City University of Hong Kong

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City University of Hong Kong
香港城市大學
CityU logo.svg
Other name
CityU
MottoOfficium et Civitas (Latin)
敬業樂群 (Chinese)
Type Public
Established1 January 1984;40 years ago (1984-01-01) (as City Polytechnic of Hong Kong)
1994;30 years ago (1994) (full university status)
Academic affiliations
Chairman Lester Garson Huang
Chancellor John Lee Ka-chiu (as Chief Executive of Hong Kong)
President Freddy Boey
Academic staff
845
Undergraduates 12,309
Postgraduates 4,929
Location
22°20′11.12″N114°10′22.76″E / 22.3364222°N 114.1729889°E / 22.3364222; 114.1729889
CampusUrban, 15.6 hectares (39 acres)
LanguageEnglish
Colours   Bold burgundy
Sporting affiliations
USFHK
Website cityu.edu.hk
cityu.hk
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 香港城市大學
Simplified Chinese 香港城市大学
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Xiānggǎng Chéngshì Dàxué
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization Hēunggóng Sìhngsíh Daaihhohk
Jyutping Hoeng1gong2 Sing4si5 Daai6hok6
IPA [hœŋ˥.kɔŋ˧˥ sɪŋ˩.si˩˧ taj˨.hɔk̚˨]
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The City University of Hong Kong (CityU) is a public research university located in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1984 as the City Polytechnic of Hong Kong and became a fully accredited university in 1994.

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The university currently has nine main schools offering courses in business, science, engineering, liberal arts and social sciences, law, and veterinary medicine, along with the Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies, CityU Shenzhen Research Institute, and Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study.

History

City University's origins lie in the calls for a "second polytechnic" in the years following the 1972 establishment of the Hong Kong Polytechnic. In 1982, Executive Council member Chung Sze-yuen spoke of a general consensus that "a second polytechnic of similar size to the first should be built as soon as possible." [3] District administrators from Tuen Mun and Tsuen Wan lobbied the government to build the new institution in their respective new towns. [3] The government instead purchased temporary premises at the new Argyle Centre Tower II in Mong Kok, a property developed by the Mass Transit Railway Corporation in concert with the then-Argyle station. The new school was called City Polytechnic of Hong Kong, a name chosen among nearly 300 suggestions made by members of the public. [4]

The new polytechnic opened on 8 October 1984, welcoming 480 full-time and 680 part-time students. [5] The provision for part-time students contributed to high enrolment, with the quota being filled almost immediately. [5]

A tract of land on the former site of a village named Chu Koo Chai  [ yue ] was chosen for the new campus. [6] The architectural contract to design the campus was won by Percy Thomas Partnership in association with Alan Fitch and W.N. Chung. [7] It was originally slated to open by October 1988. [8] The first phase was officially opened by Governor Wilson on 15 January 1990, and boasted 14 lecture theatres and 1,500 computers. [9] By 1991, the school had over 8,000 full-time students and approximately 3,000 part-time students. [10] The second phase of the permanent campus opened 1993. [7]

The school achieved university status in 1994 and the name was changed accordingly. [11]

In 2023, to welcome the start of the new academic year, CityU launched CityU Heroes, stories about outstanding alumni, students and faculty that demonstrate CityU's determination to pursue academic excellence and illustrate how to realise their dreams and give back to society through learning-centric pedagogy. The tunnel connecting the CityU campus to Festival Walk proudly champions the stories of the CityU Heroes. Visitors passing through the new-look thoroughfare can access QR codes to learn more about the 12 featured CityU Heroes.

In Sept 2024, CityU(Dongguan) was opened, the campus is located in the Songshan Lake High-Tech Industrial Development Zone (Science City). For the first cohort, the University offers four undergraduate programmes – (1) computer science and technology, (2) intelligent manufacturing engineering, (3) materials science and engineering, and (4) energy and power engineering – and six master’s programmes: (1) computer science, (2) engineering management, (3) materials engineering and nanotechnology, (4) business information systems, (5) data science, and (6) electronic information engineering.

Campus

City University of Hong Kong occupies an urban campus located in Kowloon. The official address is Tat Chee Avenue, [12] Kowloon Tong, Kowloon. Administratively, it is part of Sham Shui Po District. [13] Certain buildings of the main campus are marked as located in the Shek Kip Mei neighbourhood instead of Kowloon Tong in the official address book, such as Nam Shan Building. [14]

The main campus is connected to the Festival Walk shopping centre and the Kowloon Tong MTR station, which serves the East Rail line and Kwun Tong line of Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system. It is also adjacent to Shek Kip Mei Park and Nam Shan Estate.

