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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
AI for Scientific Discoveries Forum Series
Transdisciplinary Perspectives Across Science, Technology and Society
IAS-PHYS Fundamental Physics Seminar Series
The Axion Dark Matter eXperiment: From Current Sensitivity to Next-Generation Improvements
IAS/ School of Engineering Joint Lecture
Onsager Principle - The Basic and Useful Principle in Soft Matter Physics
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
February 06, 2026
Globally-esteemed Scientists Illuminate New Frontiers in Science at IAS Nobel Symposium
“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
“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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