Achievements
CUHK achievements 2022
2022 saw the CUHK community ascend new heights locally, nationally and around the world.
The year saw one of the University’s strongest rankings performances ever. CUHK saw its best ever results in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and its best results in over a decade in the QS World University Rankings. CUHK was 1st in Hong Kong and 53rd in the U.S. News & World Report University Rankings – the best we have placed in our history and a continuation of our upward trajectory which has seen us rise over 100 places over the past five years.
It has been another big year for our staff and students with over 300 faculty members picking up some of academia’s most coveted awards, and close to 350 students winning prestigious scholarships, competitions and sporting accolades.
We invite you to watch a short video highlighting CUHK’s achievements this year at CUTV or YouTube. For details of our achievements in 2022, please scroll down.
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- Reuters Asia Pacific’s Most Innovative Universities
1st in Hong Kong in 2016 – 2019 - U.S. News & World Report
Best Global Universities Rankings
1st in Hong Kong
53th in the world - The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)
2nd in Hong Kong - Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents
2nd in Hong Kong
86th in the world - QS World University Rankings
12th in Asia
38th in the world - Times Higher Education Rankings
7th in Asia
45th in the world - Times Higher Education Most International Universities
9th in the world - Subjects ranked 1st in HK
Anthropology
Artificial Intelligence
Biology and Biochemistry
Biomedical Engineering
Communication and Media Studies
Computer Science
Computer Science and Engineering
Computer Science & Information Systems
Economics and Finance
Finance
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine
Nursing
Philosophy
Physics
Plant Science and Agronomy
Psychology
Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies - THE Impact Rankings 2022
1st in Hong Kong
For details of the rankings, please click here.
- Reuters Asia Pacific’s Most Innovative Universities
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- 14 Jan 2022: MoU signed between CUHK, Foshan Shunde Office of the Leading Group for the Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area of the People’s Government of Foshan Shunde District, and Shunde Foundation for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- 18 Feb 2022: CUHK and SINOVAC join in hands in building P3 laboratory Developing the city into high ground for biomedical sciencesTwo CUHK Innovations Listed “2020 Top Ten Innovation News in Hong Kong”
- 12 May 2022: CUHK and Zhejiang University collaborate to establish the Joint Research Center for Digital Economy
- 13 May 2022: 13 CUHK start-up teams enter the mainland market with the support of We Venture overcoming business challenges brought by the pandemic
- 26 May 2022: CUHK joins International Universities Climate Alliance to promote exchanges on climate research and action
- 7 Jun 2022: CUHK Engineering FinTech Applied Research Academy and Ant Group sign MOU to develop young financial technologists by extending 10×1000 Tech for Inclusion programme to students
- 1 Jul 2022: CUHK holds flag-raising ceremony to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the HKSAR
- 4 Jul 2022: CUHK United College Choi Kai Yau Residence naming and groundbreaking ceremony
- 4 Jul 2022: 香港中文大學上海中心正式進駐上海楊浦區 (Chinese version only)
- 30 Jul 2022: 中大舉辦大灣區科學論壇名師講堂 白春禮、丘成桐、姚期智與粵港澳青年科學家共話科技創新 (Chinese version only)
- 10 Aug 2022: CUHK admits 3,135 outstanding HKDSE students, including seven perfect scorers
- 10 Aug 2022: CUHK makes submission to 2022 Policy Address via public consultation
- 30 Aug 2022: CUHK admits 38 elite athletes
- 5 Sep 2022: CUHK holds flag-raising ceremony to kick off the 2022/23 academic year
- 5 Sep 2022: CUHK and ASTRI sign the first MoU on all-round development of commercialisation using their rich resources in scientific research
- 6 Sep 2022: CUHK joins Future17 to cultivate talents for sustainable development and make a world of difference
