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FIGURES AT A GLANCE
STAFF/STUDENT NUMBERS
Opening October 1991Student Enrolment Total Enrolment 9,000
Undergraduate 5,772Postgraduate 3,228
Faculty Members 453Schools School of Science
School of Humanities and Social Science School of Business and ManagementSchool of EngineeringHKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School
Academic Departments 19Research Institutes 10Research Centers 36
Total number of students (2006-07)Mode of Study Number Full-Time 7,307Part-Time 1,693Total 9,000
HKUSTFACTS AND FIGURES
Recent Trends in the Number of Non-local Students
no. of students
Academic Year
Undergraduate Exchanges
Host/Destination Exchange-in Exchange-outCountry (Persons) (Persons)
Australia 1 1Austria 7 10Canada 37 47Czech Republic 4 4China (PRC) 110 60Denmark 11 15Finland 4 4France 56 46Germany 18 6Hungary 4 2Ireland 1 2Italy 4 3Japan 0 3Mexico 3 5Netherlands 33 13New Zealand 1 0Norway 20 15Poland 4 0Singapore 28 12South Korea 7 10Spain 4 3Sweden 24 12Switzerland 2 1UK 15 20US 140 147Total 538 441
(Academic Year 2006-07)
Student Numbers (as at Jan 2007)School/Area Undergraduate Postgraduate TotalScience 1,428 393 1,821Engineering 2,117 1,427 3,544Business & Management 2,137 1,035 3,172Humanities & N/A 305 305Social ScienceJoint School Programs N/A 68 68UG Dual Degree 90 N/A 90Programs
Total 5,772 3,228 9,000
Teaching StaffSchool Regular Visiting Total Science 102 14 116Engineering 142 14 156Business & 115 16 131ManagementHumanities & 43 7 50Social ScienceTotal 402 51 453
Faculty Profile
Caltech ImperialStanford TorontoCambridge LondonCarnegie-Mellon MichiganChicago MITUC Berkeley UCLAColumbia NorthwesternCornell OxfordWashington WisconsinHarvard PrincetonIllinois PurdueYale UBC
100% with doctorate degree80% from the following universities:
GRADUATION & EMPLOYMENT
Department Undergraduate Postgraduate TotalResearch Taught
School of Science 440 79 21 540School of Engineering 739 155 460 1,354School of Business & Management 628 13 431 1,072School of Humanities & Social Science _ 34 281 315Joint Degree Program _ _ 36 36University Total 1,807 281 1,229 3,317
Graduate Numbers, 2005-2006 (headcount)
Employment Situation of Undergraduates %Employed 82.3%Unemployed 0.4%Further Studies 17.0%Others 0.2%Employment Situation of Undergraduates by Industry Commerce and Business 67.0%Community & Social Services 1.4%Government 2.9%Education 8.1%Manufacturing & Industries 17.5%Construction 3.2%
Summary of the Undergraduate Employment Survey 2005-06
Employment Situation PhD MPhil Taught Master Degree MBA of Postgraduates Degree Degree (except MBA) DegreeEmployed 64.2% 48.8% 73.8% 74.1%Returned to Home Country 35.8% 15.5% 5.7% 25.9%Further Studies 0.0% 32.1% 11.3% 0.0%Unemployed 0.0% 3.6% 9.1% 0.0%
Commerce and Business 5.8% 37.5% 52.5% 90.0%Community& Social Services 0.0% 2.5% 4.9% 0.0%Government 0.0% 5.0% 4.9% 0.0%Education 80.8% 47.5% 26.2% 5.0%Manufacturing& Industries 13.5% 7.5% 11.5% 5.0%Construction 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Summary of the Postgraduate Employment Survey 2005-06
Employment Situation of Postgraduates by Industry
Accumulated graduate number (up to Academic Year 2005-06) 30,292
No. of New Research ProjectsSponsor Project Commencement Year
2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06UGC/RGC 357 347 398 410 357 369Others 127 105 156 173 176 182Total 484 452 554 583 533 551
New Research FundingFunding 309.8 221.3 310.6 219.1 270.0 240.8(in HK$M)
RANKINGHKUST No. 58, World's Top 200 Universities (2006)
No. 17, World's Top 100 Universities in Technology (2006)
No. 52, World's Top 100 Universities in Social Science(2006)(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 SocialSciences(No.1 in Greater China ) (2007)
(Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai JiaoTong University )
Full-TimeMBA Program
No. 47 in the world (2006)(Financial Times)
No. 1 in Asia Pacific, No. 37 in the world (2006)(Economist Intelligence Unit )
Kellogg-HKUSTEMBA Program
No. 2, Global EMBA Rankings (2005)
No. 3, Global EMBA Rankings (2006)(Financial Times )
Department ofMechanicalEngineering
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 )
ExecutiveEducationPrograms
No. 1 in Asia Pacific for the third consecutive year (2004-2006)(Financial Times )
RESEARCH
INCOME & EXPENDITURE
Instruction and Research 1,416.49
Library 77.24
Central Computing Facilities 64.19
Other Academic Services 95.29
Management and General 122.80
Premises and Related Expenses 343.01Student and General Education Services 88.68Other Activities 34.20
633,000 volumes of Printed Books and Journals350,000 units of Microforms25,000 titles of Media Resources99,000 titles of Resources via Internet
Footnote: A surplus of 798.7 million was recorded for 2006 primarily
due to the successful raising of donations of $456 million, above the
ceiling of $455 million matchable by the University Grants Committee
(UGC) under the Second Matching Grant Scheme.
Library Collection (as at Jan 2007)
Student Halls Number of PlacesUndergraduate Halls 2,952Postgraduate Halls 876Additional Student Halls to be constructed 350 by 2009
700 by 2012
Student Hall Places (as at Jan 2007)
FACILITIES
Remark: Figures updated as at 1 January 2007, unless otherwise specified.
Source of Income for the year ended 30 June 2006
GovernmentSubventions1,788.80
Tuition, Programmesand Other Fees497.50
Donations andBenefactions436.26
Others198.44
Interest and InvestmentIncome119.65
(in HK$Million)
(in HK$Million)
Total 3,040.65
Expenditure for the Year ended 30 June 2006
Learning and Research
Total 2,241.90
Institutional Support
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