Driving a Commitment to Excellence
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 Program on Particle Theory
Nonlocal Quantum Gravity in Particle Physics, Black Holes, and Cosmology
IAS Program on Particle Theory
Towards Provably Efficient Quantum Algorithms for Large-scale Machine-learning Models
IAS / School of Science Joint Lecture
Regeneration of the Mouse and Human Vestibular System — A Balancing Act
IAS / School of Engineering Joint Lecture
Machine Learning for Emotion Prediction, Ideology Detection and Polarization Analysis Using COVID-19 Tweets
Facts & Figures
Creating Innovations and Inspiring the Community
250+
Postdoctoral researchers & Visiting Scholars have joined the IAS community since IAS' inception
1500+
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
September 29, 2022
IAS Sin Wai Kin Professor of Chinese Culture YAN Lianke Has Been Awarded the 6th Lee Hochul Literary Prize for Peace for His Great Contribution and Significance in Literature
“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
“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
“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
