HKUST Annual Report 2024-2025

64 Facts and Figures Students Student Enrolment (2024-25) School / Area Undergraduate Postgraduate Total MPhil PhD Taught Science 2,395 147 720 602 3,864 Engineering 3,724 244 1,423 1,328 6,719 Business and Management 3,739 39 91 1,869 5,738 Humanities and Social Science 371 34 25 339 769 Interdisciplinary Programs 326 44 379 387 1,136 Joint School 621 0 0 418 1,039 Total 11,176 508 2,638 4,943 19,265 * as of Oct 2024 Non-Local Student Enrolment (2024-25) Home Country Undergraduate Postgraduate Total Research Taught Chinese Mainland 1,126 2,382 3,597 7,105 Other Asian Countries 992 206 125 1,323 Rest of the World 233 73 60 366 Total 2,351 2,661 3,782 8,794 * as of Oct 2024 Undergraduate Exchanges (2024-25) Host / Destination Region Exchange-in % Exchange-out ^ % Chinese Mainland 84 9.2% 46 4.7% Asia (excl. Chinese Mainland & Hong Kong) 123 13.4% 244 24.9% Europe 445 48.6% 466 47.6% North America 255 27.8% 211 21.6% Australia & New Zealand 6 0.7% 12 1.2% Central & South America 3 0.3% 0 0.0% Total 916 100.0% 979 100.0% * as of Aug 2025 ^ HKUST students may participate in more than one exchange-out activity in an academic year. So the headcount of ex-change out students in 2024/25 is 966. Graduate Numbers (2025) School / Area Undergraduate Postgraduate Total Research Taught Science 517 209 476 1,202 Engineering 858 311 1,067 2,236 Business and Management 912 25 1,277 2,214 Humanities and Social Science 85 21 319 425 Interdisciplinary Programs 66 116 243 425 Joint School 149 0 251 400 Total 2,587 682 3,633 6,902 * as of Aug 2025