- 1 Oct 2022: CUHK holds National Day flag-raising ceremony to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China
- 13 Oct 2022: CUHK and CUHK(Shenzhen) to introduce collaborative double major programme spanning both campuses, training talents for the Greater Bay Area
- 7 Nov 2022: Chung Chi Student Development Complex celebrates grand opening
- 8 Dec 2022: CUHK and Great Bay University forge partnership in Joint Institute of Advanced Materials and Green Energy Research
- 22 Dec 2022: CUHK joins UNEP’s Nature Positive Universities Alliance and commits to reducing its environmental impact
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- 6 Jan 2022: CUHK tops Hong Kong in RGC’s Collaborative Research Fund 2021/22 securing over HK$80 million
- 20 Jan 2022: Multiple outstanding CUHK research projects receive RGC funding
- 2 Mar 2022: CUHK Professor Raymond Tong the only scholar from Hong Kong elected to the Class of 2022 of AIMBE College of Fellows
- 28 Mar 2022: CUHK innovations excel at the International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva 2022
- 21 Apr 2022: CUHK Professor Billy NG awarded as Young Global Leader The Only HK Awardee in “Academia/Think-tank”
- 26 Apr 2022: Judge a book by its cover! CUHK Press secures global recognition for two consecutive years
- 18 May 2022: CUHK excels in the Top Universities and Scientists Rankings by Research.com
- 8 Jun 2022: CUHK Professor George Yang was awarded Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award 2022 of the American Accounting Association
- 9 Jun 2022: Professor Jun YU receives China’s most prestigious honour in the field of engineering science and technology
- 19 Jun 2022: CUHK Professor Mei-Po Kwan awarded the James R. Anderson Medal of Honor in Applied Geography
- 12 Jul 2022: Innovative CUHK research receives grant of over $50 million from RGC Theme-based Research Scheme
- 1 Aug 2022: Five CUHK scholars named RGC Senior Research Fellows and RGC Research Fellows
- 15 Aug 2022: Professor Chunsan Song of CUHK awarded 2022 Outstanding Achievement Award by Chinese American Chemical Society
- 15 Aug 2022: CUHK-incubated start-up wins international energy competition and establishes strategic partnership with Towngas
- 22 Aug 2022: Five CUHK researchers recognised by China’s Excellent Young Scientists Fund 2022
- 8 Sep 2022: CUHK among Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents for 4 consecutive years
- 14 Sep 2022: Four CUHK researchers shortlisted as finalists in Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs of the Year Award 2022
- 16 Sep 2022: CUHK scholar’s article on deep fault selected as a research spotlight in EOS magazine
- 22 Sep 2022: CUHK Art Museum scoops the International Council of Museums’ UMAC Award, becoming the first winner in East Asia
- 26 Sep 2022: CUHK Professor Anthony So awarded 2022 UGC Teaching Award
- 27 Sep 2022: CUHK’s innovative social robot intervention programme for autistic children carries off runner-up at 2022 WITSA Global Innovation and Tech Excellence Awards
- 29 Sep 2022: CUHK Professor Dennis Lo receives the Lasker Award, America’s top biomedical science prize
- 2 Oct 2022: CUHK bags three wins at Healthy Longevity Catalyst Awards (Hong Kong) 2022
- 4 Oct 2022: 13 CUHK researchers receive NSFC Young Scientists Fund 2022 support
- 6 Oct 2022: Dr Shannon CHAN from CU Medicine selected as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons in Hong Kong
- 25 Oct 2022: 3 CUHK scholars awarded 2022 Best Female Scientists in the Top 1000 Female Scientists
- 25 Oct 2022: Prof Andrea LUK receives The Xiaoren Pan Distinguished Research Award for Epidemiology of Diabetes in Asia from the Asian Association for the Study of Diabetes
- 26 Oct 2022: 49 scholars in CUHK Faculty of Science named on the Stanford University’s World’s Top 2% Scientists
- 31 Oct 2022: CUHK scholars receive China Top Cited Paper Awards from IOP Publishing
- 15 Nov 2022: Eleven CUHK scholars named Highly Cited Researchers 2022
- 8 Dec 2022: Three CUHK distinguished scholars receive awards from the Croucher Foundation
- 11 Dec 2022: CUHK Faculty of Engineering’s Professor Raymond Yeung elected 2022 National Academy of Inventors Fellow
