HKUST Annual Report 2024-2025

20 HKUST ANNUAL REPORT 2024-25 ACTIVE AND CARING CAMPUS FOR ALL-ROUND HEALTH To boost holistic student development, we are vigorously promoting healthy lifestyles among our students. In our sports achievements, around 700 student-athletes formed 61 teams covering 35 sports in 2024-25. Three of these high performers were selected to represent Hong Kong in table tennis and taekwondo at the RHINE-RUHR FISUWorld University Games in Germany in July 2025, where they brought home two table tennis bronze medals. To promote mental well-being, workshops and initiatives by the Counseling and Wellness Center benefited over 28,000 student and staff participations. Key events included “Check-In Day” and “Wellness Week” in March 2025, which encouraged open conversations about mental health with support from NGOs and HKUST student groups. We are also building a more inclusive community through peer-led support. The Peer Companion Training Program and SENtastic Leader Program equipped 200 student volunteers with leadership and communication skills to provide wellness and diversity activities for their peers, including students with special educational needs (SEN). Meanwhile, SENtastic Staff Week equipped faculty members and staff with practical strategies to foster an inclusive learning environment for SEN students. EMBRACING DIVERSITY OF ACHIEVEMENT AND ABILITY To advance our equitable education goals, we awarded numerous scholarships to honor students’ academic and non-academic merits and to support talented young people who face financial hardships. In 2024-25, the University distributed HK$154.4 million in scholarships to more than 3,200 HKUST students, recognizing their achievements in studies or other areas including sports, community engagement, and innovation. This represented a 17.7% increase in recipients, a 12.1% rise in the number of awards, and a 25.7% growth in total scholarship disbursal.