FOUNDED in 1963, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a forward-looking comprehensive research university with a global vision and a mission to combine tradition with modernity, while bringing together China and the West. CUHK teachers and students come from all around the world. CUHK graduates are connected worldwide through an extensive alumni network.

As a top university in Hong Kong and Asia, CUHK aims to nurture students with both specialized knowledge and wisdom for life. The educational experience here is distinguished by a flexible credit unit system, a college system, bilingualism and multiculturalism.

There are general education courses to broaden students’ perspectives and cultivate in them the ability to face the challenges of contemporary society. The university’s eight faculties offer a wide array of excellent undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

CUHK undertakes a wide range of research programs in many subject areas and strives to provide scope for all academic staff to consult and collaborate on projects with industry. The university’s insistence on maintaining the highest standards of research has won it an enviable reputation. Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee (UGC) provides preferential grant funding to local tertiary institutions for their research into 18 selected Areas of Excellence.

The university houses five state key laboratories which are entrusted by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China to produce research of international quality and carry out important national research tasks. The university also has an excellent record of published research, both in discipline-specific journals and in more high-profile publications such as “Science, Nature” and “The Lancet.”

Of all Hong Kong universities, CUHK is the only one that offers a college experience. To the university’s constituent colleges, Chung Chi, New Asia, United and Shaw, have recently been added Morningside, S.H. Ho, C.W. Chu, Wu Yee Sun and Lee Woo Sing, bring up the total number of colleges to nine. College programs and activities complement the formal curricula by delivering whole-person education and pastoral care. The college system also encourages intimate interaction between teachers, students and alumni.