- 14 Dec 2022: CUHK rural library project wins at the Oscars of Architecture – the World Architecture Festival 2022
- 14 Dec 2022: 13 CUHK projects funded in 2022/23 NSFC/RGC Joint and Collaborative Research Schemes, highest share among Hong Kong Institutions
- 19 Dec 2022: CUHK Engineering professor wins the Optica Foundation 20th Anniversary Challenge
- 19 Dec 2022: CUHK scholar jointly awarded first BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize in artificial intelligence and robotics
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- 6 Jan 2022: CU Medicine proves basophil activation test has much higher diagnostic accuracy for shrimp allergy than conventional allergy tests
- 11 Jan 2022: CUHK reveals the storage mechanism of seed proteins paving the way to develop plant-based vaccine technology
- 13 Jan 2022: CUHK dissects lung carcinoma at single-cell resolution uncovering a new mechanism for tumour formation
- 17 Jan 2022: International astronomy team releases largest-ever collection of 3D maps of nearby galaxies
- 25 Jan 2022: CU Medicine finds Eastern Asia’s lung cancer incidence and mortality highest in the world
- 26 Jan 2022: CU Medicine study shows distinct gut microbial profile associated with long COVID
- 18 Feb 2022: CUHK-HKU collaborative research finds a new inflammatory activation pathway in blood vessels after SARS-CoV-2 infection
- 19 Feb 2022: CUHK Department of Social Work and SAHK release research findings of family-centered intervention for Chinese families of adults with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder
- 22 Feb 2022: Pingtan Book House: A rural children’s library that references the Dong minority’s heritage
- 2 Mar 2022: A joint HKU-CUHK study finds that smoking increases the risk of COVID-19
- 14 Mar 2022: CUHK performs the first hybrid operating room robotic-assisted bronchoscopy procedure outside the US
- 28 Mar 2022: CUHK Medicine study shows a higher prevalence of dry eye disease among post-COVID-19 patients
- 30 Mar 2022: International study led by CU Medicine highlights significant global incidence of newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes among adults much higher than previously believed
- 11 Apr 2022: Slime Robot developed by CUHK team
- 11 Apr 2022: CUHK researchers discover distinct gut microbial signatures for prediction, diagnosis and treatment of long COVID
- 18 Apr 2022: CUHK Medicine collaborates with South Korean institutes to develop an AI-powered analytic tool for lung cancer immunotherapy
- 24 Apr 2022: CUHK suggests that pterosaurs took off from water 150 million years ago like ducks do
- 28 Apr 2022: CUHK Clinical Trial Centre collaborates with CUHK Medical Centre to conduct Hong Kong’s first clinical trial of novel oral treatment specifically developed for COVID-19
- 12 May 2022: CUHK palaeontologist investigates the diet of prehistoric birds to reconstruct past and present ecosystems
- 16 May 2022: Study by CUHK medical students identifies STK3 kinase as a driver in gastric cancer
- 16 May 2022: HKUMed-CU Medicine joint study shows that vaccinated individuals develop more robust and broadly reactive antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2 variants than the unvaccinated after an Omicron infection
- 17 May 2022: CUHK Engineering develops new redox flow batteries for extreme cold weather
- 18 May 2022: CUHK demonstrates the potential for multi-gas detection in just a split second using dual-comb photothermal spectroscopy
- 26 May 2022: Event Horizon Telescope reveals the first image of the black hole at the Milky Way’s heart CUHK the only institution in Hong Kong involved in the collaboration
- 29 May 2022: CUHK AI technology navigates microrobot swarm in complex environments inside human body
- 30 May 2022: CUHK builds a genome bank of myriapods offering clues to the divergent behaviours of centipedes and millipedes
- 31 May 2022: CUHK applies cutting-edge laser imaging for the first time to reveal the hidden history of artifacts
- 1 Jun 2022: CUHK study suggests COVID-19 booster shot is key to protecting against infection among high-risk populations and from variants of concern
