The Chinese University of Hong Kong

The Chinese University of Hong Kong is a public research university in Sha Tin in the New Territories. It was founded in 1963 by the federation of Chung Chi College, New Asia College, and United College, and it remains Hong Kong's only collegiate university. Nine colleges now handle residential and pastoral life beside the faculties. The hillside campus above Tolo Harbour is a bilingual Chinese-English institution.

Eight faculties cover Arts, Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Science, and Social Science. Strengths include medicine and public health, business, Chinese studies, journalism and communication, and engineering. Graduate students work with the Faculty of Medicine and CUHK Medical Centre, the CUHK Business School, the Institute of Chinese Studies, and the Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care.

Enrollment is about 20,000, with a large postgraduate cohort and many students from mainland China and overseas. Faculty number several thousand. Charles K. Kao, later a Nobel laureate in physics for optical fiber, served as vice-chancellor. Alumni include physician and former vice-chancellor Joseph Sung and many journalists, public officials, and scientists trained in Hong Kong.

Graduate degrees include taught master's programs, the MPhil-PhD track used in Hong Kong, professional degrees such as the MBChB and J.D., and executive business master's degrees. Research students work with a supervisor and a thesis committee. The year has two main terms plus summer. Postgraduate studentships and teaching assistantships support most research students. Life is campus-centered at Sha Tin, with the rest of Hong Kong a train ride away.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, The Chinese University of Hong Kong lists 143 graduate programs across 42 subjects: 93 master's programs and 47 doctoral programs, with the widest choice in biology, languages & linguistics and law. The Chinese University of Hong Kong holds rank 58 in the GSN Overall University Ranking.