Prof. Haibin SU will be promoted to Full Professor title with effect from 1 July 2025

The Department of Chemistry in HKUST is ranked No. 2 in Hong Kong and No. 49 worldwide in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025

CHEM RPg student Feng Jianning (Year 3), under the supervision of Prof. Haipeng Lu, received the Best Poster Award (Inorganic Category) at the 14th International Symposium for Chinese Inorganic Chemists (IS-CIC) held on 11 June 2025

Prof. Guochen JIA received the School of Science Service Award 2024-25

Prof. Haipeng LU received the School of Science Research Award 2024-25

Professor Hugh NAKAMURA received the Junior Scientists Participation Fellowship for the 58th Bürgenstock Conference on Stereochemistry 2025 by the Swiss Chemical Society (SCS)

CHEM UG Students LEE Ka Hin (Year 1) and LI Kai Kin (Year 3) participated in the HKUST Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Team. The team won the champion in the Explorer Class of the Hong Kong Regional Contest of the MATE International ROV Competition 2025

UG (CHEM-IRE) Year 3 Student WANG Martin Shen (Supervisor: Prof. Haibin Su) won a second runner-up award under the 2025 Kerry Holdings Limited Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)

The 17th International Symposium for Chinese Organic Chemists (ISCOC) and the 14th International Symposium for Chinese Inorganic Chemists (ISCIC) will be held in Hong Kong on 9-11 June 2025. It is co-organized by HKU, HKUST, CUHK, CityU, HKBU and PolyU.

PhD Year 4 student Miss Xin LI (Supervisor: Prof. Zhihong GUO; Co-supervisor: Prof. Ben Zhong TANG) received the poster presentation award (Materials and Physical Chemistry) at the 31st Symposium on Chemistry Postgraduate Research held on 22 March 2025