University of Hong Kong

University of Hong Kong

Outstanding academic staff of the University are recruited through rigorous selection procedures, comprising internal peer-reviews and external assessments conducted by international and prominent experts in the relevant fields. About 50% of academic staff are drawn from overseas. The University has recruited distinguished academics from all over the world. University teachers are top researchers in many major areas of research including Human Health and Development, Biotechnology and Drug Development, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Build and Natural Environments, Theoretical and Computational Sciences, Public Law and Public Policy, China Studies, and Communications.

The University attracts the best students in Hong Kong. In 2008-2009, the University had 21,652 students (11,962 undergraduates, 9,690 postgraduates), of which around 5,300 mainland Chinese and international students. Local students admitted to HKU are consistently among the most proficient in English among UGC-funded institutions.

Our research excellence has again enabled us to assume the position of the most successful university in Hong Kong in terms of securing competitive research funding from the Research Grants Council (RGC). In 2009 the University was awarded HK$140 million, which accounts for 27% of the total funding allocated to all eight local universities. The University has received the highest number of awards of any UGC-funded institution with 203 proposals won the Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF) Awards (Formerly Known as Competitive Earmarked Research Grant (CERG) Awards) during 2009-2010.

The research output of the University's academic staff is substantial. About 7,500 items of research output were published during 2007-08; many of them in international journals, and around 80% were refereed.