THE UNIVERSITY PROFILE
THE UNIVERSITY PROFILE
THE UNIVERSITY PROFILE
Students*
Student Admission (New Intakes)
| Academic Level | Male | Female | All |
% International (Based on Nationality |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Academic Level |
Male |
Female |
All |
% International (Based on Nationality) |
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|
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
|
|
Undergraduate |
2,027 |
1,918 |
2,323 |
2,411 |
4,350 |
4,329 |
22.5% |
25.3% |
|
Taught Postgraduate |
2,405 |
2,212 |
3,777 |
3,583 |
6,182 |
5,795 |
51.0% |
50.2% |
|
Research Postgraduate |
400 |
402 |
397 |
389 |
797 |
791 |
80.1% |
79.5% |
|
All New Intakes |
4,832 |
4,532 |
6,497 |
6,383 |
11,329 |
10,915 |
42.1% |
42.4% |
Enrolment of Students on All Programmes
| Academic Level | Male | Female | All |
% International (Based on Nationality |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Faculty |
Undergraduate |
Taught Postgraduate |
Research Postgraduate |
All Levels |
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|
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
|
|
Architecture |
739 |
723 |
685 |
673 |
112 |
103 |
1,536 |
1,499 |
|
Arts |
1,887 |
1,933 |
768 |
673 |
211 |
208 |
2,866 |
2,814 |
|
Business and Economics |
2,998 |
3,031 |
1,715 |
1,391 |
119 |
96 |
4,832 |
4,518 |
|
Dentistry |
402 |
375 |
69 |
52 |
80 |
73 |
551 |
500 |
|
Education |
992 |
1,011 |
1,513 |
1,534 |
211 |
202 |
2,716 |
2,747 |
|
Engineering |
2,567 |
2,551 |
1,720 |
1,731 |
670 |
608 |
4,957 |
4,890
|
|
Law |
565 |
559 |
1,111 |
1,093 |
76 |
67 |
1,752 |
1,719 |
|
Medicine |
3,131 |
3,053 |
869 |
834 |
760 |
750 |
4,760 |
4,637 |
|
Science |
2,416 |
2,355 |
521 |
444 |
552 |
530 |
3,489 |
3,329 |
|
Social Sciences |
1,537 |
1,515 |
1,403 |
1,388 |
230 |
235 |
3,170 |
3,138 |
|
All Faculties |
17,234 |
17,106 |
10,374 |
9,813 |
3,021 |
2,872 |
30,629 |
29,791 |
|
In % Distribution |
56.3% |
57.4% |
33.9% |
32.9% |
9.9% |
9.6% |
100% |
100% |
Enrolment of International Students (Based on Nationality)
| Academic Level | Male | Female | All |
% International (Based on Nationality |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Region |
Undergraduate |
Taught Postgraduate |
Research Postgraduate |
All Levels |
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|
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
|
|
Headcount |
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|
Mainland China |
1,874 |
1,785 |
3,510 |
3,159 |
1,975 |
1,835 |
7,359 |
6,779 |
|
Other Asian Countries |
1,654 |
1,515 |
366 |
378 |
192 |
186 |
2,212 |
2,079 |
|
Australia and New Zealand |
80 |
108 |
74 |
75 |
18 |
21 |
172 |
204 |
|
European Countries |
249 |
293 |
245 |
251 |
101 |
113 |
595 |
657 |
|
North American Countries |
184 |
207 |
219 |
230 |
59 |
64 |
462 |
501 |
|
Others (e.g. Central and South America, African Countries) |
12 |
12 |
26 |
40 |
25 |
24 |
63 |
76 |
|
All Regions |
4,053 |
3,920 |
4,440 |
4,133 |
2,370 |
2,243 |
10,863 |
10,296 |
|
|
% |
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|
Mainland China |
46.2% |
45.5% |
79.1% |
76.4% |
83.3% |
81.8% |
67.7% |
65.8% |
|
Other Asian Countries |
40.8% |
38.6% |
8.2% |
9.1% |
8.1% |
8.3% |
20.4% |
20.2% |
|
Australia and New Zealand |
2.0% |
2.8% |
1.7% |
1.8% |
0.8% |
0.9% |
1.6% |
2.0% |
|
European Countries |
6.1% |
7.5% |
5.5% |
6.1% |
4.3% |
5.0% |
5.5% |
6.4% |
|
North American Countries |
4.5% |
5.3% |
4.9% |
5.6% |
2.5% |
2.9% |
4.3% |
4.9% |
|
Others (e.g. Central and South America, African Countries) |
0.3% |
0.3% |
0.6% |
1.0% |
1.1% |
1.1% |
0.6% |
0.7% |
|
All Regions |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
* All student statistics shown above include students on UGC-funded, self-funded as well as outreach programmes. Exchange-in and visiting students are excluded.
HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE)
Enrolment of Students in Local Programmes Run by HKU SPACE in 2019–20
83,888
Enrolment of Students in Mainland Programmes Run by HKU SPACE in 2019–20
5,396
Graduates*
Cumulative Number of Alumni as of August 2020
242,700
Graduates of All Programmes
| Academic Level | Male | Female | All |
% International (Based on Nationality |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Academic Level |
Male |
Female |
All |
% International (Based on Nationality) |
||||
|
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
|
|
Undergraduate |
1,740 |
1,801 |
2,174 |
2,188 |
3,914 |
3,989 |
20.0% |
19.3% |
|
Taught Postgraduate |
2,209 |
2,071 |
3,539 |
3,394 |
5,748 |
5,465 |
52.6% |
51.9% |
|
Research Postgraduate |
276 |
312 |
278 |
282 |
554 |
594 |
74.7% |
77.9% |
|
All Graduates |
4,225 |
4,184 |
5,991 |
5,864 |
10,216 |
10,048 |
41.3% |
40.5% |
Distribution of International Graduates (Based on Nationality)
| Academic Level | Male | Female | All |
% International (Based on Nationality |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Region |
Undergraduate |
Taught Postgraduate |
Research Postgraduate |
All Levels |
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|
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
|
|
Headcount |
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|
Mainland China |
343 |
313 |
2,554 |
2,261 |
338 |
382 |
3,235 |
2,956 |
|
Other Asian Countries |
319 |
263 |
192 |
223 |
34 |
39 |
545 |
525 |
|
Australia and New Zealand |
20 |
42 |
36 |
39 |
4 |
4 |
60 |
85 |
|
European Countries |
52 |
79 |
124 |
154 |
23 |
19 |
199 |
252 |
|
North American Countries |
46 |
69 |
105 |
131 |
15 |
11 |
166 |
211 |
|
Others (e.g. Central and South America, African Countries) |
2 |
2 |
12 |
30 |
- |
8 |
14 |
40 |
|
All Regions |
782 |
768 |
3,023 |
2,838 |
414 |
463 |
4,219 |
4,069 |
|
|
% |
|||||||
|
Mainland China |
43.9% |
40.8% |
84.5% |
79.7% |
81.6% |
82.5% |
76.7% |
72.6% |
|
Other Asian Countries |
40.8% |
34.2% |
6.4% |
7.9% |
8.2% |
8.4% |
12.9% |
12.9% |
|
Australia and New Zealand |
2.6% |
5.5% |
1.2% |
1.4% |
1.0% |
0.9% |
1.4% |
2.1% |
|
European Countries |
6.6% |
10.3% |
4.1% |
5.4% |
5.6% |
4.1% |
4.7% |
6.2% |
|
North American Countries |
5.9% |
9.0% |
3.5% |
4.6% |
3.6% |
2.4% |
3.9% |
5.2% |
|
Others (e.g. Central and South America, African Countries) |
0.3% |
0.3% |
0.4% |
1.1% |
0.0% |
1.7% |
0.3% |
1.0% |
|
All Regions |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
* All graduate statistics shown above include graduates on UGC-funded, self-funded as well as outreach programmes.
Number of Programmes#
# The number of programmes listed above include where applicable, programmes offered in the full-time and part-time modes which are counted as separate programmes. The counting of research postgraduate programmes is based on the academic departments with research postgraduate students enrolled in the year under reference.
Staff +
Number of Staff in Headcount
| Academic Level | Male | Female | All |
% International (Based on Nationality |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Category of Staff |
Male |
Female |
All |
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|
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
|||
|
Professoriate |
798 |
786 |
296 |
298 |
1,094 |
1,084 |
||
|
Research and Non-Professoriate Teaching |
1,425 |
1,284 |
1,543 |
1,487 |
2,968 |
2,771 |
||
|
Other Academic |
39 |
42 |
25 |
18 |
64 |
60 |
||
|
Administrative and Support |
729 |
704 |
2,219 |
2,156 |
2,948 |
2,860 |
||
|
Technical |
764 |
733 |
514 |
470 |
1,278 |
1,203 |
||
|
All Staff |
3,755 |
3,549 |
4,597 |
4,429 |
8,352 |
7,978 |
||
Distribution of International Professoriate Staff (Based on Nationality)
| Academic Level | Male | Female | All |
% International (Based on Nationality |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Region |
Headcount |
% |
||||||
|
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
|||||
|
Mainland China |
279 |
254 |
39.6% |
37.5% |
||||
|
Other Asian Countries |
96 |
100 |
13.6% |
14.7% |
||||
|
Australia and New Zealand |
51 |
52 |
7.2% |
7.7% |
||||
|
European Countries |
126 |
125 |
17.9% |
18.4% |
||||
|
North American Countries |
148 |
144 |
21.0% |
21.2% |
||||
|
Others (e.g. Central and South America, African Countries) |
4 |
3 |
0.6% |
0.4% |
||||
|
All Regions |
704 |
678 |
100% |
100% |
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+ All staff statistics shown above include UGC-funded and self-funded staff, honorary and visiting staff are excluded.
