HKUST Facts and Figures 2008

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The Hong Kong University of science and Technology HKUST FACTS AND FIGURES 2008 FIGURES AT A GLANCE Opening October 1991 Student Enrolment Total Enrolment 9,127 Undergraduate 5,868 Postgraduate 3,259 Faculty Members 461 Schools School of Science School of Humanities and Social Science School of Business and Management School of Engineering HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School Academic Departments 19 Research Centers 39 Research Institutes 9 STAFF / STUDENT NUMBERS Total number of students ( 2007-08 ) Mode of Study Number Full-Time 7,490 Part-Time 1,637 Total 9,127 Recent Trends in the Number of Non-local Students Non-local Local-HK No. of Students 10,000 9,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 1,995 1,677 1,299 1,068 926 7,524 7,445 7,382 7,323 7,132 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Academic Year

Student Numbers ( as at Jan 2008 ) School/Area Undergraduate Postgraduate Total Science 1,430 407 1,837 Engineering 2,171 1,369 3,540 Business & Management Humanities & Social Science Joint School Programs UG Dual Degree Programs Total 5,868 3,259 9,127 2,162 1,125 3,287 N/A 311 311 N/A 47 47 105 N/A 105 Undergraduate Exchanges ( Academic Year 2007-08 ) Host/ Destination Exchange-in Exchange-out Country (Persons) (Persons) Australia 4 4 Canada 36 56 Central & South America Chinese Mainland 100 54 France 49 49 Germany 10 9 Japan 1 8 Korea 6 2 New Zealand 2 1 Other European Countries Singapore 17 12 Taiwan 1 1 UK 9 29 USA 160 155 Total 504 497 Teaching Staff ( as at Jan 2008 ) School Regular Visiting Total Science 101 17 118 Engineering 143 13 156 Business & Management Humanities & Social Science Total 410 51 461 5 4 117 14 131 49 7 56 104 113 Faculty Profile 100% with doctorate degree 80% from the following universities : Caltech Imperial Stanford Toronto Cambridge London Carnegie-Mellon Michigan Chicago MIT UC Berkeley UCLA Columbia Northwestern Cornell Oxford Washington Wisconsin Harvard Princeton Illinois Purdue Yale UBC

GRADUATION & EMPLOYMENT Graduate Numbers, 2006-2007 (headcount) Department Undergraduate Postgraduate Total Research Taught School of Science 449 105 44 598 School of Engineering 723 176 440 1,339 School of Business & Management School of Humanities & Social Science Joint Degree Program - 1 30 31 University Total 1,841 323 1,152 3,316 669 15 485 1,169 - 26 153 179 Accumulated graduate number (up to Academic Year 2006-07) 33,608 Summary of the Undergraduate Employment Survey 2007 Employment Situation of Undergraduates % Employed 86.1% Unemployed 0.9% Further Studies 12.4% Others 0.5% Employment Situation of Undergraduates by Industry Commerce and Business 73.5% Community & Social Services 1.8% Government 2.6% Education 7.0% Manufacturing & Industries 10.8% Construction 4.4% Summary of the Postgraduate (full time) Employment Survey 2007 Employment Situation PhD MPhil Taught Master Degree MBA of Postgraduates Degree Degree (except MBA) Degree Employed 92.3% 61.9% 66.4% 72.7% Returned to Home Country or emigrated Further Studies 0% 27.8% 12.9% 0% Unemployed 1.1% 5.2% 5.0% 4.5% Others 1.1% 2.1% 0.5% 9.1% Employment Situation of Postgraduates by Industry Commerce and Business 7.8% 47.2% 62.6% 73.3% Community & Social Services 1.3% 0% 0.9% 13.3% Government 1.3% 7.6% 3.7% 0% Education 81.8% 34.0% 15.0% 0% Manufacturing & Industries 6.5% 11.3% 10.3% 13.3% Construction 1.3% 0% 7.5% 0% 5.5% 3.1% 15.3% 13.6%

RESEARCH No. of New Research Projects Sponsor Project Commencement Year 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 UGC/RGC 347 398 410 357 369 356 Others 105 156 173 176 182 218 Total 452 554 583 533 551 574 New Research Funding Funding (in HK$M) 221.3 310.6 219.1 270.0 240.8 306.5 RANKINGS HKUST No. 53, World’s Top 200 Universities (2007) No. 23, World’s Top 50 Universities in Technology (2007) (Times Higher Education Supplement) No. 37, World’s Top 100 Universities in Engineering/ Technology and Computer Sciences (No. 1 in Greater China) (2007) Ranked 51-75, World’s Top 100 Universities in Social Sciences (No. 1 in Greater China) (2007) (Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University) Kellogg-HKUST EMBA Program No. 1, Global EMBA Rankings (2007) (Financial Times) Full-Time MBA Program No. 17 in the world (2008) (Financial Times) No. 1 in Asia Pacific, No. 20 in the world (2007) (Economist Intelligence Unit) Department of Mechanical Engineering No. 1 in world for research output, from a survey of 265 universities worldwide (2005 which is the latest) (Yuan Ze University, Taiwan) Department of Finance No. 1 in Asia Pacific for research output, and the only university in Asia in the top 25 (2006) (Arizona State University Survey) Executive Education in Custom Programs No. 1 in Asia Pacific (since 2003) (Financial Times)

INCOME & EXPENDITURE Source of Income for the year ended 30 June 2007 (in HK$ Million) others 199.72 Donations and Benefactions 194.61 Interest and Investment Income 141.47 Government Subventions 1,647.68 Tuition, Programmes and Other Fees 537.62 Total 2,721.10 Expenditure for the year ended 30 June 2007 (in HK$ Million) Learning and Research Instruction and Research 1,469.35 Library 78.56 Central Computing Facilities 64.87 Other Academic Services 46.23 Institutional Support Management and General 114.63 Premises and related Expenses 334.41 Student and General Education Services 95.40 Other Activities 34.18 Total 2,237.63 FACILITIES Student Hall Places (as at Jan 2008) Student Halls Number of Places Undergraduate Halls 2,976 Postgraduate Halls 978 Additional Student Halls to be constructed 350 by 2009 700 by 2012 Library Collection (as at Jan 2008) 650,000 volumes of Printed Books and Journals 352,000 units of Microforms 25,500 titles of Media Resources 100,500 titles of Electronic Books 20,400 titles of Electronic Journals 305 databases Remark: Figures updated as at 1 January 2008, unless otherwise specified.

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