HKUST to run Hong Kong’s third medical school on ‘strategic’, ‘financial’ merits
After eight-month race, expert panel finds HKUST has ‘broad global vision’ and ‘winning edge’ over Baptist University and Polytechnic University
The eight-month race officially ended on Tuesday, when the government announced that HKUST had been recommended by the Task Group on the New Medical School after it assessed proposals submitted in March by the institution, Baptist University, and Polytechnic University.
“HKUST has a few advantages in its plan, especially its strategic positioning is very clear, and its global vision is very broad. We think that it would have a winning edge in terms of competition and attraction in recruiting professorial manpower and students,” Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau, who co-chaired the task group with education minister Christine Choi Yuk-lin, said.
“Its position also combined medicine and research and development into one.”
The proposals were assessed on 10 key criteria, including innovative strategic positioning, clinical exposure, curriculum design and research.
City leader John Lee Ka-chiu, who approved the decision together with the Executive Council, said Hong Kong was developing into an international medical training, research and innovation hub, and the establishment of the third medical school to train more healthcare professionals would be crucial in enhancing local healthcare services.