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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.
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Programs & Conferences
Lectures and Other Activities
IAS/ School of Engineering Joint Lecture
Discovering Magnetoelasticity in Soft Matter for Bioelectronics
IAS/ School of Humanities and Social Science Joint Lecture
The Transnational Remaking of Epidemic Politics in China
IAS / School of Science Joint Lecture
Regioselective Pyridine C-H-Functionalization and Skeletal Editing
Fundamental Physics Seminar Series
Constraints on Symmetric Dark Matter from Neutron Star Capture and Collapse
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Creating Innovations and Inspiring the Community
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Postdoctoral researchers & Visiting Scholars have joined the IAS community since IAS' inception
1900+
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
February 06, 2026
Globally-esteemed Scientists Illuminate New Frontiers in Science at IAS Nobel Symposium
“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
“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
“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 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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