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STUDENT ENROLLMENT (AS OF DEC 2025)
 UndergraduatePostgraduateTotal
Science2,6311,4824,113
Engineering3,9143,3047,218
Business and Management3,7732,2756,048
Humanities and Social Science387424811
Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies3877861,173
Joint School6734391,112
Total11,7658,71020,475

 

POSTGRADUATES FIGURES (AS OF DEC 2025)
 
Research PG
Taught PG
Total
MPhilPhD
Science1706676451,482
Engineering2931,5771,4343,304
Business and Management451012,1292,275
Humanities and Social Sciences3233359424
Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies77288421786
Joint School--439439
Total6172,6665,4278,710

 

ENROLMENT BY GENDER (AS OF DEC 2025)
 UndergraduatePostgraduateTotal
Female4,3303,5717,901
Male7,4355,13912,574
Total11,7658,71020,475

 

NON LOCAL STUDENTS (AS OF DEC 2025)
 
Undergraduate
Postgraduate
Total
Research PGTaught PG
International (Asia)9731921061,271
International (Non-Asia)2457454373
MTM*1,5392,4804,1978,216
Total2,7572,7464,3579,860

*MTM refers to students from Mainland/ Taiwan/ Macau.

 

FACULTY MEMBERS (AS OF DECEMBER 2025) (FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT)
 Regular^VisitingTotal
Science2188226
Engineering3066312
Business and Management17312185
Humanities and Social Science1495154
Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies97299
Total94333976

^Regular faculty includes substantiation-track faculty, teaching-track faculty and research-track faculty.

 

RESEARCH FUNDING
 Funding (HK$M)
2007 - 2008369.6
2008 - 2009447
2009 - 2010432.6
2010 - 2011409.3
2011 - 2012444.1
2012 - 2013548.4
2013 - 2014485.2
2014 - 2015521.8
2015 - 2016578.4
2016 - 2017690.9
2017 - 2018657
2018 - 2019836.1
2019 - 20201,080.1*
2020 - 20211,033.6*
2021 - 20221,082.8*
2022 - 2023956.1*
2023 - 20241,119.9*
2024 - 20251,196.1*

*Includes projects administrated by R&D Corporation and Mainland platforms.

 

FACULTY PROFILE
100% with doctorate degree and majority from the following universities: 
(Only tenure track faculty - Assistant Professor or above)
BostonBrownCambridgeCarnegie-Mellon
ChicagoColumbiaCornellDuke
HarvardIllinoisLondonMaryland
MichiganMITNew YorkNorthwestern
OxfordPennsylvaniaPrincetonPurdue
Southern CaliforniaStanfordTorontoUBC
UC BerkeleyUCLAWashingtonYale