The Chinese University of Hong Kong
| 香港中文大學 | |
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| Motto | 博文約禮 (Classical Chinese) |
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Motto in English
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Through learning and temperance to virtue |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 17 October 1963 |
| Chairman | Leung Nai-pang, Norman |
| Chancellor |
Chief Executive of Hong Kong (Current officeholder: Leung Chun-ying) |
| Provost | Benjamin Wah |
| Vice-Chancellor | Joseph Sung |
| Pro-Vice-Chancellors |
Benjamin Wah Ching Pak-chung Michael Hui Hau Kit-tai Fok Tai-fai Fanny M.C. Cheung |
| Students | 29,767 (as of December 2013) |
| Undergraduates | 15,901 |
| Postgraduates | 13,866 |
| Location |
Shatin, New Territories 22°25′11″N 114°12′24.45″E / 22.41972°N 114.2067917°ECoordinates: 22°25′11″N 114°12′24.45″E / 22.41972°N 114.2067917°E |
| Campus | Rural 137.3 hectares (1.373 km2) |
| Colours |
Purple and gold
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| Mascot | Chinese phoenix |
| Affiliations | ASAIHL, ACU, IAU, WUN, ACUCA |
| Website | www |
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| Traditional Chinese | 香港中文大學 | ||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 香港中文大学 | ||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Xiānggǎng Zhōngwén Dàxué |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Hēunggóng jūngmàhn daaihhohk |
| IPA | [hœ̂ːŋkɔ̌ːŋ tsʊ́ŋmɐ̏n tàːihɔ̀ːk] |
| Jyutping | Hoeng1 gong2 zung1 man4 daai6 hok6 |
| University rankings | |
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| Global | |
| ARWU | 151-200 |
| Times | 76 |
| QS | 37 |
| Asia | |
| ARWU | 16-26 |
| Times | 13 |
| QS | 11 6 |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public research university in Shatin, Hong Kong formally established in 1963 by a charter granted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It is the territory's second oldest university and was founded as a federation of three existing colleges – Chung Chi College, New Asia College and United College – the oldest of which was founded in 1949.
Today, CUHK is organized into nine constituent colleges and eight academic faculties, and remains the only collegiate university in the territory. The university operates in both English and Chinese, although classes in most colleges are taught in English. Four Nobel laureates are associated with the university, and it is the only tertiary institution in Hong Kong with recipients of the Nobel Prize, Turing Award, Fields Medal and Veblen Prize sitting as faculty in residence.
The university was formed in 1963 as a federation of three existing colleges. The first of these, New Asia College, was established in 1949 by anti-Communist Confucian scholars from Mainland China amid the revolution there. Among the founders were Ch'ien Mu, Tang Junyi, and Tchang Pi-kai. Curriculum focused particularly on Chinese heritage and social concerns. The early years of this school were tumultuous, with the campus relocating several times between rented premises around Kowloon. Academics there were often self-exiled from the mainland and they struggled financially, with students sometimes sleeping on rooftops and teachers foregoing pay to sustain the college. Funds were gradually raised and the school moved to a new campus in Kau Pui Lung, built with the support of the Ford Foundation, in 1956.
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