Posts Tagged ‘HK’

Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

HKUST – A dynamic, international research university, in relentless pursuit of excellence, leading the advance of science and technology, and educating the new generation of front-runners for Asia and the world.

Since its official opening in October 1991, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has established itself as an intellectual powerhouse, energizing the community’s transformation into a knowledge-based society, and securing a place on the academic world map in record-breaking time.

An innovator in research and teaching, HKUST is the only science and technology research university in Hong Kong, and the only one to offer an all-PHD faculty. Its groundbreaking work in science, engineering, business, humanities and social science is successfully pushing back the boundaries of the information age. Such advances are assisted by the University’s top-class facilities.

Locally, the University is active in society through science camps, online courses for secondary school students, and lifelong learning programs; just some of the activities that bring HKUST and the community together. Nationally, alliances with Mainland universities and collaborative work with municipal governments are setting the pace for future cooperative efforts.

Globally, connections with leading institutions are actively pursued through academic partnerships with the world’s top universities, and memberships in such organizations as the Association of East Asian Research Universities and Association of Pacific Rim Universities.

HKUST brings forward the vision of the future. On its award-winning Clear Water Bay campus, the life to come is being shaped today. (more…)

香港全球竞争力排名第二

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

瑞士洛桑国际管理学院(IMD)将于20日公布的2009年全球竞争力报告,美国在57个经济体中依然位居首位,得分为100分;香港坐上第2,首度挤下新加坡;中国大陆则排名20,较去年排名17位有所回落;台湾滑至23名,创下在该排名史上最差的记录。

IMD指出,全球竞争力报告的评比,不是仅关注一国的经济表现,而是该国与企业如何运用总体性的能力,来达到更大程度的繁荣,因此“软性因素”(softfactors)亦被考虑到,包括环境永续、生活质量、科技发展与知识水平等。

该报告的评比衡量标准多达329项,三分之二为确实经济数据,以2008年的历史数据为主,三分之一为意见领袖的问卷调查,终而汇整为总体经济表现、政府效能、企业经营效率、基础建设等四大项。

IMD全球竞争力中心主任贾雷利(StephaneGarelli)指出,全球经济急冻,改变很多国家的竞争力面貌,像爱尔兰从2000年的第5、到08年排名还有第12,今年则掉到第19;因此今年在例行年度报告之外,新增“压力测试”的各国排行,分析各国因应金融危机,以及改善未来竞争力的应变能力,评比项目以今年的经济预测、意见评估为主,结果得出许多的不同,如丹麦高居第1,新加坡居次,中国大陆排名18,中国台湾排21名,美国并没有超越亚太各国。

调查显示,美国排名与去年报告相同,位居首位。香港得分98.1分排行第二,新加坡得95.7分排名第三名。中国大陆则得分76.6分,排名20,中国台湾以总分1点多的些微差距落在后面。韩国上升四名至27名。