Quick Facts & Achievements
Facts About Us
– Year of Founding: 1912
– Units: 4 Schools (English; Modern Languages and Cultures; Humanities; Chinese), 1 Centre (Buddhist Studies), Research Centres and Institutes (Centre for the Study of Globalization & Cultures; Centre for Humanities & Medicine; Institute of Transnational History of China; China Humanities and Global Studies; AI&Humanity Lab
– UG programmes: 8 [BA with 16 major options and 25 minor options; BA(HDT); BA&BEng(AI&DataSc); BA&LLB; BA(GCIN); BA&BEd(LangEd-Chin); BA&BEd(LangEd-Eng); BASc] + 2 x Dual Degrees with UC Berkeley, USA + 2 x Dual Degrees with Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (SciencesPo), France
– TPg programmes: 20
Our Rankings
– 1st-4th place (Asia); 14th-54th (world)
– HKU’s most international faculty (75.7% international professoriate staff)
The Faculty's Role
– Makes HKU a comprehensive university
– Essential to HKUs positioning as ‘Asia’s Global University’
– Leading innovation/collaboration with emerging fields (digital; AI; creative industries)