Teaching and learning reached stellar new heights as HKU alumna Dr Lai Ka-ying and the Shenzhou-23 mission crew taught, via live broadcast, a ‘Tiangong Class’ Hong Kong and Macao Designated Session from aboard China’s space station.
Dr Michael Rivera, Lecturer in HKU’s Faculty of Social Sciences, has been presented with the 2026 UGC Teaching Award from the University Grants Committee in recognition of his achievements and passion for teaching.
Among the 208 HKU colleagues honoured in the 2026 Long Service Awards Presentation Ceremony was Ms Annie Lam from the Centre for Comparative Medicine Research, who has served the University for an impressive and fruitful 45 years.
Two recent HKU graduates have been named cream of the crop and selected as recipients of the Outstanding Tertiary Students Award of Hong Kong 2026, organised by the Hong Kong Youth & Tertiary Students Association.
Professor Hengshuang Zhao of the HKU School of Computing and Data Science has been named one of the 2025 ‘35 Innovators Under 35 China’ by MIT Technology Review for his contributions to AI research.
The Research Grants Council has awarded significant funding to HKU in its latest 2026–27 exercise, recognising the University’s research endeavours and supporting collaborative research initiatives that tackle urgent global and societal challenges.
A pioneer in geotechnical and earthquake engineering, Professor Jun Yang of the HKU Faculty of Engineering has been honoured with the State Natural Science Award (Second Class Prize) for his outstanding contributions to scientific and technological progress.
Professor Xuhua He, Chair Professor in the Department of Mathematics in the HKU Faculty of Science, has been elected Vice-President of the International Mathematical Union, the premier global authority in mathematics.
The HKU Robocon group from the Faculty of Engineering secured multiple awards at the ‘Robocon Hong Kong Contest 2026’. The champion, Team Sapientia, will represent Hong Kong as the home team at the upcoming ‘ABU Robocon 2026’ in August.
HKU has secured the 11th spot internationally again in the QS World University Rankings 2027, reaffirming its standing as a premier institution both worldwide and locally, and as a beacon of academic excellence and impact in Hong Kong’s higher education sector.
