Message from the Vice-Chancellor and President

Welcome to the website of The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Founded in 1963, we are a university that is as firmly rooted in Chinese culture as it is positioned in modern civilized society. After close to half a century of growth and development, we have become a comprehensive research university, a regional leader with a global reputation.

Since the inception, we have committed ourselves not only to advancing academic research but also upholding the humanistic culture. A university's role is not only to impart knowledge, but also to groom the moral character of our society's future torchbearers. This, we believe, is the essence of a university and the raison d'être of the Chinese University.

On this website, you will find information on the curricula of our departments and Faculties. You can get a feel for life under our unique college system. Also, you can catch the latest on our research centres and laboratories, and the many vibrant academic communities on campus. The website will also offer you a glimpse into how young people from Hong Kong and overseas interact with each other on a culturally rich and diverse campus, and how, inspired by their teachers, they advance and mature, how they set their sights on serving the world, thereby realizing CUHK's holistic ideal of moral and intellectual excellence.

We invite you to make use of this online platform to become acquainted with CUHK. Better still, we invite you to pay us a visit at our verdant campus between a harbour and the hills.

Joseph J.Y. Sung
Vice-Chancellor and President

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