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Physics Graduate Shares Inspiring Cambridge Journey as Scholarship Recipient

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Prof Sunny Wang Featured in CityUHK Digital Learning Magazine

CityUHK Physicists Serve as Jurors at Hong Kong Young Physicists’ Tournament 2026

Immersive Quantum Education software using VR Wins Bronze Medal at the 5th Asia Exhibition of Innovations and Inventions Hong Kong 2025

PHY Student Connect: Celebrating Excellence at the Student Awards Presentation 2025

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CityUHK scholar wins the Chen Ning Yang Award 2025; sole recipient from Hong Kong, China

2026/27 Enhanced Workshops on AI Image Generation

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Join Us for 100 Years of Quantum Physics & Atonal Music

CityUHK scholar elected a Fellow by the American Physical Society

Prof. Sunny Wang Elected to the Council of AAPPS

CityUHK Physicist honoured with 2025 Asian Young Scientist Fellowship as Hong Kong’s sole awardee

Student Poster Awards at GBA Physics Conference

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PhD Student Wins Triple Awards at MindSpore Quantum Computing National Hackathon 2025

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Cambridge academic odyssey commences for CityUHK Physics student awarded CityUHK-Cambridge Scholarships

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Prof Sunny Wang Unveils VR Quantum Learning Technology at International Quantum Tech Expo in New Taipei City

CUMT Students Complete Overseas Internship at CityUHK Physics

CityUHK Physics Faculty Inspires Public at First Lecture of “Science in the Public Service” 2025 Series

CityUHK establishes five JC STEM Labs to foster interdisciplinary research

Innovative project by Prof Qi Liu receives RAISe+ Scheme funding

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Rubin First Look Watch Party

CityUHK Physics Students Compete at PLANCKS 2025 in Barcelona

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College of Science Commencement: Class of 2025 Happy Graduation!

Undergraduate Admissions (2025 Entry)

CityUHK JUPAS Consultation Day 2025 [Register Now!]

Prof Sunny Wang appointed to the Editorial Board of Physical Review Research

Profs Sunny Wang and Oscar Dahlsten serve as Jurors for Hong Kong Young Physicists' Tournament 2025

Admission Tips Shared in Two Live Information Sessions on Master’s Programmes

PHY Research Students attended Collider Physics Workshop in Japan

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Prof Condon Lau Awarded CityUHK Teaching Excellence Award

Our undergraduate non-local student shared her learning and research experience at CityUHK with RTHK

Prof Qi Liu Secures RGC Collaborative Research Fund

PHY research student immersed in the utopia of physics research in America

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PHY BSc graduate shared the AIstain technology with the media

PHY Professors Win Three Awards at Asia Exhibition of Innovations & Inventions

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CityUHK Physics Scientists Ranked Top Cited Researchers

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Prof Jeff Ou Awarded Funding from NSFC/RGC Collaborative Research Scheme

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PHY Graduate received the College of Science Medal 2024

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PHY Undergraduate Student explore Magnetic Phase Transition at French Synchrotron Source (SOLEIL)

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PHY Faculty Members Comprise One-eighth of CityUHK NSFC Funding Awardees

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Prof Xiao Li Strengthens Academic Ties with Wuhan University

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PhD Admissions 2025/26 [Apply Now!]

MSc Physics with Data Modelling and Quantum Technologies Admissions 2025/26 [Apply Now!]

CityUHK’s GREAT student thrive at the University of Cambridge

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Prof Sunny Wang visited Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and Kazakh-British Technical University in Almaty, Kazakhstan

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Prof Sunny Wang recognized for Advancing Global Scientific Collaboration

IHEP-CityU Joint Laboratory on Neutron Scattering recently awarded a HK$3.75 million grant from the RGC

CityUHK Undergraduate Info Day 2024

56th AAPPS Council Meeting Held at CityUHK, Promoting International Academic Exchanges

Prof Sunny Wang Honored with the 2023 SZCCF Outstanding Educator Award

Prof Condon Lau shines at the Silicon Valley International Invention Festival 2024

Study Tour in Japan 2024 – Exploration of condensed-matter and Quantum Physics Research

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CityUHK and University of Cambridge deepen collaboration

Commencement of College of Science for Graduating Class of 2024

Celebration of Physics - PHY Annual Symposium 2024

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Professor Xun-li Wang elected to the American Physical Society

CityUHK JUPAS Consultation Day 2024

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PHY Professors Garner Silver Medals at International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva

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CityUHK JUPAS Consultation Day 2024 [Register Now!]

