The university has 25,000 students from more than 100 nations. NTU also has strong ties with many institutions across the globe, including Imperial College London, Stanford University and Peking University.
The university was established in 1991 and, in 2022, it introduced a scheme called HKUST 2.0, which covers its plans for development in the future.
It is a collegiate university formed in 2010 with the aim of becoming one of the world’s leading research universities. It was originally made up of five institutions but has since grown to incorporate 25 self-governing academic and research institutions.
The university is made up of eight faculties and schools: applied sciences and textiles; business; construction and environment; design; engineering; health and social sciences; hotel and tourism management; and humanities.
The university is organised into two institutes, a university college and seven schools: economics; law; social and behavioural sciences; history, culture and communication; health policy and management; philosophy; and management.