Areas of Excellence

The Areas of Excellence (AoE) scheme was launched by the University Grants Committee (UGC) in 1998 with a view to sharpening the competitive edges of Hong Kong and to retaining the city’s leading economic position in the rapid development of China and the Pacific Rim.  The University plays a key role in 12 of the 15 AoEs awarded by the UGC to the local tertiary institutions.

HKUST as the leading institution

1st round: Information Technology (P.I. Prof. Roland Chin)
2nd round: Molecular Neuroscience: Basic Research and Drug Discovery (P.I. Prof. Nancy Ip)

HKUST as a collaborating institution

2nd round: Chinese Medicine: Research and Further Development
                 Institute of Molecular Technology for Drug Discovery
3rd round: Centre for Marine Environmental Research and Innovation Technology
                Developmental Genomics and Skeletal Research
4th round: Control of Pandemic and Inter-Pandemic Influenza
5th round: Institute of Network Coding
               The Historical Anthropology of Chinese Society
               Center for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Research
               Institute of Molecular Functional Materials
               Theory, Modeling, and Simulation of Emerging Electronics