HKUST In The Media

Supported by SBM, the "Su-New Business Summit 2026" featured discussions on future strategies with attendance across academia, industry, and investment. 

HKUST has developed the intelligent browser plugin "WebSeek" to transform web data into intuitive "building blocks".  This allows users to collaborate with AI in collecting, organizing, and analyzing data while maintaining control, thereby enhancing decision-making efficiency and transparency.  

HKUST and Arm China signed an MOU to collaborate on chip IP design, AI computing, embodied intelligence, and robotics, enhancing industry-academia-research collaboration and accelerating cutting-edge technology adoption. 

In the 2026 THE World University Rankings by Subject, HKUST rose three spots to rank 25th in Computer Science and 30th in Business & Economics globally, while keeping Engineering in the top 50.

HKUST-incubated Mother Earth partnered with a local farm to deploy its patented "nano-cultivation system" to the Chinese herbal medicine cultivation for the first time.  

The HKUST Li & Fung Supply Chain Institute released its annual “Ten Highlights of China’s Commercial Sector 2026”, forecasting trends, challenges, and opportunities. 

Co-developed by researchers from Qingdao University and HKUST, ET-TENG, a self-powered eye-tracking system, helps paralyzed individuals control devices like wheelchairs, offering a potential breakthrough for assistive technology.  

Researchers from HKUST have pioneered a mechanical bond strategy to create quasi-solid-state electrolytes (QSSEs) for lithium-metal batteries (LMBs).  

The research team led by SOSC Lecturer I Nicolson SIU Yat-Fan found that neurofeedback training can significantly improve the attention and emotional control of children with special educational needs (SEN), providing an effective non-pharmacological adjunctive treatment option for inclusive education. 

Researchers from HKUST have developed a robust coating layer that significantly enhances the durability of perovskite solar cells.  

HKUST won the Gold Award for the "HK Green Innovations Awards" for its MalOdor-Control (MOC) hydrogel technology, which effectively suppresses odors in urban drainage systems and waste treatment facilities. 

On RTHK Radio 3's current affairs discussion program Backchat yesterday, MAE Prof. GAO Yang introduced HKUST’s role in developing a muti-functional robot for the nation's future lunar missions.