A homecoming event was held on campus to celebrate the outstanding achievements of the 30 HKU elite student-athletes who competed across 12 sports at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026.
Born with a congenital eye condition, Aiden Cheng Tsz-in nevertheless refuses to let his condition define his limits. Now at HKU studying law, he is aiming to use his legal training to champion equality and support other vulnerable individuals.
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.
The University welcomed a new cohort of undergraduate students into the HKU family with an inauguration ceremony that carried the theme ‘Excellence with Purpose: Shaping Tomorrow’s Leaders Today’.
HKU champions whole-person education by welcoming an outstanding new cohort through JUPAS and diverse admissions routes. Students bring exceptional academic results and varied backgrounds across disciplines – reinforcing HKU’s role in shaping future leaders for Hong Kong.
As elite HKU student-athletes prepare to shine at the upcoming 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, let’s delve into how they strive for excellence in their athletic pursuits while sustaining academic ambition with the same rigour.
HKU welcomed and celebrated the achievements of the exceptional student-athletes who were awarded the ‘HKU Lee Shau Kee Top Athletes Scholarship’, totalling HK$1.4 million, to support their dual-track development of academics and sports.
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 shone at the 12th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition by securing 19 awards, including the prestigious Outstanding Organisation Award, with a wide range of groundbreaking projects showcased.
At the HKU Entrance Scholarships Award Ceremony, the University recognised the outstanding academic and non-academic achievements of local and non-local students who joined the University in the 2025–26 academic year.
