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06 People Scholars · Alumni · Honours
7 articlesNobel laureates and top scholars, notable alumni, profiles, honorary doctorates and the alumni network.
World-Class Scholars Associated with CUHK (Nobel Prize / Fields Medal / Turing Award)
Graded by association strength from \"Vice-Chancellor/Full-time\" to \"Alumnus/Visiting Speaker\", this piece catalogues Nobel, Fields Medal, and Turing Award-level scholars with deep ties to CUHK, including Charles K. Kao, C.N. Yang, Shing-Tung Yau, and Andrew Yao.
Charles K. Kao and CUHK: A Combined Archive — From Founding the Department of Electronics to Nobel Laureate Vice-Chancellor (1970–2018)
Charles K. Kao was both CUHK's third Vice-Chancellor and the founding builder of its engineering education (Department of Electronics 1970, Faculty of Engineering 1991), as well as the 2009 Nobel laureate in Physics whose fibre-optics achievement gave CUHK its first Nobel institutional listing. He donated his Nobel medal and 17 other major awards to CUHK, which has commemorated him through the Charles Kuen Kao Building, a bronze statue, scholarship funds, and a posthumous special exhibition, forming a comprehensive memorial system.
Distinguished Professors, Academic Leaders, and Biographical Profiles at The Chinese University of Hong Kong
This article combines a CUHK faculty directory with biographical profiles: the tenures and academic fields of nine successive Vice-Chancellors, clusters of academicians in medicine, science/engineering, and the humanities, the named professorship system, and extended biographical profiles of founding figures, administrator-academics, and scientific luminaries such as Ch'ien Mu, Tang Chun-i, Chang Pi-chieh, Li Choh-ming, Ambrose King, Joseph Sung, Jao Tsung-I, Tang Xiao'ou, and Henry N. C. Wong. For the prize dimensions of Nobel-level scholars, see nobel-and-awards.md.
New Asia's Scholars and the New Confucians: Tang Chun-i, Mou Zongsan, and CUHK's Standing as a Humanities Powerhouse
Ch'ien Mu, Tang Chun-i, and Mou Zongsan worked together at New Asia College and co-drafted and signed the 1958 New Confucian Manifesto—this concentration of master scholars is the most solid foundation for the claim that CUHK is a powerhouse of Chinese humanities.
Notable Alumni of The Chinese University of Hong Kong
From the first Chinese Fields Medalist to "Asia's first female coach to win a top-flight men's football league," from the Financial Secretary to the Chief Executive of the HKMA—over six decades, CUHK has produced alumni who span academia, business, politics, media, sport, and the arts. This article provides college, department, and verified biographical details for each, and rigorously excludes figures popularly but erroneously labelled as CUHK alumni.
Honorary Degrees & Distinguished Visitors
A rundown of CUHK's honorary titles (Honorary Doctorates, Honorary Fellowships) and its distinguished visiting scholars (Distinguished Professors-at-Large, Wei Lun Visiting Professors, etc.), strictly differentiating the nature and strength of affiliation of each category to avoid confusion.
CUHK's Alumni Network and Development Fundraising
250,000 alumni, a global network of associations spanning dozens of cities, and a fundraising machine running from the Convocation to the Matching Grant Scheme—this article unpacks how CUHK organises its graduates into a network that sustains both identity and fundraising capacity, and how the naming gift system turns private philanthropy into colleges and buildings.
08 Finances Revenue & Spending · Donations
6 articlesAnnual revenue, spending and reserves, endowment funds, and the philanthropic families behind named colleges, buildings and professorships.
CUHK — Financial Overview and Endowment Fund
A breakdown of CUHK's 2023/24 revenue structure (government subventions the largest share), expenditure and reserves, plus major donations including named colleges, named buildings, and endowed professorships. University and consolidated-basis figures are presented separately and not conflated.
Sir Run Run Shaw and CUHK: The Birth of the Fourth College and the Philanthropic Tale of the ‘One-Day Pledge’ (1986–1990)
A campus visit, a full commitment made within a single day—how Run Run Shaw used HK$100 million to bring CUHK’s fourth college to life, and how he replicated the same ‘naming + matching’ logic to create over 6,000 ‘Shaw Building’ projects across mainland China. The deceased donor is identified by name according to public records.
