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The HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) is committed to providing a platform for catalytic interaction among the world's foremost scientists and scholars to pursue enduring knowledge. It spearheads both fundamental and applied research relevant to the region's socio-economic development.
Latest Events
Programs & Conferences
Lectures and Other Activities
IAS / School of Engineering Joint Lecture
Data Management Strategies for Space-Efficient Decoding and Planning
Fundamental Physics Seminar Series
Low Energy Neutrino and Dark Matter Physics with the TEXONO + CDEX Research Programs
IAS / Division of Environment and Sustainability Joint Lecture
Unlocking the Secrets of Urban Haze: The Role of Organic Aerosols in China's Air Pollution
Facts & Figures
Creating Innovations and Inspiring the Community
280+
Postdoctoral researchers & Visiting Scholars have joined the IAS community since IAS' inception
1850+
International events conducted since the IAS Inaugural Lecture in 2006
40+
Projects received support by General Research Fund (GRF) over the past 5 years
Latest News & Media
March 31, 2025
Professor LUK Kam-Biu Elected 2024 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
October 17, 2024
IAS Sin Wai Kin Professor of Chinese Culture YAN Lianke Has Been Awarded the 2024 Hsing Yun Global Chinese Literary Prize
“This is my third time coming to the Gordon Research Conferences held at the IAS. Collaborations often happen after people return to their home institutions and continue the discussion and exchange of ideas.”
Prof. Patrick Lee
William & Emma Rogers Professor of Physics; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow
“Our goal is to offer students hands-on experience in music and the arts, to help them understand what it means to be a creative artist.”
Prof. Bright SHENG
IAS Helmut & Anna Pao Sohmen Professor-at-Large
“The programs and workshops organized by the IAS provide a good platform for bringing theorists, experimentalists and accelebrator physicists together to interact.”
Prof. LUK Kam-Biu
IAS Paul C W Chu Professor
“The IAS offers me much more support than I could ask for and has a diverse student body. The Institute values the importance of literature and creative arts.”
Prof. YAN Lianke
IAS Sin Wai Kin Professor of Chinese Culture
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