Departmental Retreat 2024

Enhanced Workshops on AI Image Generation Held in Great Success

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Undergraduate Admissions (2024 Entry)

CityU Physics Hosts Prestigious 2024 APS March Meeting in Hong Kong

Prof Sunny Wang Spoke at the APS and Asia-Pacific Physics Leaders Summit

Prof Sam Wong Unveiled Gravity's Secrets to Secondary School Students

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Two Successful Live Information Sessions on Master’s Programmes for Prospective Mainland Students

PHY Student Connect: Celebrating Year of the Dragon in Style

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International Research Activities: PHY Undergraduate Students Explore Synchrotron Soleil in France

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PHY Faculty Members served as Jurors in HKYPT 2024 Competition

MSc Applied Physics Admissions 2024/25 [Apply Now!]

PHY Student Connect: Celebrating Excellence at the Student Awards Presentation 2023

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Prof Sunny Wang awarded the 2023 Star of Tianhe Award

Prof Yiming Zhong attended a Luncheon with China Manned Space Delegation

王循理教授入選美國物理學會董事會

Professor Xun-Li Wang elected to the APS Board of Directors

CityU Physics Scientists Listed Top Cited Researchers

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Professor Condon LAU’s Demonstration to the Science in the Public Service 2023 and InnoCarnival 2023

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PhD Admissions 2024/25

Popular Science Talk: Quantum Technology (量子科技)

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CityU Organised the YGA2023 Conference

CityU Physics Showcases the Joy of Physics at Undergraduate Information Day 2023

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Professor Denver Li Awarded the Chen-Ning Yang Award 2023

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Physics Student Chapter hosts movie screening of “Oppenheimer”

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Japan Study Tour 2023

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Critical breakthrough for enhancing battery capacity

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"2023 Beijing Tour for Hong Kong Talents": A Milestone in Strengthening Ties between Hong Kong and Beijing

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Welcome Tea Gathering is Back with Story of Resilience and Reconnection

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CityU Undergraduate Information Day 2023

Warm Welcome to New Undergraduate Physics Students with Student Orientation

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Prof Shubo Wang awarded NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau) 2023

Novel Cathode Material with Negligible Voltage Decay for Future Lithium-ion batteries

Understanding Universal DNA and RNA Deformation Mechanisms

CityU Physics Hosts a Visit for SCUT Delegation

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On-site Visit of Professor Alan Lindsay Greer to Physics as a Departmental Academic Advisor (DAA)

Prospective PhD Applicants Engaged through Science Summer Camp 2023

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CityU Physics Students Won the Second Place Prize in "SpinQ Cup"

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Project Team Led by Prof Wang Xun-Li Won Second Class Award in the Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards

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CityU Physics Students Competed in the Final in Milan as Hong Kong Representatives in PLANCKS 2023

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International Workshop on Energy Materials and Scattering Techniques

Popular Science Talk by College of Science: The Wonderland of Superconductivity (超導奇境)

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International Research Activities: PHY Students Explore Synchrotron Radiation Experiments in Europe

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International Workshop on Biophysics and Soft Matter

Departmental Retreat 2023

Faculty Service Awards 2022/23

Celebration of Physics - PHY Annual Symposium 2023

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Commencement of College of Science for Graduating Class of 2023

Physics is the Bridge - A Documentary Video about CityUHK Physics

Celebrations of Physics! - Physics Annual Symposium 2023 [Come and Join Us~]

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Talented Students Showcase Projects at CityU Employers’ Luncheon 2023

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Faculty members shone at the 48th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva (IEIG)

CityU JUPAS Consultation Day 2023 [Register Now!]

