Ye Yu, former vice president of HKUST for research on "elixirs of longevity", succeeds Shi Weishi as the first female president of the Eighth University

Shi Wei, the president of HKUST, will leave office early this October. Liao Changcheng, chairman of the HKUST Board of Trustees, today (18th) sent an email to the president of teachers and students, announcing the recommendation of former vice president Professor Ye Yuru as the only candidate. She will be on Friday (20th). (Sunday) at 12 noon for an online meeting with HKUST faculty, students and alumni.

After the school board reviewed the appointment, Yip Yuru was expected to be the first female president of the eight aided institutions after the name of the University of Education was rectified, and the third female president of the higher education sector in Hong Kong after the Hui Mei Tak of the School of Education and Zhong Qirong of Shue Yan University.

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