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Hailed by the Financial Times as "the city's most innovative music experience," The Intimacy of Creativity, the first-of-its kind in Hong Kong, is a two-week Partnership devoted to an intimate dialogue between composers and performers presented by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). It returns to Hong Kong 22 April to 5 May, 2013. Based on an idea that is at once new and old, world-renowned composers and performers, and assorted emerging composers come together to exchange musical ideas in depth, for the purpose of improving their compositions, or their performance practice or their musical interpretations. This will be done over the course of two weeks in Open Discussions. Audiences will be ringside to witness the birth of new music and hear the final results for themselves at the World Premiere Concerts at the Hong Kong City Hall Theatre on 28 April and 5 May, 2013.

The percentage of non-local undergraduate students in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) jumped from 18% last year to 20%, reaching the cap set by the Government on non-local admissions. In addition, at 55% of this year’s non-local undergraduate intake, the percentage of international students admitted to HKUST is the highest among local higher institutions.

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The School of Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and the Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University (THU), have reached an agreement on their first joint MPhil/PhD program, which allows students to conduct academic exchange at both universities. The four-year PhD program requires students to spend two years each at HKUST and THU while the two-year MPhil program requires students to spend one year each at the two institutions. Each student will be assigned two faculty advisors, one from each institution, based on their research interests. The advisors and their student will then develop an academic plan together before the student commences studies. Graduates of the program will become alumni of both institutions. The first cohort of students is expected to be admitted in Fall 2013 at the earliest.

The School of Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Roche co-hosted the launch of the first Roche Young Scientist Award (RYSA) yesterday. The initiative aims to foster curiosity, creativity, and passion for science in the youth of Hong Kong by challenging them to apply their science knowledge towards improving human lives.

Senior academics and administrators from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), the University of Southern California (USC) and Bocconi University gathered in Milan, Italy, to celebrate the official launch of the World Bachelor in Business (WBB) program, an innovative undergraduate program in which students will live and study on three continents and earn degrees from three universities. The WBB program, to be jointly offered by the three universities starting from the fall of 2013, represents a unique approach to undergraduate education that will prepare future leaders to meet the demands of the increasingly connected world. In celebration of the program's official launch, a conference on "Globalized Education for a Globalized World" was held in Milan on 12 October.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) became the one and only higher education institution in Hong Kong invited by the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012 to present at IdeasLab, a presentation and discussion session shining light on the latest developments of environmental sustainability and offering solutions to various types of cross-boundary pollution. Convened in Tianjin, China in September, the World Economic Forum was officiated by Premier Wen Jiabao with the theme of 'Creating the Future Economy'. Over 2000 political and civil society leaders, academics, experts and global entrepreneurs from over 80 counties joined the dialogues, offering extraordinary insights into innovation, energy and resources, mobility, infrastructure and urban development, health among other topics of interest.

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