With many new buildings and extensions added since HKUST opened in 1991, the campus has augmented by more than double in terms of site coverage and floor area.
The opening of Shaw Auditorium – a multi-functional hall with state-of-the-art facilities for a whole range of events including music performance, exhibition, banquet, drama show and other university-wide activities, is set to turn HKUST into an arts and culture hub.
Adjacent to the swimming pools and Fok Ying Tung Sports Center, the opening of Tsang Shiu Tim Sports Center helps create an inviting environment that encourages students to participate in physical activities.
Covering a gross floor area of 10,000 square meters, Cheng Yu Tung Building was completed with a large-scale multi-purpose lecture theater and an open plan laboratory design which is conducive to interdisciplinary research. Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Kenneth Li Conference Lodge was also open for accommodating international visitors attending academic events and meetings on campus.
The ten-hectare Lee Shau Kee Campus was completed with new facilities to support the conversion of undergraduate curriculum from three to four years and the establishment of HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Enterprise Center, with a gross floor area of nearly 12,000 square meters incorporating laboratories, teaching facilities and offices, was officially opened.
The Coastal Marine Laboratory, which also includes an indoor swimming pool, was added along the coastline.
Additional research facilities including Hong Kong Jockey Club Biotechnical Research Institute and the geotechnical centrifuge building (now known as Wong Check She Research Center for Environment and Infrastructure) were built.
Towers A to D, which offer residential apartments to staff and postgraduate students alongside with the multi-purpose Lo Ka Chung University Center, were completed.
Phase II of the Academic Building, with an approximate gross floor area of 82,000 square meters, and four new student halls with 1,400 bed spaces, were ready for use.
Phase I of the campus, with 106,000 square meters of academic floor space and 50,000 square meters of ancillary space, was handed over to the University in time for welcoming the first cohort of students commencing their studies in October.
Sir S.Y. Chung, the Council Chairman of HKUST, triggered the first rock-blast at the campus ground-breaking ceremony.
The Planning Committee voted unanimously to accept the design of the campus submitted jointly by Simon Kwan & Associates Ltd and Percy Thomas Partnership HK.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club donated $1,500 million to fund the construction of the HKUST campus.
The third university in Hong Kong to be built was first announced by the Hong Kong government.
