The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) (or shortly HKUST (GZ) ) is a university in Nansha, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. The university was jointly established by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Guangzhou University. The university officially commenced in the year 2022.
History
In March 2017 the Mayor of GuangzhouWen Guohui visited HKUST and invited the university to set up a school in Guangzhou. In August that year HKUST board chairman Andrew Liao and then-HKUST president Wei Shyy visited Guangzhou.[1]
On 21 December 2018 HKUST announced plans to build a campus in Guangzhou when it signed a tripartite agreement with the Guangzhou Municipal Government and Guangzhou University. A site near Qingsheng railway station was chosen since it took only 30 minutes from it to the Hong Kong West Kowloon railway station.[1][2][3]
In September 2019 the project received preparatory approval from the Ministry of Education. In the same month, a groundbreaking ceremony was held in Nansha to mark the start of the project's construction. Kohn Pedersen Fox was chosen to design the campus.[3][4]
On 29 June 2022 the Ministry of Education announced that it had formally approved the establishment of HKUST (GZ).[3]
HKUST and HKUST(GZ) are under "Unified HKUST, Complementary Campuses" framework. Students of HKUST and HKUST(GZ) can take courses offered by both campuses, with credits mutually recognized and automatically transferable.[6]
^"科大南沙校園動土 首期工程料2022年完工". on.cc東網 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 26 September 2019. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
^"科大廣州校開學 省委書記李希出席 (17:24)". 明報新聞網 – 即時新聞 instant news (in Traditional Chinese). 1 September 2022. Archived from the original on 10 October 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2024.