The Philanthropic Families Behind Named Colleges: From Ho Sin-Hang to the Morningside Foundation
A bank called Hang Seng, a bank called Wing Lung, a scholarship fund spanning the strait, and a pair of brothers' memorial act—behind the names of five new colleges lie five vignettes from Hong Kong's business and philanthropic history. This article lays out the biographies of the namesakes and the story of their donations.
The Shaw Prize: The \"Nobel Prize of the East\" and an Extension of CUHK's Philanthropic Network
The Shaw Prize has no affiliation with CUHK, but shares a single donor — this article clarifies the frequently confused relationship of \"shared origin, no affiliation,\" and collates the disciplinary spread and representative laureates from 2004 to the present.
The Named Professorship System: The Philanthropic Lineage of the Wei Lun, Choh-Ming Li, and Lee Quo Wei Professorships
CUHK's named professorship system was founded upon the Endowed Professorship Scheme launched in 1993: the Wei Lun Professorships originate from the long-term donations to CUHK by Dr and Mrs Lee Quo-wei (1918–2013) through the Wei Lun Foundation; the Choh-Ming Li Professorship was first awarded at the 2013 Congregation, named after founding Vice-Chancellor Li Choh-ming; the Lee Quo Wei Professorship of Neurology and more than fifteen other named chairs stem from donations by philanthropists including Li Ka-shing, Stanley Ho, and the S. H. Ho family, collectively channelling private wealth into the academic hierarchy.
Tuition Fees and Finances of Self-Financed Programmes: UGC Grants, Non-Local Student Tuition, and Self-Financed Programme Surpluses
Roughly half of CUHK’s income comes from the UGC recurrent grant (HK$6,434 million in 2023/24); local undergraduate tuition rose to HK$44,500 from 2025/26 (up 5.5%), while non-local undergraduate tuition jumped 22.8% to HK$178,000 in the same year—a ratio of about 1:4. Self-financed postgraduate and continuing education programmes must pay an 18%–36% indirect-cost levy to the University under the UGC’s cost-allocation guidelines, with surpluses retained in faculty or programme accounts and barred from back-subsidising UGC-funded activities.
09 Internationalisation Shenzhen · Partnerships · Greater Bay Area
6 articlesThe Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; global partnerships and exchanges; dual/joint degrees; and its role in the Greater Bay Area national strategy.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen — Campus Overview
Established in 2014 with Ministry of Education approval, CUHK(SZ) operates independently under mainland law but inherits the collegiate system and international teaching ethos. It now houses 8 schools and 7 colleges. With 83.64% of the 2025 undergraduate cohort pursuing further studies, it is the wing of CUHK's \"North-South parallel\" structure that has grown to rival the home campus in scale.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong — Internationalisation and Global Engagement
CUHK has built an international network of over 280 exchange programmes and partner institutions across more than 35 countries; the non-local student cap has made a two-stage leap from 20% before 2024/25 to 50% by 2026/27; its Greater Bay Area footprint layers the Shenzhen Research Institute, CUHK(SZ), and FITRI, while six InnoHK centres form another wing of its research internationalisation.
The Founding of CUHK-Shenzhen: The 2014 Cooperative Venture, Transplanting the College System, and the Greater Bay Area Strategic Role
Cooperatively founded by CUHK and Shenzhen University following a 2011 agreement, CUHK-Shenzhen weathered a naming dispute of “college” versus “university” before the Ministry of Education specially approved the full name “The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen” in 2014. Over a decade, it grew from a wasteland in Longgang into a comprehensive university with over ten thousand students, emerging as a benchmark example of higher-education cooperation under the national Greater Bay Area strategy and “One Country, Two Systems.”