- 2 Jun 2022: CUHK finds the largest rise in incidence of Hodgkin lymphoma in Asia Rising trend of male incidence means Hong Kong tops the world
- 8 Jun 2022: CUHK palaeontologist first to reveal a dinosaur belly button using laser imaging
- 9 Jun 2022: CUHK leads Hong Kong physicists to contribute to the Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment producing the most precise neutrino measurement ever
- 17 Jun 2022: CUHK finds that a booster vaccine dose is effective in retriggering antibodies in breast milk that protect babies
- 22 Jun 2022: CUHK receives HK$150 million donation from Li Ka Shing Foundation in support of research and development of biomedical technologies
- 23 Jun 2022: COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the daily lives of schoolchildren in Hong Kong; Proportion of overweight and obese kids more than doubled
- 23 Jun 2022: Genetic identification to preserve local heirloom rice varieties and facilitate their reintroduction in Hong Kong
- 28 Jun 2022: CUHK-led study estimates over one-fifth of staple crops will be lost by 2050 due to ozone pollution and climate change
- 13 Jul 2022: CUHK devises small-scale “origami” soft robots with integrated multifunctional modules
- 14 Jul 2022: CUHK develops a real-time bioinformatics platform to predict COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 variants with 95% accuracy
- 26 Jul 2022: CUHK survey shows multiple challenges to parental HPV vaccination decision-making for daughters among the South Asian ethnic minorities in Hong Kong
- 28 Jul 2022: CUHK devises new CO2 recycling electrolyser as part of journey towards carbon neutrality
- 4 Aug 2022: CUHK’s study sees a rising trend of multiple myeloma incidence, particularly in older males from high-income countries
- 8 Aug 2022: CUHK leading Asia’s battle to improve bile duct cancer survival rates by developing a novel combinational strategy in clinical trial
- 18 Aug 2022: CUHK co-leads global lung cancer study Supporting lorlatinib as first-line treatment option for ALK-positive advanced NSCLC patients
- 21 Aug 2022: CUHK study finds extreme hot weather will definitely increase in the future Long-term planning for cooling facilities and public spaces is required
- 31 Aug 2022: CUHK first discovers obese patients with diabetes and fluctuating blood glucose control had a high cancer risk while patients with diabetes treated with a common class of blood pressure lowering drug had a low cancer risk
- 16 Sep 2022: 煤氣公司、聖公會福利協會及中大推出「煮播2.0」- 戶護「析」煮 有效提升長者和照顧者的身心健康綜合指數 (Chinese only)
- 22 Sep 2022: CUHK’s Margaret K.L. Cheung Research Centre for Management of Parkinsonism develops a new tissue imaging technique for studying brain diseases
- 23 Sep 2022: CUHK Business Sustainability Indices reveal resilience amidst the pandemic and launches Global and Real Estate Indices
- 27 Sep 2022: CUHK’s HK-HOPE develops an integrated drug and genomic test to tailor precision personalised medicine and deliver “hope” to children with difficult-to-treat leukaemia
- 5 Oct 2022: CUHK-HKU collaborative study finds about 80% lower risk of death among COVID-19 inpatients prescribed oral medication and the risk of hospital admission in outpatients is significantly reduced by nearly 90%
- 5 Oct 2022: CUHK researchers develop novel RNA nanoparticles for targeting and alleviating atherosclerotic plaque
- 7 Oct 2022: CUHK study advises residential care homes for the elderly to maintain current infection control practices
- 10 Oct 2022: CUHK unlocks the secret of cancer pain Identifying a new therapeutic key to ending the sorrow
- 24 Oct 2022: Large-scale clinical study shows CU Medicine (SIM01) microbiome formula reduces risk of infections including COVID-19
- 27 Oct 2022: CUHK develops a novel magnetic helical microrobot with endoscope-assisted delivery for biofilm eradication in ear tubes
- 9 Nov 2022: CU Medicine first in Asia to perform one-stage hybrid aortic arch surgery on patients with multi-segment thoracic aortic diseases using novel device
- 14 Nov 2022: CUHK discovers a neural architecture that facilitates the formation of associative memory, providing the basis for a deeper understanding of memory and its impairment in brain disorders
