HKU is set to expand its footprint in the Chinese Mainland with strategic bases established in Shanghai. Leading the way is the School of Computing and Data Science which has launched its first-ever dual-site semester across Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Professor Sir Andre Geim, the pioneering scientist behind the revolutionary creation of graphene, will join HKU this April as Chair Professor in the Faculty of Science.
HKU continues to attract the brightest minds from around the world, as Professor Ngô Bảo Châu, recipient of the 2010 Fields Medal, will be joining HKU as Chair Professor in the Department of Mathematics.
HKU Libraries opens a revitalised Special Collections and a new Open-View Conservation Laboratory to preserve cultural heritage and to support and advance academic research in Hong Kong and beyond.
The lights of the aurora are created when high-energy particles from space collide with Earth’s atmosphere. HKU and UCLA co-led planetary sciences research uncovers the source of energy that produces these dazzling spectacles.
Great Body Teachers help medical students understand not only the complexities of human anatomy, but also the boundaries of life and death, and the importance of empathy and compassion.
HKU scientists have made a major breakthrough by using a natural magnetic material to achieve negative refraction, without the need for complicated artificial structures, opening the door to imaging, telecommunications, and countless other technologies.