The main campus covers around 15.6  ha (39 acres ).

Yeung Kin Man Academic Building (Academic 1)

Yeung Kin Man Academic Building, formerly known as Academic 1, [15] was also called "Academic Building" [16] [17] [18] [19] before the completion of Academic 2. It was completed in stages from 1989 to 1994. The floor area is 63,000  m2 (680,000  sq ft ), and includes 116 laboratories, 18 lecture halls, classrooms and canteens. The building is divided by colour, in order of purple zone (P), green zone (G), blue zone (B), yellow zone (Y) and red zone (R). Except for the lecture halls, all classrooms and laboratories are numbered by their colour divisions.

Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Academic Building (Academic 2)

Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Academic Building, previously called Academic 2, [20] was designed by architecture firm Aedas. With a total area of 20,900  m2 (225,000  sq ft ), it is located on the slope behind the sports complex on the campus, and is equipped with a resource centre, design room, computer room, language practice room, and student dining hall, classrooms, lecture halls, audio-visual rooms, multi-purpose activity rooms and sky gardens.

Lau Ming Wai Academic Building (Academic 3)

Lau Ming Wai Academic Building was called Academic 3. [21] The academic building project is divided into two phases. The first phase is a 20-storey high-rise building, and the second phase is a five-storey low-rise building with a total usable area of 20,500  m2 (221,000  sq ft ). It is the tallest building in CityU. Facilities include a 600-seat auditorium, classrooms, information technology laboratories, millimetre wave state key laboratories, restaurants, learning shared spaces, and administrative offices. [22] The building was designed by the Hong Kong architectural firm Ronald Lu & Partners. The third and sixth floors are connected to the Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Academic Building, while the fifth to seventh floors are connected to the student dormitory and Shaw Creative Media Centre. There are also terrace gardens on the 6th, 7th and 8th floors.

Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre

Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre was completed in 2011. [23] It was designed by Daniel Libeskind cooperating with Leigh and Orange Ltd., and received several awards for its design. [24] The building houses the university's School of Creative Media, the Centre for Applied Computing and Interactive Media and the computer science, media and communication, and English departments. [25]

Jockey Club One Health Tower

Hu Fa Kuang Sports Centre was a five-storey sports centre which houses a multi-purpose hall and four practice gymnasiums for badminton, basketball, volleyball, martial arts and dance, and other activities. In May 2016, the sports hall roof collapsed due to the weight imposed by a new green roof placed on top. [26]

Construction work commenced in November 2017 on the Jockey Club One Health Tower at the site of the former sports hall. The work is expected to be completed in 2025. [27]

CityU International Centre

A ground-breaking ceremony was held for the CityU International Centre on 29 November, 2021. Scheduled to open at the end of 2023.

Governance

Established in 1984 under Chapter 1132 of the Laws of Hong Kong (City University of Hong Kong Ordinance), [28] CityU is one of the eight statutory universities in Hong Kong.

Like other statutory universities in Hong Kong, the chief Executive of Hong Kong acts as the chancellor of CityU. Prior to the Handover, this was a ceremonial title bestowed upon the governor of Hong Kong.

Council

The council is the supreme governing body of the university. The chief executive of Hong Kong has the power to appoint 15 of the 23 council members, seven of which are named directly and eight appointed upon recommendation of the council. The chief executive can also appoint the chairman, deputy and treasurer; the vice-chancellor is in turn appointed by the council. [29]

Senate

The senate serves as the supreme academic body of the university and is responsible for deciding and reforming the university's academic policies. It is mainly composed of academic staff members but also includes the two representatives of the Students' Union and a representative of CityU Postgraduate Association. [30]

Academic organisation

The university's teaching units are grouped under 10 colleges and schools, offering over 150 postgraduate, undergraduate taught programmes. [31]

College/SchoolDepartments
College of Business
  • Department of Accountancy
  • Department of Economics and Finance
  • Department of Information Systems
  • Department of Management
  • Department of Marketing
  • Department of Management Sciences
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • Department of Chinese and History
  • Department of Media and Communication
  • Department of English
  • Chan Feng Men-ling Chan Shuk-lin Language Centre
  • Department of Linguistics and Translation
  • Department of Public and International Affairs
  • Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences
College of Engineering
  • Department of Systems Engineering
  • Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
  • Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Division of Building Science and Technology
  • Department of Computer Science
  • Department of Electrical Engineering
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering
College of Science
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Mathematics
  • Department of Physics
  • Department of Biostatistics
Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences
  • Department of Biomedical Sciences
  • Department of Neuroscience
  • Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health
  • Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
College of Computing
  • Department of Computer Science
  • Department of Data Science
School of Creative Media
School of Energy and Environment
School of Law
Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies

