Teaching and Learning
6 undergraduate programmes and 9 taught postgraduate programmes are offered by our Faculty.
| Number of students | |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate | 3013 (62.5%) |
| Taught Postgraduate | 1015 (21.0%) |
| Research Postgraduate | 795 (16.5%) |
| Internationalisation of students | |
|---|---|
| Number of local students | 2313 (48.0%) |
| Number of non-local students | 2510 (52.0%) |
| Number of countries of non-local students | 54 |
| Staff (including the Departments of Chemistry, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, and the School of Biological Sciences) | |
|---|---|
| Teaching staff* *All teaching staff have a PhD degree in their field of expertise | 157 |
| Professional services staff | 150 |
Number of professorial staff among teaching staff | 123 |
| Place of origin distribution of professorial staff | Hong Kong & Mainland China (~65%) Overseas (~35%) |
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 2024 (previously Thomson Reuters) as being among the world’s top 1% of scientists (based on the number of citations recorded for their publications): 30
- One State Key Laboratory on Synthetic Chemistry (HKU)
HKU-CAS Joint Laboratories: 3
- Members/ Foreign members of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS): 6
- Memberships of foreign academies: 7
- Members of Hong Kong Academy of Sciences: 4
- Cumulative number of State Science and Technology Awards in the categories of State Natural Science Award: 9
Knowledge exchange
Patents granted for inventions for the past 3 years: 77