pdf version - seng, hkust

Introducing SENG
The ninth edition of the HKUST School of Engineering (SENG) Status Report, covering the period 2009 to
2011, finds the School has been energetically moving forward in its role as a global teaching and research
powerhouse.
Since the founding of the research-intensive Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 1991, the
School has established a strong international reputation and consistently ranks among the top engineering
schools in Greater China, Asia and around the world.
SENG is the largest of the five Schools at HKUST and enrolls almost 40% of the University’s student body
and over one-third of the University’s faculty members.
Through our six departments – Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Industrial
Engineering and Logistics Management, and Mechanical Engineering – we offer wide-ranging coverage of
the field and exciting opportunities for cutting-edge education and research.
The School provides more than 40 degree programs at the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels,
including innovative interdisciplinary programs that bring together the expertise of different departments
within the School and across the University. We also collaborate with top global engineering schools to
offer joint degree programs at the postgraduate level.
Continuously seeking to advance, the School has added to people’s lives in many different ways: through
significant research discoveries and globally recognized excellence; by contributing to the social and
economic development of Hong Kong and its transition to a knowledge-based society; in evolving a pacesetting
education experience for 21st century engineers; through our internationalization and multiple
perspectives; and by participating in solution-building to overcome the grand challenges the world faces in
areas such as sustainable development and energy.
As the report indicates, the School is taking exciting strides to further our endeavors and to raise awareness
of the essential role that engineers play in technological advancement and social development. This is how
we are Leading Change. We welcome forward-looking students, faculty members, researchers, alumni,
administrators, industrial and community partners, and benefactors to join us in our quest.