Research Institutes & Centres

Academic departments of the University are actively engaged in research in a wide range of disciplines. The University also has an array of research institutes and research centres specializing in interdisciplinary research of the highest quality. In addition, smaller research / consultancy units have been set up by individual Faculties and departments. The University has also established a number of joint research units in partnership with external academic institutions to pool resources for the advancement of knowledge in different subject areas.

Faculty / Department Research / Consultancy Units

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• Accident and Emergency Medicine Academic Unit
• Archive for Phenomenology and Contemporary Philosophy
• Asia-Pacific Genomic and Genetic Nursing Centre
• Assessment and Training Centre
• Assisted Reproductive Technology Unit
• Aviation Policy and Research Centre
• Bone Quality and Health Centre
• Brain Health Research Centre
• Business Sustainability, Centre for
• Cantonese, Research Centre for
• Catholic Studies, Centre for
• Cell and Developmental Biology, Centre for
• Chen Wai Wai Vivien Foundation Therapeutic Physical Mental Exercise Centre
• Childhood Bilingualism Research Centre
• Chinese History, Centre for
• Chinese Language Teaching Development Centre
• Chinese Media and Comparative Communication Research, Center for
• Chinese Music Studies, Centre for
• Chinese Philosophy and Culture, Research Centre for
• Chow Tai Fook—Cheng Yu Tung Surgical Stem Cell Research Centre
• Chow Yuk Ho Technology Centre for Innovative Medicine
• Christian Studies, Centre for
• Classical Chinese Poetics, Research Centre for
• Clinical and Health Psychology Centre
• Clinical Research and Biostatistics, Centre for
• Cochrane Hong Kong
• Cognition and Brain Studies, Centre for
• Communication and Public Opinion Survey, Centre for
• Comparative and Public History, Centre for
• Comparative and Transnational Law, Center for
• Comparative Japanese Studies, Research Centre for
• Comparative Study of Antiquity, Centre for the
• Consumer Insights, Centre for
• Contemporary Christian Studies, Resource Centre for
• CUHK Carol and Richard Yu Peritoneal Dialysis Research Centre
• CUHK Centre for Bioethics
• CUHK Jockey Club Community Primary Care Programme
• CUHK Jockey Club Minimally Invasive Surgical Skills Centre
• CUHK Kai Chong Tong Endo-Laparoscopic Surgery Research and Training Centre
• CUHK Otto Wong Brain Tumour Centre
• CUHK Thomas Jing Centre for Mindfulness Research and Training
• Cultural Heritage Studies, Centre for
• Cultural Studies, Centre for
• Dementia Research Unit
• Developmental Psychology, Centre for
• Diabetes and Endocrine Centre
• Drug and Poisons Information Bureau and Prince of Wales Hospital Poison Treatment Centre
• EdDataX Research Centre
• Edwin Cheng Foundation Asian Centre for Phenomenology
• Entrepreneurship, Center for
• Environmental Policy and Resource Management, Centre for
• Family Business, Centre for
• Financial Engineering, Centre for
• Financial Regulation and Economic Development, Centre for
• Food and Drug Safety, Centre for
• Food Research Centre
• Fundamental Physics, Joint Centre for
• Gastrointestinal Oncology, Centre for
• Gerald Choa Neuroscience Centre
• Global Health, Centre for
• Gut Microbiota Research, Centre for
• Health Behaviours Research, Centre for
• Health Education and Health Promotion, Centre for
• Health Systems and Policy Research, Centre for
• Hong Kong Literature Research Centre
• Hong Kong—Shenzhen Finance Research Centre
• Hospitality and Real Estate Research, Centre for
• Human Values, Research Centre for
• Humanities Computing, Research Centre for
• Humanities, Research Institute for the
• Industrial Ecology and Slope Ecotechnology Research Unit
• Innovation and Technology, Centre for
• Institutions and Governance, Centre for
• International Business Studies, Centre for
• Joint Universities Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Centre
• Kai Chong Tong Clinical Skills Learning Centre
• Kwok Tak Seng Centre for Stroke Research and Intervention
• Laboratory Animal Services Centre
• Laboratory for Language, Learning and the Brain
• Language Acquisition Laboratory
• Language Education and Multiliteracies Research (CLEMR), Centre for
• Lee Hysan Clinical Research Laboratories
• Leung Po Chuen Research Centre for Hong Kong History and Humanities
• Lim Por-yen Eye Genetics Research Centre
• Margaret K.L. Cheung Research Centre for Management of Parkinsonism
• Materials Science and Technology Research Centre
• Mathematical Artificial Intelligence, Center for
• Medical Data Analytics Centre
• Medical Image Computing (RC-MIC), Research Centre for
• Microbial Genomics and Proteomics, Centre for
• Migration and Mobility, Research Centre on
• Mobile Technologies Centre
• Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory
• Neuropsychological Well-Being, Research Centre for
• Novel Biomaterials, Centre for
• Novel Functional Molecules, Centre of
• Occupational and Environmental Health Studies, Centre for
• Pao So Kok Macular Disease Treatment and Research Centre
• Phase 1 Clinical Trial Centre
• Positive Ageing, Jockey Club Centre for
• Protein Science and Crystallography, Centre for
• Quality-Life Education, Centre for
• Quantum Coherence, Centre for
• Research and Promotion of Women's Health, Centre of
• Research into Circulating Fetal Nucleic Acids, Centre for
• RGC-AoE Center for Genomic Studies on Plant-Environment Interaction for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security
• RGC-AoE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function
• S.H. Ho Scoliosis Research Laboratory
• S.H. Ho Sleep Apnoea Management Center
• S.H. Ho Urology Centre
• Scientific Modelling and Computation, Centre for
• Shiu-Ying Hu Herbarium
• Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies, Centre for
• Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory
• Sleep Assessment Unit
• Social Welfare Practice and Research Centre
• Sports Medicine and Sports Science, Hong Kong Centre of
• Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Studies of Daoist Culture, Centre for
• Study of Chan Buddhism and Human Civilization, Centre for the
• Study of Islamic Culture, Centre for the
• Study of Religious Ethics and Chinese Culture, Centre for the
• Taiwan Research Centre
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Specialty Clinic cum Clinical Teaching and Research Centre
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Osteoporosis Care and Control
• The Chinese University Rheumatology Research Centre (CURRC)
• The Croucher Laboratory for Human Genomics
• The CUHK Centre of Public Health and Primary Care (Shenzhen)
• The Gerald Choa Cardiac Research Centre
• The Hong Kong Jockey Club Sports Medicine and Health Sciences Centre
• The Nethersole Nursing Practice Research Unit
• Therese Pei Fong Chow Research Centre for Prevention of Dementia
• Translation Technology, Centre for
• University and School Partnership (CUSP), Centre for
• Vascular and Interventional Radiology Foundation Clinical Science Centre
• Wong Tze Lam—Hing Tak Centre of Surgical Outcome Research
• Y.K. Pao Foundation Centre for Nursing Excellence in Chronic Illness Centre