Officially established in June 2022, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) is a legally-independent educational institution co-established by the Mainland and Hong Kong. HKUST(GZ) will explore new frontiers in cross-disciplinary education and innovate pedagogies.  By doing so, HKUST(GZ) will play a constructive role in cultivating forward-looking talents with global vision, promoting the higher education reform at a national level, and accelerating educational collaboration between Hong Kong and Mainland as well as the development of the Greater Bay Area (GBA).In response to the increasingly complex challenges faced by the rapidly changing world, HKUST(GZ) adopts a brand-new and cross-disciplinary academic structure featuring “Hub” and “Thrust” to substitute the conventional one characterized by “school” and “department”, to facilitate cross-disciplinary education and vigorously develop emerging and frontier disciplines.