How university collaboration is furthering quantum research

Students from Ying Wa College Visited the Department of Physics

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Science Summer Camp 2023 [Apply Now!]

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Physics Assistant Professors Awarded the Collaborative Research Fund

Live Information Session on Taught Postgraduate Programmes for Prospective Mainland Students

MSc Applied Physics Admissions 2023/24 [Apply Now!]

CityU's 5th HK Tech Forum investigates quantum physics and complex systems

Professor Xun-Li Wang elected International Councilor of the American Physical Society

CityU Physics Scientists Ranked Top Cited Researchers

Enjoying the learning journey

Undergraduate Admissions (2023 Entry)

PhD Admissions 2023/24

Experimental physicists back in action at J-PARC

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CityU Information Day 2022 [Register Now!]

Congratulations to Professor Alain Aspect for the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics

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Professor Wei Bao elected to Fellow of Physical Society of Hong Kong

First-hand Research Education Experience Gained through Science Summer Camp 2022

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The International Workshop on Exotic Quantum Effects in Complex Materials

Physical mechanisms explaining DNA and RNA twist changes

A team of three undergraduate students won the HK Preliminary of the PLANCKS 2022

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Faculty Service Award 2021

Celebration of Physics - PHY Annual Symposium 2022 (Online)

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Celebration of Physics - PHY Annual Symposium 2022 [Register Now!]

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Fast-moving excitons observed for first time in metal, unlocking potential to speed up digital communication

CityU Virtual Undergraduate Open Day

Dr. Denver Li Shortlisted for MIT’s TR35 China

Professor Wei Bao is nominated for the Zhejiang Science and Technology Award

Online Science Summer Camp 2022 [Apply Now!]

Two Faculty Members Receive The President’s Awards 2021

CityU physicists discovered special transverse sound wave

The 10th International Workshop on Solid-State Quantum Computing

MSc Applied Physics Admissions 2022/23 [Apply Now!]

PHY Scientists Ranked Top Cited Researchers

Undergraduate Admissions (2022 Entry)

PhD Admissions 2022/23

The 10th International Workshop on Solid-State Quantum Computing [Register Now!]

CityU physics: undergraduate students prioritize connection and collaboration

ZOOM Exchange Session: Career Opportunities at CityU Science [Register Now!]

CityU Virtual Information Day 2021 [Register Now!]

CityU scientist hunted down the first unpaired Weyl magnetic monopole

College of Science Commencement for the Graduating Class of 2021

Celebration of Physics - PHY Annual Symposium 2021 (Online)

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Prospective PhD Applicants Delves into Research Education Opportunities through the Science Summer Camp 2021

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CityU scientists make a breakthrough towards solving the structural mystery of glass

Faculty Service Award 2020

CityU physics: investing in ‘rising stars’ to deliver sustained research excellence

A strong finish for PHY in RAE 2020

Undergraduate Admissions 2021

Celebration of Physics - PHY Annual Symposium 2021 [Register Now!]

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CityU Virtual JUPAS Consultation Day 2021

Live Information Session for Prospective Master’s Students from the Mainland

Seven PHY faculties listed as global top scientists

Online Science Summer Camp 2021 [Apply Now!]

Virtual Graduation Ceremony for the Classes of 2019 & 2020

PhD fresh graduate wins HKIE Best Paper on Materials 2020

Professor Xun-Li Wang shared how neutron scattering improves the quality of our life

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Professor Xun-Li Wang awarded the Croucher Senior Research Fellowship 2021

Highly Cited Researchers 2020 - Professor Paul Chu

Dr Condon Lau Spoke at the “Science in the Public Service” Campaign

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MSc Applied Physics Admissions 2021/22 [Apply Now!]

