Woo Chia-wei

Chia-Wei Woo
1st President of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
In office
1991–2001
ChancellorDavid Wilson
Chris Patten
Tung Chee-hwa
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byChu Ching-wu
11th President of San Francisco State University
In office
1983–1988
Preceded byPaul F. Romberg
Succeeded byRobert A. Corrigan
Personal details
Born1937 (age 86–87)
Shanghai, Republic of China
ResidenceHong Kong
Alma materPui Ching Middle School
Georgetown College (BSc)
Washington University in St. Louis (MA, PhD)
Awards1996 CBE
2000 GBS
2001 Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsNorthwestern University
University of California, San Diego
San Francisco State University
ThesisTheory of the normal ground state of liquid helium three (1966)
Doctoral advisorEugene Feenberg

Chia-Wei Woo GBS CBE (traditional Chinese: 吳家瑋; simplified Chinese: 吴家玮; pinyin: Wú Jiāwěi), CBE GBS, was the founding president of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His work included raising funding and recruiting outstanding faculty for the university. With Chung Sze Yuen, Woo created an institution, including a top ranked Business School, known as the HKUST Business School. The school's MBA, EMBA and Executive Education programs have been consistently ranked as Asia's top programs, and in the World Top 50 MBA programs by the Financial Times of London.[1] Woo retired in 2001 after 13 years of service and remains President Emeritus as well as University Professor Emeritus.