The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), referred to as "CUHK- Shenzhen" for short, was established with the approval of the people of China and the Ministry of Education in accordance with the Regulations on Chinese-foreign Cooperation in Running Schools. It has inherited the school-running philosophy and academic system of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and is a key discipline of high-level universities in Guangdong Province.

20 12 On September 28th, the Ministry of Education officially approved the establishment of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen); On March 2, 2004, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) was approved by the Ministry of Education.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) adopts the board management mechanism in line with international standards, implements the principal responsibility system under the leadership of the board, and actively explores the modern university system with China characteristics. The school is characterized by an international atmosphere, a teaching environment that pays equal attention to both Chinese and English, the tradition of the academy system, general education, new interdisciplinary settings, and a student-oriented educational concept.

Among Chinese-foreign cooperative universities, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) is undoubtedly a special existence. The recognition of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in the Mainland has always been equivalent to the top 985 universities. So students don't have to worry about local recognition when choosing a school.

Although the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) pays attention to students' English scores when assessing enrollment, the bilingual education provided by students after enrollment has given mainland students an adaptation process compared with other Chinese-foreign cooperative universities.

At present, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) mainly enrolls students from the mainland and the world, in which comprehensive evaluation and unified examination are mainly adopted, and the number of students enrolled by comprehensive evaluation is much larger than that by unified examination.