Undergraduate students published research paper in academic journal

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PhD Admissions 2021/22

CityU Virtual Information Day 2020

CityU physics: where regional connections underpin global research ambitions

Orientation for Undergraduate Students 2020

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High-frequency transverse phonons in amorphous materials observed for the first time

Meeting Prospective PhD Applicants through the Second Science Summer Camp 2020

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Prof. Paul CHU won the Anhui Province Natural Science Award

New chips accelerate data transmission

Fast-track PhD Admission (2020 autumn entry) 2020秋季入學全獎PhD申請快速通道

Faculty Service Award 2019

Online Science Summer Camp 2020 [Apply Now!]

Celebration of Physics – PHY Annual Symposium 2020 (Online)

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Celebration of Physics - PHY Annual Symposium 2020 [Register Now!]

CityU JUPAS Consultation Week 2020

Multi-stage deformation process in high-entropy alloys at ultra-low temperatures revealed

CityU scientists classify knots efficiently with artificial intelligence

Professor Wang Xunli elected Fellow of Neutron Scattering Society of America

CityU physics: east meets west on a growth trajectory

World’s first experimental observation of the Kondo cloud

Neural Networks Know Their Knots

Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Joint Laboratory on Neutron Scattering Officially Launched

Outstanding Supervisor Award 2019 - Dr Wang Xin Sunny

College of Science Medal 2019

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Highly Cited Researchers 2019 - Professor Paul Chu

MSc Applied Physics Admissions 2020/21 [Application deadline: 31 July (local applicants)]

Undergraduate Admissions 2020

PhD Admissions 2020/21

Cancellation of CityU Information Day 2019

Orientation for Research Students 2019

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Orientation for Undergraduate Students 2019

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Dr Condon Lau and Dr WC Yu delivered public lectures in Science Museum

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First Science Summer Camp for Prospective PhD Applicants, 8 to 12 July 2019

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Fun STEM @ CityU Physics 2019

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Nagoya & Osaka Study Tour 2019

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Faculty Service Award 2018

Celebration of Physics - A Successful Symposium

Celebration of Physics - PHY Annual Symposium 2019 [Register Now!]

Science Summer Camp 2019 [Apply Now!]

Strive to thrive: CityU JUPAS Consultation Day 2019

Joint laboratory on neutron scattering co-established by CityU and CAS officially opens

PHY Student Connect: Pre-CNY Party 2019

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Fun STEM @ CityU Physics 2018

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The President's Awards 2018 - Dr Wang Xin Sunny

More than HK$8.6 million granted to research project led by Professor Wang Xun-Li

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Graduation Ceremony 2018

Highly Cited Researchers 2018 - Professor Paul Chu

Short Course in Laser by Professor Alain Aspect

Professor Alain Aspect Conferred the Honorary Doctorate of Science by CityU

Fun STEM @ CityU Physics - 物趣STEM在城大 [Open for Application]

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Professor Wang Xun-Li received the Lee Hsun Lecture Award from Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

PhD Admissions 2019/20

Undergraduate Admissions 2019

CityU Information Day 2018

Professor Zhang Ruiqin has been recently elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)

Student Orientation 2018

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Tokyo Study Tour 2018

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Mr Kong Yuk Kei (BScAP) received the CSE Mentor Service Award 2017/18

New Technology Prevents Post-surgery Bacterial Infection Developed by Professor Paul Chu

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Prof. Paul CHU won the Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (Science and Technology)

Second Runner-up in BOCHK FinTech Hackathon 2018

Welcome, Dr. LIU Qi

Welcome Dr. Borzenets Ivan Valerievich

Prof Wang Visited Joint Degree Program Students in New York City

Breakthrough Technologies for Cancer Treatment and Energy Saving Developed by Professor Paul Chu

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Professor Wang Xun-Li has been elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Faculty Service Award 2017

Prof. Paul Chu has been named the Highly Cited Researchers 2017

Welcome, Dr. Shubo Wang

A New Chapter of Physics at CityU