Hong Kong Univeristy of Science and Technology, Campus
India, March 14, 2022: On this International Day of Mathematics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), ranked No.3 in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2022, offers a glimpse into four of its popular courses for students interested in Maths-related undergraduate programs. Apart from traditional Maths programs, HKUST also offers interdisciplinary courses merging Maths with subjects on engineering, business, and emerging hot topics like artificial intelligence (AI) to equip students with the skills and knowledge for their career development.
Ranked 36th worldwide in Mathematics in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021, HKUST has been a leader in nurturing young maths talents. Apart from hosting international and local maths events including the International Mathematical Olympiad, HKUST also mentors high school students and gifted learners in its workshops and enrichment programs.
Some brief information about the programs –
Mathematics is the backbone of science and technology, a reason why several senior management leaders including former HKUST President Prof. Tony CHAN, one of the most-cited mathematicians in the world for his image procession and analysis formula, and current Vice-President for Institutional Advancement Prof. WANG Yang at HKUST, are mathematicians. The Maths Department at HKUST consists of a team of high-calibre award-winning faculty including Prof. Gunther Uhlmann, winner of the 2011 Bôcher Memorial Prize and 2021 AMS-SIAM George David Birkhoff Prize in Applied Mathematics for his contributions on inverse problem and imaging which sheds light on the elusive phenomenon of invisibility, and Prof. ZHANG Tong, founding director of AI Lab in China tech giant Tencent.
Graduates’ employability
HKUST graduates continue to be ranked as the world’s top 30 best employees in Times Higher Education’s Global Employability University Ranking and Survey. Our Maths graduates have diverse career pathways. They work in industries spanning from commerce and business, education, government, banking and finance, insurance to real estate development, administration and management, system analysis and computer programming. Some have landed a job in well-known companies such as HSBC, Credit Suisse, Dell, Huawei, IBM, KPMG, Byte Dance, Henderson Land Development and Nielsen. Meanwhile, our Indian graduates in the class of 2019 were placed in organizations like Deloitte, EY, Goldman Sachs, IBM, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, PwC, etc with an average salary of HK$27,649/ INR 269,690.
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