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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
Event Series
Lectures and Other Activities
IAS Distinguished Lecture
Halide Perovskites Expanding Frontiers in Photovoltaics and Hard Radiation Sensing
January 16, 2026
3:00 - 4:30pm
Kaisa Group Lecture Theater (IAS LT), Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
IAS / School of Science Joint Lecture
A Journey to Defect Science and Engineering
January 20, 2026
10:30am - 12:00pm
Chow Tak Sin Lecture Theater (LT-G), Academic Building, HKUST
Fundamental Physics Seminar Series
4D de Sitter from 6D Gauged Supergravity with Green-Schwarz Counterterm 
February 09, 2026
3:00 - 4:00pm
IAS4042, 4/F, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
IAS / School of Science Joint Lecture
Innovations in Organo Rare-Earth and Titanium Chemistry: From Self-Healing Polymers to N2 Activation
January 06, 2026
3:00 - 4:30pm
Chow Tak Sin Lecture Theater (LT-G), Academic Building, HKUST
Fundamental Physics Seminar Series
A Nonlinear Voice from GW250114 Ringdown
December 15, 2025
3:00 - 4:00pm
IAS4042, 4/F, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
[Event Date Updated] Fundamental Physics Seminar Series
Quantum and Classical Effects of Axion Dark Matter
December 12, 2025
3:00 - 4:00pm
IAS4042, 4/F, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST

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

October 18, 2025
IAS Members Conferred Honorary Doctorates by HKUST
October 18, 2025
In Memory of Prof. C. N. YANG
September 25, 2025
In Memory of Prof. George SMOOT
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

“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

“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

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