BEng Program in Smart Manufacturing
Program Objective
Smart manufacturing, which promotes a digital transformation in production processes, has become the focus of global manufacturing industries. The demand for skillful and interdisciplinary talents has become an urgent subject of concern.
This program will provide students with an in-depth understanding of various levels of advanced manufacturing processes, combining skills in physical sciences, engineering, and business to prepare them in developing innovative approaches for systems design and production.
Program Details
Program Duration
- Bachelor Track 4 years
- Bachelor-MPhil Track 5 years in general
- Bachelor-MPhil-PhD Track 8 years in general
- Bachelor-PhD Track 8 years in general
Medium of Instruction
English is the medium of instruction and small class teaching is implemented in HKUST(GZ). The University has a language center to serve students to adapt to the English-medium learning environment.
Tuition and Fees
For Students of China’s Mainland, and Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Region
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Rates
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Tuition Fee
CNY 50,000 to CNY 100,000 /year
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Accommodation Fee
a single room in the suite for six：CNY 2500 /year a single room in the suite for eight：CNY 2000 /year
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Medical Insurance
TBA
For International Students
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Rates
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Tuition Fee
CNY 100,000 /year
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Accommodation Fee
a single room in the suite for six：CNY 2500 /year a single room in the suite for eight：CNY 2000 /year
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Medical Insurance
CNY 800 /year
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Application Fee
CNY 150 /person
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Reservation Fee
CNY 4000 /person
Scholarship and Aid
HKUST(GZ) sets up a wide range of scholarships and grants to support students throughout their academic journey. These scholarships are awarded for various reasons, such as academic performance, contributions to the community, and outstanding achievements in competitions, etc.
Meanwhile, the University welcomes excellent students, regardless of their financial background. Financial assistance will be provided to those in need. The admitted students may apply for financial aid according to the family's financial situation. HKUST(GZ) is committed to ensuring that no one student would be prevented from joining our community due to family financial difficulty.
For international students, HKUST(GZ) offers a variety of scholarships, including Admission Scholarship, which is awarded to top students from all backgrounds based on their academic merit and non-academic achievements. All applicants will be automatically considered for Admission Scholarship without extra application. Awarded details will be announced in the admission letter. Additionally, international students of HKUST(GZ) are eligible to apply for Guangdong Government Outstanding International Student Scholarship every year.
Degree and Certification
- After meeting curriculum requirements and graduation requirements, the student will be conferred:
- 1. Bachelor’s Degree Certificate of HKUST (in accordance with the requirements of HKUST)
- 2. Bachelor’s Degree Certificate of HKUST(GZ) (Officially approved by the Ministry of Education of the PRC)
- 3. Graduation Certificate of HKUST(GZ) (Officially approved by the Ministry of Education of the PRC)
Intended Learning Outcomes
- Upon successful completion of the program, students will be able to:
- 1. Explain manufacturing related engineering problems arising in different areas of science, technology and the society. (Knowledge)
- 2. Apply knowledge to elucidate problems relevant to smart manufacturing. Perform basic analysis using existing tools and methodologies for simple production lines. (Execution)
- 3. Assess information and make independent judgments on issues related to smart manufacturing. (Judgement)
- 4. Communicate effectively about smart manufacturing to both lay and expert audiences. (Communication)
- 5. Demonstrate self-direction in tackling and solving problems and act autonomously in planning and implementing tasks. (Autonomy)
- 6. Use a global perspective in conjunction with smart manufacturing to address the issues of importance in science, technology and the society. (International outlook)
Career Prospect and Employment
With the on-going transformation to Industry 4.0, the demands for engineers with a major in smart manufacturing are tremendous. As an interdisciplinary field, smart manufacturing is the best carrier and motivity of the related fundamental research, and it can also demonstrate the impact of both fundamental and applied research more effectively and intuitively. Our degree program provides students with both cross-disciplinary fundamental theoretical training and hands-on training to prepare them better equipped for future challenges. Students graduated from this program will demonstrate broad based knowledge and practical capability of various smart manufacturing technologies and production processes. The graduates from this program will fulfil the market expectation and have great employment prospects.
Curriculum and Requirement
Overall Introduction
Under Enquiry-based Cross-disciplinary Active Learning Model, students will take undergraduate common core courses and fundamental courses based on various interests and backgrounds in their first and second academic years. In the third academic year, students can choose the smart manufacturing major and start to take its major courses. At this stage, students need to meet the requirements of the major required courses and major electives of BEng in Smart Manufacturing. The main courses cover Industry 4.0, advanced manufacturing, industrial data analysis, digital information technology, intelligent automation and other subjects, and these courses are crucial to smart manufacturing. For specific course setting and credit requirements, please refer to the following modules.
Study Pathway
