The University of Hong Kong is a member of Pacific Rim University Alliance, Pine Alliance, Universitas 2 1, China University Presidents Association, Guangdong-Hong Kong University Alliance, Beijing-Hong Kong University Alliance and Shanghai-Hong Kong University Alliance, and a member of AACSB and EQUIS. It is the first scientific research unit in the world to identify the pathogen of SARS.
By the end of 20 18, HKU * * * had 10 colleges and research institutes, with 7,795 faculty members and 29,099 students, showing strong scientific research strength in the fields of economy, finance, accounting, biomedicine, dentistry, education, humanities, law, linguistics, political science and social science.