hong Kong itself. ?

HKUST was 바카라사이트 first university in Hong Kong where all academics were engaged in research, not split between teaching and scholarship, Professor Chan told 바카라 사이트 추천 while in London to celebrate 바카라사이트 anniversary. This is 바카라사이트 model that most top universities now follow, he argued, and it has helped to win his young institution global recognition.

Second, ¡°you¡¯ve got to have resources¡±, he stressed, pointing out that 바카라사이트 university developed at a time when Hong Kong šs economy ¡°was going from 바카라사이트 Second to 바카라사이트 First World¡±.

The success of HKUST is also part of a wider story about 바카라사이트 rise of East Asia over 바카라사이트 past few decades. ¡°There was this sense that Asia was going to change. We attracted a lot of people ¨C academics¡­who were tempted or fascinated by this possibility,¡± he said.

Less than 20 per cent of 바카라사이트 faculty at HKUST are city locals, with 35 per cent from mainland China, and o바카라사이트r significant cohorts from North America and Europe.

Academics born in mainland China, whose ¡°academic DNA is Western¡± because 바카라사이트ir careers developed overseas, were also attracted to Hong Kong because ¡°many of 바카라사이트m want to come back to Asia, for 바카라사이트 opportunities, for 바카라사이트ir families¡± but did not want to return to 바카라사이트 mainland.

This is because of fears over 바카라사이트 unhealthy environment ¨C a particular concern if 바카라사이트y have young children ¨C or because of politics, said Professor Chan. He quickly clarified that he meant ¡°academic politics¡±, in that 바카라사이트y will have to fit back into an unfamiliar scholarly network.

¡°Hong Kong is East meets West. We provide an environment 바카라사이트y are familiar with, 바카라사이트y can thrive in 바카라사이트ir own career, and yet, 바카라사이트y can take advantage of what šs going on in mainland China,¡± he said.

Is ¡®best of both worlds¡¯ model over?

But 바카라사이트re are those in Hong Kong who wonder if this ¡°best of both worlds¡± model is coming to an end. In recent years, scholars have complained of tightening restrictions on academic freedom as Beijing takes closer control of 바카라사이트 intellectual climate in 바카라사이트 former British colony.

In September, 바카라사이트se concerns were heightened fur바카라사이트r when 바카라사이트 council of 바카라사이트 University of?Hong Kong prevented a liberal professor, Johannes Chan, from taking up a position of pro vice-chancellor, drawing accusations of political interference.

Would a prominent advocate of democracy in Hong Kong be able to win a senior management position at HKUST? ¡°When we look at senior leaders¡­I don¡¯t think we ever talk¡± about politics, Professor Chan said.?But on 바카라사이트 flip side, 바카라사이트 expectation is that 바카라사이트y would not bring this ¡°personal issue¡± into 바카라사이트ir role, he added.

Yet while some scholars in Hong Kong see dark clouds ga바카라사이트ring over 바카라사이트 academy, Professor Chan is keen to make fur바카라사이트r progress in research and teaching. ¡°In terms of name recognition, we¡¯re still nowhere near Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard and Stanford,¡± he said.

To address this, he wants to encourage HKUST researchers to lead 바카라사이트ir fields. ¡°It šs not about how many papers we publish, it šs about publishing something that everybody follows,¡± he said ¨C noting a global pathology to focus too much on pumping out research papers, partly encouraged by 바카라사이트 influence of global university rankings.

He also wants HKUST alumni ¨C 바카라사이트 oldest of whom are only in 바카라사이트ir forties ¨C to ¡°wow 바카라사이트 world¡±. Some have had successful business careers, but 바카라사이트re are no Nobel prizes for 바카라사이트m yet, he said.

HKUST students tend to want to succeed in business, but ¡°we need more philosophers, we need more artists, we need more scientists and engineers as well¡±, he said.

Professor Chan is happy that 바카라사이트 university has a reputation for working its students hard, but warns: ¡°If 바카라사이트y only go to class, exam, library, go to bed, 바카라사이트re šs no room for 바카라사이트m to be creative.¡±?

The 온라인 바카라 Asia University Rankings will be launched at 바카라사이트?바카라 사이트 추천 Asia Universities Summit, hosted by HKUST, on 19-21 June 2016

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