Yale-China Chinese Language Centre: From one woman teaching Cantonese to foreigners to CUHK's international Chinese-teaching hub (1961–)
The Yale-China Chinese Language Centre originated in 1961 as one woman's private initiative to teach Cantonese to foreigners, was formally named New Asia–Yale-in-China in 1963, and integrated into CUHK in 1974; its Cantonese teaching employs the \"Yale Romanization\" system co-designed by Parker Huang and Gerard Kok; it has undergone three name changes (1963/2009/2024), against the backdrop of the century-old Yale-China Association founded in Changsha in 1901.
A global exchange network: over three hundred partner institutions and summer international programmes
Through its Office of Academic Links (OAL), The Chinese University of Hong Kong runs over 280 exchange programmes with partner institutions in 36 countries and regions (286 institutions per Facts & Figures 2024/25), sending more than 1,000 students abroad each year. The University also offers an International Summer School, the “Let’s Go Summer!” funding scheme, and multiple dual-degree programmes, making it one of the most systematically internationalised undergraduate experiences among Hong Kong universities.
The Century-Long Bond Between Yale-China and CUHK: A Yale Lifeline Stretching from Changsha to Ma Liu Shui
Founded in 1901 by Yale alumni and rooted in Changsha for over forty years, the Yale-China Association turned towards Hong Kong after its expulsion from the mainland in 1951. From 1954 it formally supported New Asia College — funding its Farm Road campus, science departments, and Chinese Language Centre. When New Asia merged into The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1963, the Yale lifeline extended with it from Changsha to Ma Liu Shui, sustained today through the YUNA exchange, Teaching Fellowships, and other programmes.
12 Miscellany Publishing · Library · Peers
5 articlesThe Chinese University Press and its flagship publications, the library and art museum, academic journals, digital education, and a comparison across Hong Kong's eight UGC-funded universities.
Odds & Ends: Publishing, Libraries, Arts & Culture, Journals, Continuing Education, IT, and Campus Culture
A survey of the CUHK Press, the seven library branches and special collections, the Art Museum, several academic journals, the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, the IT infrastructure, and cultural venues such as Sir Run Run Shaw Hall, with a note on CUHK’s distinctive collegiate position within Hong Kong’s tertiary sector.
The “Foreign-Aid” Network of the Founding Era: Yale-China, the United Board, and CUHK’s Three Colleges in the Cold War
Traces the history of how the three founding colleges (Chung Chi, New Asia, United) relied on overseas funding networks such as the Yale-China Association and the United Board to survive and expand in the 1950s–60s, juxtaposing the “cultural continuity” and “Cold War geopolitics” interpretations.
The Chinese University Press and \"Renditions\": A University's Powerhouse of Bilingual Academic Publishing
The Chinese University Press, founded 1977 (predecessor body 1968), has published scholars including Gao Xingjian, Jao Tsung-i and Hsu Cho-yun; \"Renditions\" was launched in 1973 by George Kao under the Research Centre for Translation founded by Stephen C. Soong in 1971, has been led by four directors including John Minford, Eva Hung and Lawrence Wang-chi Wong, and is the world's flagship journal of Chinese literature in English translation.
Student Arts, Sir Run Run Shaw Hall, and Campus Radio
With its founding ideal of 「結合傳統與現代、融會中國與西方」 (\"combining tradition with modernity, and bringing together China and the West\"), CUHK's cultural character is shaped by its collegiate humanistic traditions, training in music and the arts, and facilities like Sir Run Run Shaw Hall, the Lee Hysan Concert Hall, and the Art Museum. Student media have followed two vocal paths: the statutory Campus Radio of the Students' Union (CUCR, 1999–2022) and the practicum media of the School of Journalism and Communication (U-Beat, Varsity, etc.)
The University Library System: Eight-Library Network, Learning Garden, and Rare Book Collections
The CUHK Library system now comprises 8 branch libraries (including the main University Library, three college libraries, and specialist libraries for medicine, architecture, and law), holding over 2.59 million physical volumes (2023/24 annual report figures). The basement-level Learning Garden is open nearly 24 hours a day all year round, and was expanded with a MakerSpace in 2018. The Special Collections Reading Room preserves more than 1,100 titles (over 16,000 volumes) of rare books from the Yuan to the Qianlong reign of the Qing, together with Hong Kong literary archives and the personal collection of Gao Xingjian, winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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