Rankings and reputation

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World [32] 101-150 (2023)
QS World [33] 62 (2025)
QS Under 50 [34] 4 (2021)
THE World [35] 82 (2024)
THE Reputation [36] 176-200 (2023)
THE Young Universities [37] 4 (2024)
USNWR Global [38] 79 (2024)
Regional – Overall
QS Asia [39] 17 (2024)
THE Asia [40] 15 (2024)

Overall Ranking

CityUHK was ranked #62 worldwide in the QS World University Rankings 2025, #82 worldwide in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024, #120 worldwide in the USNEWS Global Rankings 2022-2023, and #101–150 worldwide in ARWU 2023.

CityUHK was #72 worldwide in terms of aggregate performance across THE, QS, and ARWU, as reported by ARTU 2023. [41]

It was previously ranked 49th and 48th worldwide in QSWUR 2018 and 2021, respectively.

Young University Ranking

CityUHK is #4 worldwide in the QS "Top 50 Under 50" 2021 and #4 worldwide in THE Young Universities Rankings 2024.

Subject/Area Ranking

QS Subject Ranking

In the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024:

Subject (only subjects ranked among top 150 are listed)CityUHK's World Rank
Data Science & Artificial Intelligence  39
Linguistics51
Law54
Materials Science62
Business & Management Studies68
Engineering - Electrical & Electronic70
Accounting & Finance70
Computer Science & Information Systems77
Mathematics86
Engineering - Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing113
Economics & Econometrics114
Environmental Sciences144
English Language & Literature101-150
Modern Languages101-150
Politics & International Studies101-150
Sociology101-150

In the QS World University Rankings by Broad Subject Area 2024:

Broad Subject AreaCityUHK's World Rank
Social Sciences and Management100
Engineering and Technology147
Arts and Humanities151
Natural Sciences183
Life Sciences and Medicine401-450

THE Subject Ranking

In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subjects (2024):

SubjectCityUHK's World Rank
Engineering52
Law45
Business and Economics48
Physical Sciences65
Computer Science64
Social Sciences98
Life Sciences99
Arts & Humanities126–150

GRAS (ARWU subject rankings)

In the 2023 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS):

Subject (only subjects ranked among top 50 are listed)CityUHK's World Rank
Library & Information Science1
Automation & Control8
Energy Science & Engineering  9
Metallurgical Engineering  10
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology  17
Management21
Materials Science & Engineering  21
Public Administration  23
Civil Engineering  27
Computer Science & Engineering  29
Instruments Science & Technology32
Transportation Science & Technology  32
Telecommunication Engineering  36
Chemistry43
Electrical & Electronic Engineering  45
Mechanical Engineering  46
Business Administration  47
Chemical Engineering  47

Graduate Employability Ranking

CityUHK graduates were ranked 89th worldwide in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022. [42]

Student life

Student residence

Student residences are located on Cornwall Street, near Lau Ming Wai academic building. They provide housing and recreational space for undergraduates and postgraduates. Among them, halls 1 to 9 were designed by the British firm RMJM, while halls 10 and 11 were designed by P&T Group. Most halls are named after donors: [43]

Construction work for the 5th phase of the Student Hostel project at Whitehead, Ma On Shan commenced in March 2022. The student residence was in use in Sept 2024, providing more than 2,000 bed-spaces for CityU undergraduates and postgraduates.

The university also provides off-campus accommodation and short term accommodation for non-local students.

Student clubs

Student clubs in CityU are diverse. There are more than 80 clubs from interest groups, residents’ associations and departmental Societies, along with cultural groups including orchestra, choir and debate teams. [44]

Sport teams

Sport teams are mentored by Student Development Services. In April 2017, they have extended their dominance in sports competitions by winning a record-breaking ninth Grand Slam in the 2016-2017 annual sports competitions. [45]

There are 18 sports teams in total. The university has over 400 athletes in 16 sports events. [46]

  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Basketball
  • Cross country
  • Dragon boat
  • Fencing
  • Handball
  • Karatedo
  • Rugby
  • Soccer
  • Squash
  • Swimming
  • Table tennis
  • Taekwondo
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Woodball
  • Water polo

Publications

City University of Hong Kong Press

The City University of Hong Kong Press was founded in 1996 as the publishing arm of the university. [47] It mainly publishes three types of publications: academic works, professional books, and books of general interest and social concern. The press focuses on China studies, Hong Kong studies, Asian studies, politics and public policy.

