Teaching and Learning
7 undergraduate programmes and 9 taught postgraduate programmes are offered by our Faculty.
| Number of students | |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate | 2655 (65.6%) |
| Taught Postgraduate | 713 (17.6%) |
| Research Postgraduate | 678 (16.8%) |
| Internationalisation of students | |
|---|---|
| Number of local students | 2226 (55%) |
| Number of non-local students | 1820 (45%) |
| Number of countries of non-local students | 44 |
| Staff | |
|---|---|
| Teaching staff* *All teaching staff have a PhD degree in their field of expertise | 177 |
| Professional services staff | 150 |
Number of professorial staff among teaching staff | 144 |
| Place of origin distribution of professorial staff | Hong Kong & Mainland China (~40%) Overseas (~60%) |
Research
- Cumulative number of Research Grants Council (RGC)’s Areas of Excellence (AoE) projects directed by HKU investigators since its inception in 1996 : 6
- Number of HKU Science professoriate staff ranked by Clarivate Analytics' Essential Science Indicators 2022 (previously Thomson Reuters) as being among the world’s top 1% of scientists (based on the number of citations recorded for their publications): 25
- One State Key Laboratory on Synthetic Chemistry (HKU)
HKU-CAS Joint Laboratories: 3
- Cumulative number of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) academician: 5
- Number of Academy of Sciences of Hong Kong founding member: 2
- Cumulative number of Academy of Sciences of Hong Kong member: 1
- Cumulative number of State Science and Technology Awards in the categories of State Natural Science Award: 9
Knowledge exchange
Patents issued for inventions for the past 3 years: ~60