Stellar results in the 2025 National Natural Science Foundation of China funding exercise highlight the exceptional calibre of HKU’s young researchers and Hong Kong’s contributions to advancing innovation.
Two remarkable HKU students – Cherry Tam from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Harold Lam from the Faculty of Architecture – have been named Top 10 Outstanding Tertiary Students of Hong Kong in 2025.
Five HKU State Key Laboratories were honoured with plaques by the Ministry of Science and Technology, marking a significant milestone and the promise of further national and international technological advancement.
A Hakka village in Guangxi, China gets abundant rainfall but also struggles with a critical shortage of fresh water and hygiene problems. HKU’s Project Mingde took on these challenges with the award-winning Duling Educational and Cultural Centre.
Twelve HKU scholars have been named among the top 100 global researchers in their respective fields by Research.com in its 2025 rankings. Among them, five professors are ranked first in Asia in their disciplines.
Professor Chao Xiang of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering was honoured with the 2025 Croucher Tak Wah Mak Innovation Award in recognition of his research focussed on integrating lasers for advanced photonic integrated circuits.