University publication

TitleTypeAudiencePublisherFrequencyLink
CityUpdateOnline magazinePublicCommunications & Public Relations OfficeMonthly
CityUtodayMagazinePublicCommunications & Public Relations OfficeQuarterly
City AlumNetMagazineAlumniCommunications & Public Relations OfficeAnnually
CityUpbeatsMagazineStudentsStudent Development ServicesQuarterly
DiverCityBlogInternational studentsGlobal Engagement OfficeRandom

Notable alumni

Incidents

Shut down of MFA in Creative Writing

In April 2015, CityU shut down the programme of Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. Students and alumni launched a petition against the decision while faculty and noted international writers issued an open letter questioning the reasoning behind the closure. [63] Canadian novelist and faculty member Madeleine Thien, writing in The Guardian , was among those who attributed the decision to censorship and diminishing freedom of expression in Hong Kong. [64]

Collapse of roof of sports hall

On 20 May 2016, the roof structure of the Chan Tai Ho Multi-purpose Hall (the Sports Hall) in the Hu Fa Kuang Sports Centre (the Sports Centre) collapsed. Two staff members of CityU sustained minor injuries and a third individual was in shock. The venue was originally scheduled to hold an annual celebration banquet on that night for 700–800 CityU student athletes. [65] The investigation report released by the Buildings Department said three factors contributed to the collapse: (1) a leveled layer of material applied to the surface of the roof structure being thicker than the original design, (2) the laying of greenery on the roof, and (3) large puddles of water. [66] CityU did not seek separate advice from an independent surveyor to conduct feasibility studies and designs before tendering out the project to consultants or contractors. A report by CityU's investigation committee concluded that the surveyor of the green roof project was to be held liable for the collapse despite his repeated denial of involvement in the works. [67] It was reported that CityU vice-president Sunny Lee Wai-kwong (who oversaw the Campus Development and Facilities Office) escaped liability while technical staff would face disciplinary action. [67]

QS ranking dispute

In 2017, CityU was accused of providing misleading information to Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) to boost its university rankings. [68] [69] The QS review, however, confirmed that the data submitted by CityU was accurate. CityU would submit the case to an external audit firm to verify the data. [69] In January 2018, CityU issued a statement stating that it had commissioned an accounting firm to complete an independent review of the student data declared by CityU and confirmed that it found no declarations that did not meet the scope of QS requirements. [70]

Chinese Judge Meeting on campus

On 20 October 2018, National Judges College under the Supreme People's Court of China uploaded an article to its website about a meeting held by "provisional branches of the Chinese Communist Party" at CityU. According to the article, 39 party members, including Huang Wenjun, president and party secretary of the National Judges College and 11 non-party members, attended the meeting and gave a lecture. Huang told attendees that judges must take a "clear-cut stance" on politics, increase their political sensitivity, learn socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era led by the Communist Party leader Xi Jinping, and should fight against "incorrect words and deeds." [71] [72] Despite the fact that the party branches were formed by Chinese judges who studied at CityU, Professor Lin Feng (associate dean of CityU's law school) who liaised with the college in organizing the courses, said the lecture "had caught the faculty by surprise". Pro-Beijing legislator Priscilla Leung Mei-fun, an associate law professor at CityU, refused to comment, claiming that she was not aware of the arrangement. [72] Spokesperson for CityU said it maintains political neutrality and that no activities involving politics should be held on campus. [71]

Intervention of students' academic autonomy

In October 2019, Professor Tan who was teaching a digital marketing course sent an email to the students, which warned the students not to deliver any political messages in class presentations or they will be given zero marks. The e-mail caused dissatisfaction among students. [73] Pro-democracy group Frontline Technology Workers pointed out that the presentations were relevant to the course although it was touching the social taboo. [74] They also highlighted academic journal articles which discussed the relationship between politics and marketing. [75] [76] [77] Students' Union questioned university's promise on academic autonomy. [78]

New campus security measures

In November 2019, CityU barred all students from entering the campus and the student hostel area as some of the facilities had been damaged by the protestors during the Siege of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. On 30 November, CityU reopened the campus but staff and students were required to present their identity cards to gain entry. [79] By December, hoarding panels had been built around the whole campus and turnstiles had been installed at all entrances. CityU issued a press release, stating that the vast majority of members of the Senate and the Court of CityU supported the security measures and the installation of an electronic access system. [80] The Student Union stressed that it opposed and had voted in the Court's meeting against the installation of turnstiles. The Student Union quoted an earlier questionnaire survey conducted by CityU Staff Association, stating that most of the respondents agreed that "university campuses should be opened to the public." The Student Union has repeatedly expressed objections to the university's policy of prohibiting public access to the campus and urged the university to consult teachers and students on the issue. [80]

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