{"id":13853,"date":"2021-08-11T15:17:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T07:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/st\/?page_id=13853"},"modified":"2021-08-30T15:09:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T07:09:05","slug":"message-from-the-dean","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/st\/about-us\/message-from-the-dean\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from the Dean"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13853\" class=\"elementor elementor-13853\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0d5b245 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0d5b245\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;3a6ef3e&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_tablet&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_mobile&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:50,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_type&quot;:&quot;scroll&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_fx_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_z_index&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_animation_prop&quot;:&quot;transform&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;]}]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57e1be4\" data-id=\"57e1be4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b105a8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b105a8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Welcome to the School of Science and Technology (S&amp;T), Hong Kong Metropolitan University.\u00a0 Whether you are a prospective or current student, alumnus, colleague, collaborator or visitor, I hope you will enjoy browsing\u00a0through our website and find useful information here.<\/p><p>Science is to acquire new knowledge through observations and experiments, while technology is to create products that solve problems and improve human life.\u00a0 The School aims at equipping students with professional knowledge to contribute to a better society and better life.\u00a0 We offer a wide range of programmes in Applied Sciences, Information Technology, and Engineering.\u00a0 Currently, we have around 1,500 full-time undergraduate students, 1,000 full-time postgraduate students and 1,000 part-time students.\u00a0<\/p><p>The School established the Institute for Research in Innovation Technology and Sustainability (IRITS) in 2014 to facilitate and promote research.\u00a0 Our primary research interests are Smart City and Environmental Science.\u00a0 The faculty members at the School have outstanding performance in research.\u00a0 They are awarded prestigious research grants from Research Grants Council (RGC) and other funding agencies. In addition, their research results appear in top-tier journals in science and technology.<\/p><p>I sincerely invite you to come and visit our School.\u00a0 If you have any suggestions or comments, please feel free to contact me.<\/p><p>We look forward to meeting you at S&amp;T.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Prof. Philips Wang<\/p><p>Dean, School of Science and Technology<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the School of Science and Technology (S&amp;T), Hong Kong Metropolitan University.\u00a0 Whether you are a prospective or current student, alumnus, colleague, collaborator or visitor, I hope you will enjoy browsing\u00a0through our website and find useful information here.Science is to acquire new knowledge through observations and experiments, while technology is to create products that...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":0,"parent":1912,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"content_default_2.php","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v17.3 (Yoast SEO v21.2) - 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