CityUHK welcomes new measures announced in the 2025 Policy Address to further consolidate Hong Kong's position as an international hub for higher education
City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) welcomes the comprehensive strategy outlined in 2025 Policy Address delivered by the Chief Executive. This includes accelerating construction of the Northern Metropolis University Town, promoting the "Study in Hong Kong" brand, and positioning the city as an international hub for higher education and high-calibre talent. These new measures also align with CityUHK's strategic vision of “Innovating into the Future”.
Ranked as the “Most International University in the world” by Times Higher Education (THE) for two consecutive years in 2024 and 2025, CityUHK has proactively supported the HKSAR Government’s promotion of the “Study in Hong Kong” brand and is committed to developing Hong Kong into an international hub for higher education. The University has continued to expand its global footprint by connecting with leading universities worldwide, including those from mainland China and Belt and Road countries and regions, to foster academic and research collaboration. CityUHK is also the first university in Hong Kong to secure a strategic partnership with a university in Kazakhstan.
In the past two years, CityUHK has established several new academic institutes, and colleges - the CityUHK Academy of Innovation, the Institute for Digital Medicine, the Institute for Materials Innovation, the Hong Kong Institute of AI for Science, the College of Biomedicine and the College of Computing - aiming to promote development, research and application through interdisciplinary collaboration, artificial intelligence (AI), and innovation and technology.
To further support Hong Kong's development as an international hub for higher education, CityUHK plans to gradually increase the number of non-local undergraduate students over the next few years and ensure that necessary facilities, such as dormitories and classrooms, are in place to accommodate this growth. In addition, the University is actively studying the development plan for the Northern Metropolis University Town, while promoting the transformation of CityUHK research into practical applications, creating commercial and societal value and fostering the development of industry-university-research collaboration. Through these initiatives, CityUHK aspires to facilitate the development of the University Town as an international innovation and technology centre and a world-class industry-university-research platform in the Greater Bay Area.
Professor Freddy Boey, President and University Distinguished Professor of CityUHK, emphasised that investing in higher education is an investment in the future of Hong Kong and its young people.
“CityUHK will continue to establish partnerships with top universities and institutions worldwide, actively attract outstanding global talent to ‘Study in Hong Kong’, and advance innovation and technology development to maintain Hong Kong’s international competitiveness and appeal,” he said. “This aligns with the HKSAR Government’s policy goals of building Hong Kong into an international hub for higher education and an international innovation and technology centre.”
Over the next five years, CityUHK will follow the University’s “I In-No-VA-TE” strategy, guided by five strategic dimensions, with innovation and excellence as the core drivers. The aims of this strategy is to flourish amid challenging and transformative forces, nurture socially responsible global citizens, and contribute to the national vision of establishing world-class universities and nurturing talent for the new era.
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Helen Mok, Communications and Institutional Research Office, CityUHK (Tel: 3442 6827)