1. Give to support your younger fellows
Scholarships and Bursaries create life-changing opportunities for students to enrich their education and experience with full energy and attention. Your generosity can also relieve students' financial burden in unexpected tragic events through the Student Emergency Fund, empowering our graduates to take risks and pursue dreams that potentially reward us all. Through our naming opportunities, you can also support areas of strategic importance to the University.
2. Give to maintain a competitive edge
To attract the smartest and most promising students from diverse socio-economic backgrounds all around the world, financial empowerment is necessary to keep HKUST competitive with other top-tier universities, including those able to meet students’ full financial needs. Considerations of funding by corporations and foundations often comprise the institution’s alumni giving rate, and therefore, a large portion of alumni giving proves a strong institution.
3. Give to help our students change the world that you live in
It is about realizing one's potential and becoming an informed and responsible global citizen of tomorrow. Benefited projects such as AEF Community Service Awards and AEF Students Start-up Grants encourage innovation and leadership. It is the University's objective to make a real difference to students' lives and assist them in achieving these goals.
4. Give for the inheritance
Gifts by alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the University have made our education possible. Your continued support ensures that future students have the same opportunities that you did. Many donors see their gift as a form of gratitude and a way to give back for their education at HKUST. What truly makes an inheritance is not solely based on the amount you contribute but also on the collective support of individuals coming together for HKUST's outstanding students and unique mission. Donations of a perpetual nature will benefit many generations of students to come.