2. As an important member of the Pacific Rim University Alliance, Asian University Alliance and China-Russia Engineering University Alliance, HKUST has obtained AACSB and EQUIS certification, and is a top research university in Asia and internationally renowned. The school focuses on science and technology and business management, and pays equal attention to humanities and social sciences, especially business and engineering.

In the past 20 years, HKUST has created the world's thinnest single-walled carbon nanotubes, the world's highest pixel photos, the world's first intelligent sterilization coating, and the world's first EMBA course.

The HKUST offers interdisciplinary course in science, engineering, business administration, humanities and social sciences, among which electronic engineering, civil engineering, computer science and statistics are its dominant disciplines.