Since 2002, the Chinese University of Hong Kong has started enrolling students in some mainland provinces. In recent years, the number of students has been expanding, and the number of open provinces has gradually increased. According to the latest news, the 2007 college entrance examination has achieved 0 voluntary classification, which is more helpful for mainland students to apply for the exam. Moreover, the Chinese University of Hong Kong offers generous full scholarships (up to HK$ 500,000) to outstanding mainland students, attracting a large number of students. Of course, hundreds of thousands of tuition fees every year make 500 thousand Hong Kong dollars even stretched.

brief introduction

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), founded in 1963, is the second university established in Hong Kong and one of the eight higher education institutions in Hong Kong funded by the University of Hong Kong Grants Committee, which can award degrees. Cuhk consists of Xinya College (established in 1949), Chongji College (established in 195 1) and United College (established in 1956), and later Shaw College was established in 1986. It is the only university in Hong Kong that implements college federalism. At present, most departments of CUHK offer Chinese and English courses. Some departments, such as medical college, law school, pharmacy college, English department, linguistics department, etc. Most of the new courses offered by the Faculty of Science use English as the main teaching language. In recent years, the school has also emphasized that "CUHK has always adhered to the bilingual education policy since its establishment".

At that time, in order to promote Chinese education, the government set up a university with Chinese as the main teaching language and both Chinese and English, and set aside a hill in Maliushui, Sha Tin for the establishment of the school. Its campus area is the largest in Hong Kong.

School history

* 1957 New Asia College, Chung Chi College and United College set up the Hong Kong Chinese Tertiary Schools Association to strive for government funding and academic status.

* 1959, New Asia College, Chung Chi College and United College became government-funded tertiary institutions.

* 1963, The Chinese University of Hong Kong was formally established by the merger of New Asia College, Chung Chi College and United College.

* 1965, the Institute of Education was established.

* 1976, the hong kong legislative Council passed the restructuring plan of the Chinese university of hong kong, which made CUHK adopt a unitary administrative structure, with each college only managing its own assets and all other powers delegated to the university headquarters.

* 1977, medical college was established.

* 1986 was founded by Shaw College and became the fourth member college of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

* 199 1 year, Engineering College was established.

:: In 2005, a global business undergraduate course was launched.

* On June 65438+February 1 day, 2005, the Faculty of Law was established, becoming the third local university in Hong Kong to offer legal courses.

:: In 2006, a bachelor's degree course was offered.

* In 2006, Morningside College and Shanheng College were announced, and their school buildings were located on the hillside behind the university gymnasium. Later, it was announced that the seventh college would be established, and its building was located on the hillside behind the United College.

Successive principals

Li Zhuomin, the first professor (1963- 1978)

The second professor, Ma Lin (1978- 1987)

The third professor, Gao Kun (1987- 1996)

Lecture 4 Professor Li (1996-2002)

The fifth Professor Jin (2002-2004)

The Sixth Professor Liu Zunyi (2004-)

School-running characteristics

△ bilingual integration

The Chinese University of Hong Kong is farsighted. It advocates bilingual and bicultural teaching for a long time, implements the principle of paying equal attention to both Chinese and English, and is committed to cultivating students who integrate Chinese and Western academic culture and knowledge. Under the leadership of universities, this spirit of blending Chinese and Western cultures and bilingualism has been widely recognized and adopted by universities at home and abroad. Most of the teachers in the school have studied or taught in major universities around the world, and most of them are bilingual.

△ dual teaching

The Chinese University of Hong Kong adopts the dual teaching methods of "subject-based" and "student-based", with the department responsible for "subject-based" teaching and the college responsible for "student-based" teaching and providing students' dormitories.

△ Multi-course-subject orientation

The Chinese University of Hong Kong is a growing university, offering a number of full-time and on-the-job bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs. The university has seven departments, namely, College of Arts, College of Business Administration, College of Education, College of Engineering, College of Medicine, College of Science and Academy of Social Sciences, which are divided into 665 and 438+0 departments, offering 54 main courses and 46 minor courses for full-time undergraduates. Postgraduate courses are offered by 57 departments of the graduate school, including 62 doctoral courses, 50 master courses/kloc-0 and 28 diploma courses. The graduate school also offers post-baccalaureate diploma courses. As of March 36, 2005, the number of students in school was * * *17,515, including 9,434 undergraduates and 8,08 postgraduates.

In order to keep pace with the rapid development of society, the Chinese University of Hong Kong has also set up different types of departments and new courses. The Law School was established in 2004, and will recruit the first batch of undergraduates with bachelor of law degrees in 2006/07. The MBA program of Chinese University has been rated as the first in Asia by Asia Inc magazine for three consecutive years. In addition, new courses in recent years include risk management science, insurance, finance and actuarial science, logistics and supply chain management, and e-commerce system.

