FAST FACTS (2020-21)

DEFINITIONS

Invention Disclosures

This refers to the number of invention disclosures, and patents filed, granted and used by Mainland platforms.  

New Patent Applications Filed & Granted

This refers to the number of new HKUST and satellite campus patent applications filed and patents granted in the current year.  

Cumulative Active Pending Patent Applications & Granted Patents

This refers to the cumulative number of active HKUST and satellite campus patent applications and patents granted.  

No. of Bridge Gap Fund (BGF) Projects Reviewed & Funded

This refers to the number of BGF projects reviewed and funded.  

No. of Active Start-up or Spin-off Companies

Starting from 2017/18, this includes the economically active start-up and spin-off companies being funded or incubated by the HKUST entrepreneurship programs located in the Clear Water Bay Campus and Mainland platforms. The entrepreneurship programs include the HKUST Entrepreneurship Program (EP), Technology Start-up Support Scheme for University (TSSSU) Program, U*STAR Award, Yeung Wing Yee Entrepreneurs Fund (YWYEF), HKUST Entrepreneurship Acceleration Fund (EAF), Alumni Endowment Fund (AEF) Student Start-up Grants, HKUST One-Million-Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition (regional competitions inclusive), HKUST Entrepreneurship Fund (E-Fund), companies under InnoHK; programs under the Blue Bay Incubator, Blue Bay X and Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center (I&E Center) of HKUST R and D Corporation (Shenzhen) Ltd. (RDCSZ) in Shenzhen; programs under the Guangzhou HKUST Fok Ying Tung Research Institute (FYTRI) in Nansha; and programs under HKUST Foshan Research Institute for Smart Manufacturing (FRISM) in Foshan. For companies funded or incubated by more than one program or having offices in more than one location are only counted once.

No. of Performances and Exhibitions of Creative Works by staff or students

This refers to events held at museums and galleries owned by HKUST as per the Common Data Collection Format (CDCF) requirements.  

No. of Public Lectures/Events

This refers to events in which target audience are not from department/ faculty/ institution.  

OTHER FIGURES

SRI R&D Achievements

Up to Dec.2015， SRI has 284 publications，4 postdoctoral at station，10 invention patents under application. There are 12 laboratories and undertaking 56 government research projects , 34 horizontal projects, and the contract value is over 1.9 billion.  

FYTRI Achievements

• Total Government granted and commercial projects: 490;
• Total accumulated funding: over 400 million RMB; 
• Driven enterprises’ R & D investment: over 900 million RMB;
• Serviced nearly 100 enterprises, 250 projects.