More details on the city's third medical school
發佈日期: 2025-11-19 23:11
TVB News
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology said that it will invest seven billion dollars in the next 25 years to develop the city's third medical school. The government announced yesterday that it will develop the medical school, after winning a three way bid that also features Polytechnic University and Baptist University.
HKUST said they initially aim to admit students with a background in fields such as biological sciences before targeting those familiar with artificial intelligence.
In a press conference, HKUST President Nancy Ip provided details on the planning of the new medical school. The school will provide a four-year programme for students who already have degrees, aiming to admit its first group of 50 students in the 2028-29 academic year. Ip said the school hopes to provide more clinical experience for the students and are open to the application of technology.
Speaking of the applicants' backgrounds, Ip said they will initially favour students with a background of biological sciences before expanding the enrollment to those who specialise in humanities and AI. She said students can opt for an academic or a research career track upon graduation.
The university also said that six clinical professors have joined the institution.
NANCY IP, President, HKUST said:" Some of them have a very strong research expertise. We are actually in the process of recruiting quite a large number of clinical faculty. We have received 36 letters of intent from interested faculty candidates from all over the world. The number will continue to expand."
Among the seven-billion-dollar-fund which the university will invest in the medical school, two billion will be allocated to construct a medical complex building in Clear Water Bay.
Professor Joseph Sung, a member of the medical school task group, and a former president of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said HKUST had shown in its proposal that it is ready to kick start the establishment of the medical institution as soon as possible.
Sung foresees the new school will provide diversity to the local medical field.
JOSEPH SUNG, Member, task group on new medical school said:" I would say the medical knowledge that they acquire from this school, as well as the humanities background, will be very useful. Because we need doctors not just to be knowledgeable, but they also have empathy, professionalism and among other virtues. If graduates decided to pursue an academic career path then their biological knowledge, as well as their knowledge in technology, will be very useful for them to develop their research."
