Principal-Professor Xu Lizhi
Professor Wang Yuxian, Principal Vice President.
Vice-Chancellor-Professor Li Zhuofen
Professor Li Xingwei, Vice President.
Professor Macbeth, Vice President
Vice-Chancellor-Professor Tan Guangheng
Professor Xu Lizhi.
Professor Xu Lizhi is currently the President of the University of Hong Kong. In May 2002, Professor Xu was officially appointed as the 14 President of the University of Hong Kong, and took office on 1 day in September 2002.
Before coming to work in Hong Kong, Professor Xu Lizhi was the director and chief geneticist of the genetics and genetic bioengineering program of the Research Center of Toronto Hospital for Sick Children. He is also a university professor at the University of Toronto and a professor of cystic fibrosis at H.E. Sellers. Professor Xu is also the former chairman of HUGO, an international organization of scientists who study human genetic engineering.
Professor Xu was born in Shanghai and grew up in Hong Kong. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and then lost to the University of Pittsburgh. He was awarded the doctorate of philosophy in 1979. Professor Xu joined the Genetics Department of Sick Children's Hospital after receiving short-term training in the Biology Department of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. 1989, Professor Xu successfully identified the defective gene (i.e. cystic fibrosis diaphragmatic regulatory gene -CFTR) that caused cystic fibrosis, which was an important breakthrough in human genetics. At present, Professor Xu still takes cystic fibrosis as his exploration direction, and at the same time devotes himself to gene research and gene analysis of other diseases.
Over the years, Professor Xu has won many awards and honors. Among them are distinguished scientists of the Canadian Medical Research Council, academicians of the Royal Society of Canada, the Royal Society of London, Academia Sinica and the World Innovation Foundation. Foreign Fellow, National Academy of Sciences. Professor Xu has not only won many international and domestic awards, but also received honorary doctorates from many famous universities, including King's College University, University of New Brunswick, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Saint Francis Xavier University and York University. In addition, Professor Xu was awarded the Canadian Medal, the Ontario Medal and the Killam Prize of the Canadian Parliament.
1994 From 2002, Professor Xu was the Chairman of the Biology and Medicine Subcommittee of the Research Grants Council under the University of Hong Kong Grants Committee.
So far, Professor Xu has published more than 300 scientific papers.
School profile
Introduction to the University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is the oldest university in Hong Kong. Over the years, it has been adhering to the fine tradition of providing excellent teachers and world-class scientific research and development, and is committed to cultivating social leaders.
HKU's predecessor was the Hong Kong College of Western Medicine, which was founded in 1887, and was formally established in191year. HKU is the first country to establish medical college, engineering college and liberal arts college. 19 161February, HKU held its first graduation ceremony. Twenty-three graduates and five honorary graduates were awarded degrees.
In the 1920s and 1930s, HKU's academic level occupied a place in the world. Before World War II, medical college, engineering college, liberal arts college and science college were established successively. After World War II, HKU actively rebuilt. In order to cope with the rapid population growth, HKU has continuously increased the enrollment and hired more high-quality teachers.
In the 1970s, HKU continued to develop rapidly, keeping pace with Hong Kong's growth and shining brilliantly on the international stage. As of May, 2004, there were 20,300 university students in Hong Kong, including 1 1, 700 undergraduates and 8,600 postgraduates. The school has 10 colleges, including architecture, art, economics and business administration, dentistry, education, engineering, law, medicine, science and social sciences, offering 47 undergraduate courses and more than 100 master's courses. In addition, colleges and their subordinate departments provide guidance and explanations for graduate students (master of philosophy and doctor of philosophy).
Teaching and learning
HKU has always advocated high-quality teaching. In order to enable students to learn the professional knowledge of undergraduate course and get various development at the same time, HKU was reformed several years ago. In addition to its unique curriculum objectives and design, each department has adopted the following principles:
Explore students' intelligence and personal potential and promote their all-round development.
Improve students' language and communication skills (including Chinese, English and computer knowledge)
Open up opportunities for lifelong learning, so that students can better adapt to the rapid changes in society and working environment.
Provide diversified education and continuously expand academic fields.
Broaden students' international social level and experience different cultures.
course content
A school year consists of two semesters, and each semester has fifteen weeks of teaching time and three weeks of evaluation time.
Generally, each student has to take 60 credits in one academic year (that is, 30 credits in one semester).
80% of the elective subjects are within the scope of their professional subjects, and the remaining 20% are self-selected subjects such as Chinese and English law, computer knowledge, general education and interdisciplinary research.
Academic evaluation is generally conducted at the end of the semester.
Language instruction
Except for subjects in Chinese Department, Japanese courses in Japanese Studies Department, speech and hearing science courses and Chinese courses in College of Education, China law courses and Chinese medicine courses in Law Department, all courses in HKU are taught in English, and assignments and written tests are also in English.
Chinese department subjects are taught in Cantonese or Mandarin. Elective students must be fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin and understand Chinese writing.
In a word, language ability is very important to the learning process.
It has a long history-Hong Kong was established many years ago 19 1 1. It is the oldest university in Hong Kong, with outstanding teaching and research achievements and international reputation, and shoulders the heavy responsibility of being an academic exchange hub in Hong Kong, China, Asia and other parts of the world. It was praised as the third best university in the Asia-Pacific region (including Australia) by Asia Weekly. In 2004, The Times published the top 200 universities in the world. There are ten teachers in the school who are academicians of China Academy of Sciences and two academicians of China Academy of Engineering.
International University-The University of Hong Kong uses English as the teaching language, with teachers and students from more than 40 countries around the world, and the number of non-local students is the largest among all institutions in Hong Kong. Over the years, it has successfully led students to the international stage and achieved excellent results.
Complete disciplines-HKU's 10 colleges cover architecture, humanities, dentistry, education, engineering, law, social sciences, medicine, science, economy and management. , with 47 undergraduate courses and more than 100 advanced degree courses, provides students with the most complete undergraduate education and professional development arrangements.
Global exchange-HKU has established the HKU World Network, which provides one tenth of its students with the opportunity to study abroad every year, carries out student exchange programs with more than 90 institutions around the world, and carries out teaching and scientific research cooperation with more than 300 institutions and scientific research institutions around the world.
Students are the best-the admission results of freshmen over the years show that HKU is the first choice for the best students in Hong Kong. Among the mainland students admitted to local colleges and universities, HKU's mainland college entrance examination scores are the best.
Industry leader -HKU's mission is to cultivate outstanding talents and make contributions to society and the country. Since its establishment, its graduates have spread all over famous enterprises and institutions at home and abroad, holding leading positions in the fields of finance and industry, culture, education, social management, medical research and so on.
The ideal way out-HKU contacts HSBC, IBM and other global institutions to arrange internship positions, and opportunities are spread all over the world. HKU graduates are the first choice for major enterprises and institutions to recruit talents, and their employment rate, enrollment rate and salary level are the first among all institutions in Hong Kong.