- 15 Nov 2022: CUHK palaeontologist confirms ancient flying dinosaurs used shoulder-powered wing upstroke in early flight evolution
- 16 Nov 2022: A research team from CUHK Faculty of Engineering and Chun Wo jointly develop cable-driven robot for high-rise building facades
- 16 Nov 2022: CUHK professor receives $12.5 million from Lantau Conservation Fund to regenerate the landscape of Lantau Mountain Camp
- 28 Nov 2022: CU Medicine launches The Jockey Club S.A.T.H. Project for Healthy Families to enhance health management capacity of ethnic minorities
- 30 Nov 2022: A CUHK-led international team develops the world’s first AI model using fundus photographs alone to detect Alzheimer’s disease
- 5 Dec 2022: CUHK study supports continuation of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors (RASi) in patients with type 2 diabetes and advanced chronic kidney disease to reduce major cardiorenal complications
- 8 Dec 2022: CU Medicine launches the Jockey Club “Confront Pain with Ease” Project Introducing innovative pain interventions and self-help measures to the community
- 12 Dec 2022: CUHK conducts interdisciplinary study on gut microbiota in pregnancy to reduce risk of inflammatory bowel disease in babies
- 14 Dec 2022: A joint HKU-CUHK study confirms smoking and obesity increase risk of severe COVID-19 by 65%-81%
- 14 Dec 2022: CUHK releases 2022 Hong Kong Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents Hong Kong children perform worst in overall physical activity and obesity
- 15 Dec 2022: CUHK physics team discovers a new surprising form of bacterial teamwork that builds “bacterial canals” to transport materials over long distances
- 21 Dec 2022: International lung cancer study involving CU Medicine reveals that combination of immune drugs and chemotherapy represents new treatment regime for metastatic NSCLC patients
- 21 Dec 2022: CUHK palaeontologist uses evidence from feet to reveal Microraptor had a hawk-like lifestyle
- 28 Dec 2022: CUHK survey finds half of pregnant women have excessive sodium intake during early pregnancy
- 30 Dec 2022: Fish fins inspire new technology which could lead to softer more flexible robots CUHK develops 3D soft architected materials with magnetic control dynamic morphological transformation
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- 18 Jan 2022: Seven CUHK members receive the Hong Kong Humanity Award 2021
- 21 Feb 2022: 111 CUHK students awarded Link University Scholarship 2021/22
- 23 May 2022: CUHK wins unprecedented top prize at the 17th “Challenge Cup” National College Students’ Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Contest
- 25 May 2022: CUHK physics student receives the Joseph Needham PhD Fellowship to pursue a doctoral degree at Cambridge
- 13 Jun 2022: CUHK Juris Doctor student Vivian Kong won her second Asian Championships gold medal
- 25 Jun 2022: Three CUHK members awarded the 2022 Joseph Needham Merit Scholarship in support of their overseas postgraduate studies
- 30 Jun 2022: CUHK Men’s Tennis Team and Men’s Handball Team won the championship and 1st runner-up in USFHK
- 18 Jul 2022: CUHK robotics team claims victory at the Robocon Hong Kong Contest for the second year in a row
- 18 Jul 2022: Eight CUHK Students Awarded the Innovation and Technology Scholarship
- 28 Jul 2022: Two CUHK start-up teams in the top 10 of 2022 Start-up Express
- 4 Aug 2022: 20 CUHK Undergraduate Students Awarded AIA Scholarships
- 11 Aug 2022: CUHK students win 16 awards at the 8th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
- 4 Sep 2022: CUHK Robotics Team triumphs at ABU Robocon in second victory for Hong Kong
- 7 Sep 2022: Five students get the Hong Kong Jockey Club Scholarships
- 27 Sep 2022: Ten CUHK students awarded the HSBC Greater Bay Area (Hong Kong) Scholarship 2021/22
- 28 Sep 2022: First cohort of eight distinguished students awarded CUHK Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarships for Excellence
- 16 Nov 2022: CUHK student Chu Man-kai ranked world’s No. 1 in men’s singles SH6 badminton
- 28 Dec 2022: CUHK students win championship at Huawei ICT Competition 2022-2023 Hong Kong
