Working with Harvard on disease detection: The Faculty of Engineering and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science signed a MOU to set up a joint Laboratory for Instrumentation for Precision Medicine.
Joint degrees with Tsinghua: HKU and Tsinghua University will offer two dual bachelor’s degree programmes: one in business and economics, the other in computer science and technology. The first intake is expected in 2020-21.
NAM-HKU Fellowship: The School of Public Health of the Medical Faculty is partnering with the US National Academy of Medicine to offer the NAM-HKU Fellowship in Global Health Leadership.
International experts on the new global economy How do we redefine multilateralism? What’s Asia’s role in a multipolar world? Watch videos of the AsiaGlobal Dialogue 2018, including addresses by Dr Victor K Fung, the Hon Mrs Carrie Lam, President Xiang Zhang, Nobel Laureate Michael Spence, Mr Peter Wong and Professor Zhiwu Chen, as well as breakout sessions. asiaglobaldialogue.hku.hk.
AsiaGlobal Fellows Program 2019 Apply by Jan 31 This inter-disciplinary and intensive 13-week residential programme (mid-August to mid-November 2019) for mid-career professionals aims to nurture and network future leaders with an interest in global policy issues from Asian perspectives. Application details.
15 of world's most highly cited researchers at HKU Fifteen HKU academics were named in Clarivate Analytics’ “Highly Cited Researchers 2018”, which is determined by production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science. Full list of researchers.
William Mong Distinguished LectureDec 18 Professor Thomas P. Russell, Silvio O. Conte Distinguished Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, will speak on "Structuring Liquids." Registration opens Dec 12.
HKU Fintech Symposium 2019Jan 4 Academics and industry professionals will come together to discuss the theme of “Unlocking AI and Data Analytics”, particularly in use in the finance, banking and insurance industries. Registration.
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