Founded in 1963, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a forward-looking comprehensive research university that has become an internationally renowned centre of excellence in education and research. With a founding philosophy to combine tradition with modernity and to bring together China and the West, CUHK sets itself apart from the others with its deep roots in Chinese culture, its emphasis on bilingualism and multiculturalism, and a unique college system. As a university with a worldwide footprint, CUHK teachers and students hail from across the globe with a network of over 250,000 alumni. We offer a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes through eight Faculties and a Graduate School, including one of only two medical schools in Hong Kong. We are the only university in Hong Kong that offers a collegiate system with nine Colleges. College programmes and activities complement the formal curricula by delivering whole- person education and pastoral care. Research lies at the heart of CUHK. A champion of research and innovation that creates value and brings
benefits to society, CUHK has been dedicated to promoting interdisciplinary research and knowledge transfer in the 21 st century. Among our most notable research achievements are the advances we have made in liquid biopsy in prenatal testing and early cancer detection, biotechnological improvements of soybean, molecular analysis for cancer and metabolic disease detection and treatment, drug development for rare neurodegenerative diseases, network coding theory that has revolutionised data transmission and network applications, and artificial intelligence and robotics for innovative technologies in biomedical and smart city applications. As we aspire to carry out the role of a civic university to achieve ‘Excellence with Purpose and Responsibility’, we are eager to further strengthen multidisciplinary collaborations and partnerships with academic institutions and industries around the world. The University attaches great importance to global engagement which has been at the core of CUHK since our founding. Our first student exchange programme was established with the University of California system in 1965. Today, CUHK has formal partnerships with over 480 universities and
institutions worldwide, ranging from teaching and research collaborations to faculty and student exchanges, among many other engagements. The University is also an active member of a number of national and international academic alliances, such as the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, the Worldwide Universities Network, the Association of University Presidents of China, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau University Alliance, to name a few. CUHK celebrated its 60 th anniversary in 2023. The University took this major opportunity to cerebrate its achievements spanning six decades, and build links with students, staff, alumni, academic partners, industry leaders, as well as the general public. CUHK has connected brilliant minds with a shared mission of discovery and purpose in this boundless exploration of the unknown. We will continue to blaze new trails with our community spirit and transformative power, pushing the frontiers of knowledge to create a better future.
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