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As a Hong Kong-Chinese mainland collaborative university, HKUST(GZ) complies with dual quality assurance requirements from the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Council (QAC), which periodically undertakes academic quality audits of all programmes that lead to an HKUST award, and the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) requirements on education delivery in the Chinese mainland. 

HKUST(GZ) is to be highly consistent with HKUST regarding core education philosophy, academic standards, and management principles. At HKUST(GZ), we set up a similar academic governance structure with HKUST, through the established cross-campus joint collaborative mechanism.  Academic programs in HKUST(GZ) go through the same quality assurance process as the Clear Water Bay (CWB) campus. Cross-campus teaching and learning are encouraged to uphold the “Unified HKUST-Complementary Campuses umbrella” principle. For the purpose of equivalent learning experiences, as well as to facilitate cross-campus enrichment, HKUST(GZ) provides students with similar learning support systems as HKUST. To enable greater academic synergy between HKUST and HKUST(GZ), cross-campus educational resources sharing mechanism were established. Educational innovation is highly encouraged and supported, subject to the fulfillment of academic standards and intended learning outcomes.

This Academic Quality Manual (AQM) in HKUST(GZ) was developed with reference to the HKUST Quality Manual, with consideration of HKUST(GZ) aspiration of educational innovation, as well as the compliance requirements from MOE. It provides a comprehensive guide to the quality assurance framework that assures and enhances the quality of educational provision at HKUST(GZ) and maintains the international comparability of the academic standards of the University’s awards. 

Six key principles to characterize HKUST(GZ)’s approach to quality assurance: