會計學研究涵蓋財務會計、審計和公司治理領域的廣泛議題。會計學系的研究重點包括：(1) 債務契約問題，例如債務違約、債務監控、信用質量評估，債權市場以及債權定價（特別是信用違約互換一類的債權工具問題）；(2) 中國、美國及國際的公司治理和外部監督問題，這些問題與所有權結構、社會制度、法律制度及信息環境相關；(3) 反財務欺詐與避稅問題，例如財務重述、美國或中國證監會的會計和審計法規、公司避稅與內部控制報告的經濟後果、會計質量與信用、稅務複雜性與合規性；(4) 會計披露問題，例如公司披露與審計質量、盈餘管理、會計穩健性、公司自願披露或管理層預測、審計費用。

Economics research expertise of the Department includes: (1) International Economics: Trade Policy; Intellectual Property Protection; FDI and  Global Sourcing; International Migration; International Financial Crises; Exchange Rate Economics; Purchasing Power Parity; Capital Mobility; Globalization; (2) Microeconomics: Auction Theory; Mechanism Design; Experimental Economics; Game Theory; Industrial Organization;; Contract Theory; Political Economy; (3) Macroeconomics: Business Cycles; Endogenous Growth; Structural Change; Fiscal and Monetary Policy; Real Estate and Urban Economics; Labor Economics; Consumer Credit; and (4) Econometrics: Econometric Theory; Economic Forecasting; Bayesian Econometrics.

Finance research expertise includes: (1) Corporate Finance: Capital Structure; Payout Policy; Capital Raising; Real Investment; Firm-bank Relationship; Mergers and Acquisitions; Restructuring; Hedging; Corporate Governance and Control; (2) Asset Pricing: Equilibrium Asset Pricing; Equity Return-risk Relationship; Term Structure of Interest Rates; Derivatives Pricing; Financial Engineering; and (3) Investments and Capital Markets: Financial Investments; Market Microstructure; Anomalies; International Financial Management; Financial Services and Intermediation; Fund Management; Credit Risk Management.

資訊系統哲學博士研究課程旨在培育學者利用資訊科技與企業行為的概念和方法，為企業資訊系統的設計、應用及管理而衍生的複雜問題進行深入研究。特別着重理論與實踐兩者的互動，以創新的資訊系統方法及技術，靈活應用於環球營商環境下所產生的企業營運問題。 研究方法包括行為方法（定性和定量），技術建模，計量經濟學。資訊系統研究主題包括 1) 知識及創新管理; 2) 電子/移動商務; 3) 在綫社交網絡; 4) 資訊系統相關的政策和經濟分析; 5) 醫療保健; 6) 網絡安全; 7) 大數據; 及 8) 財務信息服務。

管理學系的研究重點/專長包括: (1) 組織行為：領導力；動機；創造力和主動性；組織的公民和反生產行為；衝突解決和談判；風險與不確定性管理；倫理；組織公正；工作壓力；情緒；工作態度；團隊動態；跨文化管理；組織變革；(2) 人力資源管理：戰略人力資源管理；招聘和選拔；培訓與發展；選拔和評估；(3) 創業與創新管理：新創企業創新與管理；風險投資公司；IPO；新產品管理；創新與創造力；(4) 國際業務：國際化戰略；國際進入模式；跨國公司控制和人員編制；跨文化交際；比較管理；文化與認知，跨文化研究方法；(5) 戰略管理：公司戰略；公司治理；競爭與合作戰略；新興/轉型經濟體的戰略；决策；合併與收購；高層管理團隊；(6) 企業社會責任：商業道德；利益相關者的管理；企業社會責任。

管理科學系的研究側重於定量分析，強調數學、統計、經濟學和電腦科學理論和技術在商業和管理領域中的應用。

研究領域大體分為兩個方向。一個是運籌和運營方向，包括物流和供應鏈管理、庫存管理、定價和收益管理、醫療健康服務、風險管理、金融工程等。另一個是商業統計和分析方向，包括大數據分析、數據挖掘、數量經濟、信用風險評估、數學優化、市場分析等。

市場營銷學系的研究方向包括：(1) 商務市場：營銷渠道、企業治理、關係營銷、網絡理論；(2) 戰略營銷與國際商務：國際戰略聯盟、外商直接投資、全球採購戰略、知識管理、組織學習；(3) 網絡營銷：網絡消費者行為、網絡廣告、網絡遊戲、社交媒體、網絡零售；(4) 消費者行為：消費者行為的心理、社會和文化方面；(5) 量化營銷和營銷建模。

Research expertise in the Department mainly focuses on Built Environment which includes: (1) Civil Engineering (including Structural, Geotechnical Engineering and Construction Engineering Management): Computational mechanics; Engineering mechanics; Nano-mechanics; Composite structures; Wind engineering; Hydrology; Environmental engineering; Seismic response and disasters; Structural integrity and diagnosis; Construction materials;; Experimental soil mechanics; Micromechanics of soils; Machine learning and data analytics in geotechnical engineering; Geotechnical risk; Reliability and uncertainty; Landslides; Infra-structural engineering; Transportation; Pedestrian flow; Construction Engineering Management. (2) Architectural Engineering: Building systems and facilities management; Energy, natural and artificial lighting; Thermal comfort, indoor and regional air quality; Building sustainability; Fire safety engineering, Evacuation.  (3) Architecture:  Construction and land economy; Architectural design, history, theory, ecology and technology; Landscape architecture. (4) Surveying and Urban Planning: Building information modelling; Building contracts and laws, and Disputes and resolutions; Real estate development, Urbanism, urban design and planning.  

The Department offers BEng, MSc and MPhil/PhD degrees in Biomedical Engineering. Research areas of the Department include: (1) Biomedical Imaging and Bioinstrumentation: Advanced biophotonics and novel imaging systems, Image analysis and image-guided interventions, Bioinstrumentation for imaging, disease diagnosis, and therapeutics. (2) Cell and Tissue Engineering: Micro/nanotechnology for cellular engineering, Biomaterial design and engineering for regenerative medicine, drug delivery and nano-medicine, Biomechanics and mechanobiology. (3) Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Biomedical Applications: Bio/medical robotics and control systems, Artificial intelligence for biomedical applications. (4) Biosensors and Health Informatics: Biosensor and largescale biomedical data, Machine learning facilitated biomedical clouds/service, integrative microfluidic platform for precision medicine, and wearable/smart materials for healthcare.

研究重點/專長包括： (1) 多媒體計算學： 機器視覺；計算機圖形學；音樂，語音和語言處理；遊戲和虛擬環境；擴增混合實境；醫學影像；圖像處理；圖像和視頻編碼；三維人體動作捕捉，分析和動畫化；感知研究，神經科學和腦信息學；多媒體分析；多媒體信息檢索；多媒體傳感和可穿戴計算；社交媒體和移動媒體； （2）分佈式移動計算和無線網絡： 信息安全； 雲計算； 物聯網；移動計算；分布式算法和系統；互聯網絡； 無線網絡；WDM光網絡； （3）應用算法： 生物信息學；數據和互聯網安全；均衡算法；調度；應用密碼學；（4）數據科學和知識管理：數據科學技術； 大數據分析；機器學習；人工智能； 數據庫； 優化；文本挖掘；信息檢索；語義對象建模；（網絡）數據挖掘和倉儲；移動/多媒體數據索引和緩存；XML和互操作性；工作流程和Web服務； （5）系統，軟件工程和互聯網應用： 嵌入式系統；並行體系結構；實時系統；軟件工程；電子商務；電子學習；創新科技教育； （6）進化計算： 多目標進化計算；群體智能；機器學習，傳統優化和進化計算的協同；多智能體進化優化學。

The Department offers research degree studies in a wide range of research areas which include (1) Applied Electromagnetics: antenna theory and design; millimetre-wave devices and circuits; terahertz science and technology; computational electromagnetics; and electromagnetic compatibility; (2) Optoelectronics, Electronics, Nanotechnology and Biosystems: fiber and integrated optics; plasmonics/metasurfaces; semiconductor lasers; nanophotonics; nanomaterials; nanofabrication; micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS); biomedical sensors and microsystems; neural implants and prosthesis; holography; electronic product reliability; power electronics; and smart grids (3) Wireless Communications: wireless communications; wireless sensor networks; information theory; coding theory and techniques; signal processing theory and methods; visible light communications; and data storage systems; (4) Networking: optical networks; wireless networks; computer networks; neural networks; machine learning; visualization and graphics; queueing theory; performance evaluation; and security and cryptography; (5) Computer Engineering and Control Systems:  intelligent and networked control; complex networks; artificial intelligence; machine learning; nonlinear circuits and systems; signal processing; pattern recognition; biomedical imaging; bioinformatics; computational neurosciences; computer graphics and vision; cloud computing; computer architecture; embedded systems; and evolutionary computing.

The Department has state-of-the-art fabrication and characterization facilities for a wide range of research areas related to materials science and engineering. The faculty members of the Department carry out both fundamental and applied research under the three major targeted areas, namely, Computational materials, Functional materials and Structural materials. (1) Computational materials include density functional theory calculation, molecular dynamics simulation, phase field modelling and multiscale modeling of mechanics of materials. For (2) Functional materials, key elements include materials physics, nanomaterials, organic light-emitting diode, photovoltaic materials, magnetic materials and spintronics, materials for renewable energy, plasma science and processing, sensing and detection, optical spectroscopy, photonics and optoelectronics. Finally, (3) Structural materials encompass phase transformations, SMT solder joints, creep and life assessment, in-service behaviour of materials, stress analysis, electron microscopy, structural materials design, surface science and engineering, thin films and coatings, metals and alloys, plastics and composites, shape memory alloys, and electrical ceramics. In addition, members of the Department have collaboration around the world and are well-recognised in their research expertise. The ultimate goal of the department is to prepare graduates with professional and leadership skills for the future world.

機械工程學系(MNE)的學術課程包含了學士、碩士及博士學位的相關課程。其中，學士課程涵蓋機械工程和核子工程等專業。研究型碩士及博士學位課程包括納米/分子工程，可持續製造工程，材料工程，機械學/機電工程/自動化等方向。MNE的研究領域包括：

（1）機械工程：機械設計；快速成型；柔性裝配系統；固體力學；流體力學；物理冶金學及材料成型；實驗力學；摩擦學；表面工程及薄膜；結構材料；神經系統支配機器人；微型/生物/納米機器人；移動/飛行機器人；工業機器人；智慧控制；遙感與控制；智能傳感器網路；無線電頻率識別(RFID)；自動材料處理；自動化娛樂及保健設備；機器視覺。（2）核子及風險工程：核安全；核電源管理；核醫學；風險評估及管理；應急管理。

The Department provides high quality educational and research experiences in disciplines related to industrial and systems engineering and engineering management, preparing graduates for professional and leadership roles in industry and academia. The Department carries out research in a number of multidisciplinary areas. Research in Systems Engineering covers areas such as operations research, statistics, reliability, risk analysis, data mining, manufacturing systems, logistics & the supply chain, and human factors engineering. Research in Engineering Management spans innovation, entrepreneurship, project management, operations management, quality management, and engineering asset management.

香港正處於亞洲的十字路口，該地區發生的事情嚴重影響了整個世界。亞洲及國際學系（AIS）致力於研究亞洲重點的全球關注議題。 作為一個多元學科的學系，AIS在比較政治和國際關係以及發展研究，歷史，人類學和文化研究方面具有特殊優勢。 AIS在日本，韓國，中國和東南亞國家/地區擁有區域優勢 (有著香港唯一專注於該地區的研究中心 — 東南亞研究中心的支援）。 AIS的教授來自世界各地 — 來自13個不同的國家，並畢業於世界頂尖大學。AIS大多數教師會講一種或多種語言，因此我們強調地區性的實地考察。 AIS教授們經常在頂級期刊和學術媒體上發表文章，同時也定期為國際和本地媒體（包括BBC，CNN，CNBC，半島電視台，彭博新聞社，《中國日報》，《時代雜誌》，《金融時報》，《赫芬頓郵報》，《衛報》，《紐約時報》，《華盛頓郵報》，《洛杉磯時報》和《南華早報》）作出高影響力的貢獻。國際評論家讚揚AIS招募了來自世界一流大學（如Sciences Po，愛丁堡和新加坡國立大學）的博士生，其碩士亦考入伯克利和劍橋等頂尖學府的博士學位課程。至於學士學位畢業生，亦於各個領域 [如重要的國際組織（包括聯合國）﹑非政府組織﹑新聞及創新業務] 擔任重要的職務，亦有選擇繼續深造的。在最近的QS排名中，AIS一直位列政治與國際研究與發展研究的前100名大學之列。我們是一個研究密集型部門，其政治和國際研究是AIS的核心領域，每篇論文的引文數量在香港排名第一，在亞洲排名第二，在其H指數方面在香港排名第一。

本系的研究範疇及課題包括：（1）中國語文、文學及文化：中國經典研究（經學）、中國文學批評、中國哲學、古代漢語、中國古典文學、中國現代文學與文化；（2）比較文學、跨文化研究及文化遺產：比較文學、東亞文學及文化、文化研究、文化遺產；及（3）中國歷史：城市史、佛教史、醫學史、藝術史、明清史、近代中國史、文化交流史。本系課程中、英雙語並重。

本系的研究重點包括：（1）話語分析：會話分析、語料庫輔助話語分析、評論話語分析、體裁分析、中介話語分析、多模態話語分析、語用學、符號學和語段分析；（2）應用語言學與語言教學：身份認同、跨文化溝通、語言政策與規劃、教學語法、第二語言習得、第二語言寫作、自主學習、語言教師身份；（3）專業溝通：商業溝通、特指目的英語、語言和法律、勸說溝通、科學修辭學、醫療和風險溝通；（4）語言、科技和媒體：電腦輔助語言學習、數碼讀寫能力、語言和移動通訊、網上話語；（5）英語教學語言：英語教學的附帶語言習得、英語作教學語言的教學法、專業話語技巧;（6）文學研究：世界文學、後殖民文學、現代與當代小說、十九世紀文學與文化、犯罪小說、旅行書寫、以及比較文學。（7）戲劇與表演研究：現代與當代話劇、表演研究。（8）文化研究：電影研究及視覺文化、時尚研究、創意工業和文化。

本系的研究重點和專長包括：（1）普通語言學：漢語語言學、形式語言學、功能語言學、系統功能語法學、詞典學、形態學、句法-語義學介面、語音學及音韻學、社會語言學、術語學、會話分析、篇章語言學與藏緬語言學； （2）語料庫與實證語言學：計算語言學、語料庫語言學、心理語言學、認知語言學、實證語言學、神經語言學和詞匯語義學； （3）教學語言學：應用語言學、語言學為本的語言教學法、計算機輔助語言學習、英漢對比研究、第二語言學習與教學、對外漢語教學； （4）翻譯與傳譯：計算機輔助翻譯、語篇分析、語言與法律、機器翻譯、翻譯與文學、翻譯理論、媒體與電影翻譯、傳譯與翻譯研究，以及交替與同聲傳譯。

學系的研究方向包括：（1）新媒體與科技：信息傳播或新媒介的擴散、使用與影響；互聯網及流動媒體的影響；計算機中介傳播；計算機人機互動；政策與法規；經營策略（2）媒體機構與社會：國家、社會、媒體間關係；新聞製作；媒體機構；記者及專業素養；媒介內容之社會影響（3）政治傳播：輿論；公民及政治參與；政治宣傳與社會活動；（4）媒介心理學及傳播效果：認知過程；媒介效果；互動廣告；（5）計算傳播研究：社會網絡分析，大數據挖掘；計算社會學研究；（6）健康傳播：說服，健康傳播敘事，健康信息處理；（7）戰略傳播: 公共關係，廣告, 整合營銷。

公共政策學系提供的課程致力培育優秀的公共政策專業人才。畢業生會在不同範疇的組織架構中身居要職，當中包括公、私營機構，非政府及志願組織。學系為同學創造一個充滿活力的學習環境，讓他們能夠從具創意及批判性的角度去探討現今本地、鄰近地區、以致全球所面對的主要政策挑戰。

本系的畢業生具備優良的溝通技巧、高度協作精神、良好的領導才能、精闢的分析能力，讓他們能夠剖析社會問題並對症下藥, 提出有效的改善建議。本系尤其着重同學的個人發展，因此，學系特別投放資源為同學提供一系列的活動，例如：海外交流、海外實地考察、實習課程等體驗學習。為了能夠讓同學盡展所長，本系的教授均要求同學在上課前作充份準備並積極參與課堂上的討論。

公共政策學系既多元化又國際化，能為課堂注入充滿活力的國際及本地元素。不少教授在他們各自的教育和研究範疇上均舉足輕重，並積極參與社會事務。本系在區內的相關領域可謂首屈一指：在2019年世界大學學術排名中，香港城市大學的公共行政/管理研究在本港及亞洲均排名第一，於世界排名第十四。而政治學在本港亦排名第一，在亞洲排名第四，並名列世界前二百名。

研究的重點/專長包括：（1）應用社會學：勞工，階層化，社會組織，社區，家庭，性別，種族，社會偏差，社會福利，政治，生活質量，社會資本，社會運動，社會政策，當代社會問題，公民社會和社會發展; （2）心理學：自我概念，教育心理學，親密關係，壓力與負面情緒，正向心理學，積極老齡化，創造力，偶像崇拜，侵害，韌性和人本價值; （3）社會工作：個案工作，小組工作，社區工作; 兒童，青年，老人和家庭工作, 家庭暴力，社會弱勢群體賦權導向實踐，衝突管理與調解，志願服務，社會工作管理與監督; （4）輔導：認知行為治療，敘事治療，家庭治療，家長教育和支持，婚姻潤澤和心理治療過程; （5）犯罪學：復和性司法，青少年司法，有組織犯罪，少年犯罪，中國犯罪學，反腐敗，警務，預防犯罪，學校欺凌，幫派和外展青年工作, 以及網絡犯罪。現有研究工作，常有跨領域的合作，而不是單領域項目。例子之一是家屬照顧者的需求評估，團隊中有社會工作領域的教授，也有心理學領域的教授。

The Department is very unique in a multidisciplinary nature by integrating Chemistry, Biology, and Environmental Science. Research focus/ expertise in the Department include:

(1) Synthetic Chemistry: green chemistry; spectroscopy and catalysis; catalyst design and synthesis; organic electroluminescent devices; inorganic photo-responsive and luminescent chemosensors; organometallic chemistry; homogeneous catalysis;

(2) Materials Chemistry: green materials / manufacturing; organic and inorganic functional materials; nanoscience and nanotechnology; organic light-emitting devices; crystal phase control; solar cells;

(3) Biological Chemistry: chemical biology; bioinorganic chemistry; bioorganic chemistry; developmental and cell biology; nano-biotechnology and biosensing; DNA and RNA chemistry; genomics and biotechnology; proteomics and metabolomics;

(4) Computational Chemistry: energetics and reactivities of chemical species; mechanisms of chemical reactions;

(5) Environmental Chemistry: freshwater and marine pollution; aquatic ecology and conservation; renewable energy, energy storage and management, energy efficiency and conservation; ecotoxicology; environmental monitoring; environmental impact and risk assessment.

Research strengths/disciplines of the Department include: (1) Applied Analysis: asymptotic and perturbation methods, dynamical system, inverse problems, kinetic theory, learning theory, partial differential equations, special functions, approximation theory, stochastic analysis; (2) Computational Mathematics: complexity theory, numerical linear algebra, numerical analysis, scientific computation, computational electromagnetics; image processing; (3) Mathematical Modelling: control and system theory, fluid mechanics, elasticity, granular materials, mathematical biology, mathematical finance, mathematics of new materials, plate and shell theory; (4) Probability and Statistics: statistical machine learning and data mining, model selection and assessment, high dimensional data analysis, biomedical statistics.

Research focus/expertise in the Department include: (1) Theoretical and Computational Physics: condensed matter theory, computational solid state physics, computational electrodynamics, computational chemistry, computational biology physics, quantum computation and information, quantum simulation with cold atoms; (2) Spectroscopy and Imaging: sophisticated experiments involving quantum beams such as synchrotron x-ray, neutron, electron, coherent light, and NMR, the structure and phase transition in glass and liquids, Boson peak and the dynamics of glass and liquids, quantum interactions such as spin-orbital coupling in multiferroics; (3) Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics: mechanism of noise and decoherence, open quantum system and quantum entanglement, non-equilibrium physics in AMO system, opto-mechanics, photonic crystals and metamaterials; (4) Low-dimensional Systems: topological quantum computing and Majorana fermions, Dirac and Weyl semimetals, topological and dynamical phenomena and Bose-Einstein condensation and spin-orbit coupling, quantum Hall Effect, transport phenomena, superconductivity, frustrated magnetism, topological superconductors, 2D materials, heterostructures and interfaces; (5) Soft Matter and Biophysics: dynamics of protein and subcellular processes, emergent phenomena in live cells, non-equilibrium mechanisms in active living matter, biological networks, biological and clinical experiments, novel physics-based data acquisition protocol, instrumentation in biomedical imaging, radiation biophysics, ion-track technology.

The Department carries out internationally competitive research and promotes interdisciplinary collaboration in biomedical sciences. Its research programmes aim to understand fundamental mechanisms of biological processes and diseases, and translate new knowledge into the development of novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for prediction, prevention, and treatment of human diseases. Departmental research focuses on four strategic areas:

• Cancer biology and therapy;
• Genomics and bioinformatics;
• Regenerative medicine; and
• Infectious diseases and immunity.

Multidisciplinary approaches are employed and supported by a wide range of state-of-the-art equipment with cutting-edge techniques in areas including molecular and cell biology, genetics and genomics, physiology and pharmacology, systems biology and bioinformatics, microbiology and immunology, and biotechnology and nanotechnology.

The Department focuses on One Health, an area spanning the health of animals, humans and the environment. Our principal research areas include:

• enhancing an understanding of the pathogenesis and natural history of infectious diseases in animals, with the overarching aim of improving methods for their diagnosis and control
• improving animal health and welfare through application of more effective disease control methods
• supporting the efficient and economic production of safe, both terrestrial and aquatic, animal-based food and other derived products
• monitoring current and emerging infectious diseases in animals that may impact on human health, including drug-resistant pathogens
• fostering collaborations between medical and veterinary personnel in the provision of targeted public health measures
• improving animal welfare through research, teaching and public education

Neuroscience is a rapidly growing discipline that acknowledges the remarkable importance of the brain, the most complicated biological machine. Modern neuroscientists have skills suited for a variety of career options including research, education, industry and medicine, to name a few. The field is driven by discovery and translational research that is interdisciplinary in nature and benefits from City University’s strong programs in biomedical sciences, computational science, applied mathematics and engineering.  Neuroscience is entering a period of extraordinary opportunity for translating basic findings into treatments for diseases such as stroke, dementia and Parkinson disease.  Research is conducted across a broad range of topics from the molecules that underlie neuronal communication to the mechanisms of sensory perception to the events that underlie memory and learning.  Major research areas include:

• The physiology and neurochemistry of memory and learning
• Psychophysics of visual and auditory perception
• Normal and abnormal functions of neuronal circuits
• Neurophysiology of animal behavior
• The pathophysiology of nerve and brain injury and repair
• Neuroglial cell functions in normal and disease states

The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences has a clear vision to be Asia’s preeminent body advancing veterinary clinical science in response to evolving societal needs.

The research mission of the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences is to advance animal health through cutting-edge clinical research. We seek to deliver translational solutions for common and emerging clinical problems. Our research themes include:

•        Disease emergence in shelter-housed animals

•        Viral oncology

•        Advancing animal welfare

•        Advancing veterinary medical education

•        Production diseases in farm animals

•        Equine diseases and welfare