Being a part of the 2024 Summer Bootcamp for nonlocal students, OCES department has provided a talk, an lecture and a workshop to the non-local high school students from Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand etc on 17th July 2024. Read more

To enhance the sense of community among students and alumni, the Department had organized a lunch gathering on 29th June 2024 at a seafood restaurant in Sai Kung.  Read more

On 9th July 2024, a group of students from the Ocean University of China visited HKUST. OCES Department organized a meeting to explore potential collaborations between two institutions, and let the students know more about the potential study opportunities in OCES. Read more

OCES has hosted a 3 days summer course for secondary students from 3rd July to 5th July 2024. The course offered interactive lectures, group discussions, field studies and laboratory experiments. Read more

We are thrilled to share that the Research Grants Council (RGC) has released the results for the General Research Fund (GRF) and Early Career Scheme (ECS) for the 2024/25 cycle. Our department has achieved a remarkable success rate of over 60%, with 9 GRF and 1 ECS projects being awarded, with the total awarded amount over HK$10 million.  Congratulations to all awarded projects! Read more

Ms. RUAN Xi (PhD in Marine Environmental Science, supervised by Prof. Julian Mak), has earned a place in Anita Conti Sustainable Innovation Fellowship Program 2024. Read more

A team of marine scientists employ extended reality (XR) to revolutionize people experiences in marine education. This UGC-funded project is led by Prof. Cindy Lam (Department of Ocean Science) and Prof. Sai-Kit Yeung (Division of Integrative Systems & Design) at HKUST, with joint collaboration of Prof. Apple Chui (School of Life Sciences) from CUHK, Prof. Jianwen Qiu and Dr. Read more

In a move to foster a stronger sense of community among postgraduate (PG) students, the Department has organized an BBQ gathering exclusively for PG students on 22 June, 2024 at the HKUST BBQ site.  Read more

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A group of OST UG students had the incredible opportunity to visit the renowned Xue Long 2 icebreaker docked at the Tsim Sha Tsui Ocean Terminal on 10 April 2024.  Read more