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Hong Kong University of Science and Technology to speed up mainland China expansion plan by enrolling students two years earlier than opening of Guangzhou campus
- Professor Nancy Ip says the university has been very proactive as it wants to grasp opportunities from Greater Bay Area scheme
- HKUST announced plans to build a campus in Guangzhou in October
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Hong Kong University of Science and Technology will speed up its development plans in mainland China by enrolling students for classes in September, two years ahead of the expected completion date of its Guangzhou campus.
Professor Nancy Ip Yuk-yu, HKUST’s vice-president for research and development, revealed the revised schedule in an interview in Beijing.
She said the university had been very proactive as it wanted to grasp opportunities from the “Greater Bay Area”, a project to turn Hong Kong, Macau and nine nearby cities in Guangdong province into an innovation and technology hub.
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HKUST announced plans to build a campus in Guangzhou in October. At the time, university president Wei Shyy said students would be able to apply for its graduate degree programmes from as early as 2020, and classes would begin in September 2021.
However, Ip said they later decided to make it a parallel arrangement, starting the courses in September, before the groundbreaking ceremony for the campus at the end of this year.
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