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
Event Series
Lectures and Other Activities
IAS/ School of Science Joint Lecture
Drag on a Penetrable Disk in a Superfluid
November 06, 2026
3:00 - 4:00pm
Mr and Mrs Lee Siu Lun Lecture Theater (LT-K), HKUST
IAS-PHYS Fundamental Physics Seminar Series
Spontaneous Cogenesis by QCD Axion
November 06, 2026
3:00 - 4:00pm
IAS4042, 4/F, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
IAS Distinguished Lecture
Chemical Biology of Nucleic Acid-binding Proteins
November 09, 2026
3:00 - 4:30pm
Kaisa Group Lecture Theater (IAS LT), Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
IAS Distinguished Lecture
Understanding the Rules Governing Drug and Metabolite Transport in Health and Disease
November 13, 2026
4:00 - 5:30pm
Padma and Hari Harilela Lecture Theater (LT-C)
IAS Distinguished Lecture
Invitation to Black Hole Thermodynamics
November 17, 2026
3:00 - 4:30pm
Kaisa Group Lecture Theater (IAS LT), 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
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

August 26, 2026
Prof. Haruki WATANABE Received 2026 Frontiers of Science Award (FSA) in Physics
April 28, 2026
Prof. LUK Kam-Biu Elected to Membership of National Academy of Sciences
February 06, 2026
Globally-esteemed Scientists Illuminate New Frontiers in Science at IAS Nobel Symposium
October 18, 2025
IAS Members Conferred Honorary Doctorates by HKUST
October 18, 2025
In Memory of Prof. C. N. YANG

“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

“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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