CityU @ a Glance
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CityU offers professional education that prepares its students for the challenges and exciting opportunities opening up in Hong Kong, the Asia-Pacific region and throughout the world.
In brief, we are:
A leading global university
- We have risen steadily in international rankings. Quacquarelli Symonds ranked us 4th in the world which is under 50 years old in 2021 and 54rd in the world in 2023
- In response to the challenges of the world today, we spearhead discovery and innovation at the forefront of our research and education
- Our strength spins a range of disciplines from Business, Creative Media, Data Science, Energy and Environment, Law, Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Life Sciences and Veterinary Medicine to Science and Engineering
Global Focus, International Standards
- With over 400 exchange partners in 40+ countries/regions, CityU aims to provide over 65% of our students with overseas and internship opportunities
- Home to pre-eminent scholars, including 9 academics of prestigious national and international academies
- An international team of faculty with 70% of our professors recruited from overseas countries
- The medium of instruction is English
- A culturally rich and harmonious campus with over 20,000 students from Hong Kong, mainland China and more than 80 countries and regions
Discovery-Enriched Curriculum (DEC)
- Goal of giving all our students the opportunity to make an original discovery while at City University
- Broaden intellectual horizons through interdisciplinary Gateway Education (GE) courses
- Integrate research and discovery into curriculum to support innovation
