UN Sustainable Development Goal 4

Quality education

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

Hong Kong’s first university-wide scholarship programme with Cambridge

HK$10million

Up to 20 students annually with full scholarships for a one-year full-time master programme at Cambridge

2,200+

primary & secondary school students engaged over three years

Through STEM challenges, summer research internships and mentoring run by the College of Engineering.

Educational innovation

Institute of Future Learning

Ongoing Initiatives

Future Global Leaders Programme

Nine CityUHK postgraduates completed a two-week residency at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge (Sep 2025), with workshops on the UN SDGs, leadership and critical, systems and design thinking — CityUHK is the programme’s first international partner.
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Support for student athletes

Through the Student Athletes Admission Scheme (established 1997) and the Student-Athletes Learning Support and Admission Scheme (SALSA, 2022), CityUHK has admitted 1,600+ student athletes — offering direct admission pathways, personal teaching assistants, recorded and remote classes, customised schedules, post-class tutoring, scholarships and training so elite athletes can balance sport and study.
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Team-based, student-centric learning

Team-based learning approach was introduced in two pioneering university courses with a shift from teaching centric to learning-centric, giving students and faculty first-hand experience in an interactive classroom setting.
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Discovery-Enriched Curriculum

The Discovery-Enriched Curriculum (DEC) is CityUHK’s signature undergraduate curriculum, integrating research and teaching so that every student makes an original discovery while studying — learning to create, communicate, curate and cultivate new knowledge for the benefit of society, supported by a broad Gateway Education core.
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Little Forest Hero: AI Rescue Robot Challenge

Co-hosted with Po Leung Kuk through the Bright Future Engineering Talent Hub, “Little Forest Hero: AI Rescue Robot Challenge” had nearly 200 primary-school pupils design and operate AI robots in a forest-fire rescue simulation, using a cross-generational mentoring model in which CityUHK’s Robocon Team trained university and secondary students who in turn mentored the children.
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Global Conference Leadership Camp & SCMUN

Co-organised with See Change Education and the Hong Kong Innovative Education Association, the 2024 Global Conference Leadership Camp & SCMUN drew 200+ participants from 70+ schools across Hong Kong, mainland China and overseas, with 11 secondary students on full scholarships.
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Yunnan Service Outreach Experience

Nineteen CityUHK students undertook a seven-day Service Outreach Experience Programme in Yunnan (30 May – 5 Jun 2024), volunteering and immersing in local culture to nurture global citizenship.
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