As a Hong Kong-Chinese mainland collaborative university, HKUST(GZ) complies with dual quality assurance requirements from the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Council (QAC), which periodically undertakes academic quality audits of all programmes that lead to an HKUST award, and the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) requirements on education delivery in the Chinese mainland. 

HKUST(GZ) is to be highly consistent with HKUST regarding core education philosophy, academic standards, and management principles. At HKUST(GZ), we set up a similar academic governance structure with HKUST, through the established cross-campus joint collaborative mechanism.  Academic programs in HKUST(GZ) go through the same quality assurance process as the Clear Water Bay (CWB) campus. Cross-campus teaching and learning are encouraged to uphold the "Unified HKUST-Complementary Campuses umbrella" principle. For the purpose of equivalent learning experiences, as well as to facilitate cross-campus enrichment, HKUST(GZ) provides students with similar learning support systems as HKUST. To enable greater academic synergy between HKUST and HKUST(GZ), cross-campus educational resources sharing mechanism were established. Educational innovation is highly encouraged and supported, subject to the fulfillment of academic standards and intended learning outcomes.

This Academic Quality Manual (AQM) in HKUST(GZ) was developed with reference to the HKUST Quality Manual, with consideration of HKUST(GZ) aspiration of educational innovation, as well as the compliance requirements from MOE. It provides a comprehensive guide to the quality assurance framework that assures and enhances the quality of educational provision at HKUST(GZ) and maintains the international comparability of the academic standards of the University's awards. 

Six key principles to characterize HKUST(GZ)’s approach to quality assurance:

1. The establishment of agreed, explicit, learning objectives for educational programs;
2. Pro-active evaluation of success in achieving learning objectives, and the use of evidence derived from these evaluations, including feedback from students and others, to improve performance;
3. The clear assignment of roles and responsibilities within a comprehensive framework of policies and processes for the development and improvement of educational programs;
4. A commitment to encouraging, supporting and rewarding excellence in the design and delivery of educational programs;
5. The provision of adequate resources for the delivery of high quality education;
6. Timely review of processes and policies for quality assurance to assure their continuing effectiveness.