△ Academy system-student-oriented

The Chinese University of Hong Kong is the only institution of higher learning that adopts the college system. The university originally had three member colleges, namely Xinya College (established in 1949), Chongji College (established in 195 1) and United College (established in 1956). 1976 16 In February, the government promulgated the new university regulations, and revised the statutes and terms of reference of the Chinese University and its member colleges. 1July, 986, the government re-legislated and established the fourth member college-Shaw College through the Chinese University. The new college began to recruit students 1988. Teachers and full-time undergraduates belong to four member colleges respectively. By providing informal education and promoting academic and cultural activities, the college helps students to develop in an all-round way.

△ Research and reputation

The Chinese University of Hong Kong encourages all colleges to conduct high-quality research. On the one hand, it encourages diversified basic and applied research; On the other hand, we constantly strive for excellent scientific research results, strive to expand the field of human knowledge, provide consulting services for all sectors of society, and enhance our international reputation. The university has set up a 13 professional research institute, which is convenient for teachers to carry out interdisciplinary research and discuss the scope of specialty in depth. 13 research institutions are: Institute of Chinese Studies, School of Humanities, Asia-Pacific Business School, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Institute of Optical Science and Technology, Shun Hing Institute of Advanced Engineering, Hong Kong Cancer Institute, Institute of Human Communication Science, Institute of Chinese Medicine, Polytechnic Institute, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Hong Kong Asia-Pacific Institute and Hong Kong Biotechnology Co., Ltd. The Chinese University of China has concentrated 65,438+09 key research fields, including computer-aided diagnosis, treatment and medical training, marine biotechnology, protein studies, e-commerce, the development of social education in China, automation and robotics, nanostructured materials and the role of Hong Kong culture in China, Asia and the world. The research strength of China University in these fields has reached the world level and has excellent development potential.

Researchers at the Chinese University cooperated with the National Institutes of Health and Cornell University to solve a long-standing mystery-how the human brain transforms short-term memory into long-term memory; The key lies in a kind of protein called brain-derived neurotrophic factor. The research results were published in the international authoritative magazine Science. The main researcher of this study is Peng, a Ph.D. student in physiology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

In recent years, technology transfer activities have become increasingly active, and many technologies developed by researchers in our school have been successfully transferred to the practical application of industry and commerce. As of May 2004, the Chinese University and its faculty have obtained 27 patents in the United States, 1 in Europe, 5 patents in Chinese mainland, 6 patents in Hongkong and 2 patents in Taiwan Province, involving biotechnology, information technology, pharmaceutical technology, medical technology and materials science.

△ International linkage

The Chinese University is also committed to promoting cultural exchanges between China and the West, and has been exploring, developing and maintaining relations with universities, academic institutions and government agencies at home and abroad for many years. At present, our school is an active member of association of commonwealth universities, Southeast Asia Association of Colleges and Universities, International University Association, European International Education Association, American International Education Association, and also a member of China University Presidents Association. Since 1965, CUHK has carried out student exchange programs with more than 40 famous universities around the world, including Cornell University and University of Pennsylvania, Waseda University and Kyushu University in Japan, Korea University and Yonsei University, University of British Columbia and University of Toronto in Canada. In 2004, more than 400 foreign exchange students from all over the world went to the Chinese University to study, and more than 400 students from the Chinese University also went to Japan, South Korea, Britain, Australia, Canada, the United States and Europe for exchanges.

In addition, the Chinese University of Hong Kong has signed exchange agreements with universities in China, Taiwan Province Province, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. French, German, Italian, Spanish and Japanese governments have sent visiting lecturers to teach in our school, and nearly a thousand scholars from various provinces and cities in China visit our school every year. Many China university graduates get scholarships to study in these countries or other countries. The Chinese University of Hong Kong is also funded by a number of international foundations, such as the Yale Society, Harvard Yanjing Society, Asian Joint Committee of Christian Higher Education, Fulbright Project, Japan Foundation, Whalen Foundation, China-UK Foundation and Sir Edward Youde Memorial Foundation, etc., to provide students with more opportunities for further study. Member colleges, colleges and departments have also established extensive overseas academic ties and have close ties with many exchange partners.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong often holds international academic conferences and seminars. In 2004, the second Global Forum of University Presidents was held in the Chinese University, which brought together presidents of more than 40 famous universities around the world to discuss the development trend of global higher education in depth.

Vision and mission

All disciplines carry out teaching and research in an all-round way, provide public services, devote themselves to preserving, creating, applying and disseminating knowledge, meet the needs of people in Hongkong, China and even the world, and contribute to the well-being of mankind. Strive to become a first-class research-oriented comprehensive university recognized by Hong Kong, the whole country and the world, and keep the education, academic achievements and social contributions of students based on bilingual and cross-cultural traditions at an excellent level.