Responding to Challenges and Spearheading Change

As a leading global university for professional education in the Asia Pacific region, City University operates in a knowledge-driven global environment in which change is lightning-fast and innovation constant. The professional schools at City University are dedicated to offering a modern and progressive professional education to respond to these challenges and to spearhead change to support the sustained development of our society.

City University’s professional education is distinguished by its strong academic vigour, problem-focused research, connectivity between knowledge and society, and a deep engagement with the global community. Our graduates are educated to become versatile professionals who possess the intellectual ability and global perspective that enable them to become community leaders who are able to advance the social, cultural, economic and environmental interests of society. Our diverse international faculty are at the forefront of new and emerging areas of research and knowledge transfer which are focused on urgent local and global challenges and the important questions of our time. All our Colleges, Schools and Departments are committed to engage in vigorous academic planning over the next five years to identify niche areas and new initiatives for innovative programmes which can enhance City University’s professional education and support new growth points and strategic development opportunities for Hong Kong society, in the face of keen competition from our neighbouring cities in Mainland China.

Currently, City University is offering top quality professional programmes and pursuing cutting-edge research in six major areas of study including business, creative media, energy and environment, humanities and social sciences, law and the science and engineering. The University is also actively pursuing a proposal to establish a School of Veterinary Medicine jointly with the College of Veterinary Medicine of Cornell University to further advance its strategic vision. This pioneering project, already endorsed by the Management Board and the Senate, will provide veterinary education at the highest international standard, with a view to seeking accreditation from the American Veterinary Medical Association.

There are no internationally accredited programmes in veterinary medicine in Hong Kong, the Mainland, or the region. The proposed School will position City University as the regional centre for the training of top level graduates to meet local and regional demand, as well as a centre for excellence for academic research, professional advancement, and the sustained elevation of practice standards to promote public health, animal care, food safety and food production industry in the region. The proposed School will further enhance City University’s capacity to contribute to human welfare and knowledge creation through its premier professional education.

Great universities not only respond to change, they also spearhead change and improve our quality of life. City University is determined to succeed and to excel as a great university in Asia through offering world-class professional education to meet the new challenges of our time, to respond to the changing needs of our society, and to become a destination for the best students, faculty, scholars and researchers from across the globe.