Research
Research Funding
| Academic Level | Male | Female | All |
% International (Based on Nationality |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Fund Source |
HK$ (in Million) |
% |
||||||
|
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
|||||
|
Block Grant from University Grants Committee |
2,505.6 |
2,350.0 |
55.3% |
65.0% |
||||
|
Research Grants Council / University Grants Committee |
557.8 |
366.8 |
12.3% |
10.1% |
||||
|
Other External Sources* |
1,094.0 |
769.0 |
24.1% |
21.3% |
||||
|
Income from Research-related Endowment Funds |
373.0 |
131.0 |
8.2% |
3.6% |
||||
|
Total Research Funding |
4,530.5 |
3,616.9 |
100% |
100% |
||||
* Includes the following fund sources: government, private, industry and HKU Foundation.
Research Projects (Ongoing and New)
| Academic Level | Male | Female | All |
% International (Based on Nationality |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Broad Disciplinary Area |
Research Grants Project |
Research Contract Project |
All |
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|
No. of Projects |
Value (in HK$ M) |
No. of Projects |
Value (in HK$ M) |
No. of Projects |
Value (in HK$ M) |
|||||||
|
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
|
|
Biology and
Medicine |
3,134 |
3,097 |
6,193.7 |
5,839.4 |
306 |
284 |
1,392.4 |
1,199.9 |
3,440 |
3,380 |
7,586.1 |
7,039.3 |
|
Engineering |
684 |
709 |
868.3 |
770.2 |
122 |
114 |
160.3 |
143.2 |
806 |
823 |
1,028.7 |
913.5 |
|
Humanities, Social Sciences and Business Studies |
1,361 |
1,290 |
1,836.7 |
1,531.2 |
188 |
187 |
340.1 |
477.0 |
1,548 |
1,478 |
2,176.8 |
2,008.1 |
|
Physical
Sciences |
512 |
473 |
527.3 |
654.8 |
31 |
26 |
79.9 |
50.5 |
543 |
499 |
607.2 |
705.2 |
|
All Disciplines |
5,691 |
5,569 |
9,426.1 |
8,795.5 |
647 |
611 |
1,972.7 |
1,870.6 |
6,338 |
6,180 |
11,398.8 |
10,666.1 |
Cumulative Number of Patents Granted (since 1998 and up to June 2020)
# Multiple types refer to patent granted which covers more than one of those types specified.
Library Resources
Number of Bound Volumes in Main and Specialist Libraries 2019–20
E-resources 2019–20
Total Number of Registered Library Users 2019–20
122,076
Student Learning Support Resources / Services 2019–20
| Academic Level | Male | Female | All |
% International (Based on Nationality |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Type |
Number |
|||||||
|
Total Library Seats |
3,193 |
|||||||
|
Group Discussion Rooms |
54 |
|||||||
|
Single Study Carrels / Rooms for Postgraduate Students |
|
|||||||
|
Main Library |
60 |
|||||||
|
Law Library |
38 |
|||||||
|
Medical Library |
35 |
|||||||
|
24 Hours Library Seats for All |
297 |
|||||||
|
Computer Workstations |
480 |
|||||||
|
Wireless Network Access Points |
189 |
|||||||
|
Postgraduate Library Workshops |
117 Workshops |
|||||||
|
Information and Referral Service |
55,975 Reference Transactions |
|||||||
Computer and Network Resources
Computing and Network Resources (as of June 2020)
| Academic Level | Male | Female | All |
% International (Based on Nationality |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Type |
Number |
|||||||
|
Number of Wired Network Access Points |
55,142 |
|||||||
|
Number of Wireless Network Access Points |
6,076 |
|||||||
|
Total Bandwidth for Direct Connection to the Internet and Research / Education Networks |
23.1 (in Gbps) |
|||||||
|
Aggregated Central Computing Power for Teaching and Research Purposes (Theoretical Peak Computing Speed) |
132.6 (in TFLOPS) |
|||||||
Giving To HKU
Donation Facts 2019–20
| Academic Level | Male | Female | All |
% International (Based on Nationality |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total Number of Gifts Received |
7,721 |
|||||||
|
Total Amount of Donations |
HK$1.27B |
|||||||
|
Total Number of Donors |
5,543 |
|||||||
|
Number of First-time Donors |
4,110 |
|||||||
|
Ratio of Alumni vs Non-Alumni Donors |
83 : 17 |
|||||||
Distribution of Donations 2019–20
Finance
An Analysis of Consolidated Income and Expenditure for the Year Ended June 30, 2020
| Academic Level | Male | Female | All |
% International (Based on Nationality |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Revenue |
HK$’000 |
% |
||||||
|
Government Subventions |
6,103,359 |
48.8% |
||||||
|
Tuition, Programmes and Other Fees |
3,280,160 |
26.2% |
||||||
|
Donations and Benefactions |
1,232,274 |
9.8% |
||||||
|
Auxiliary Services |
394,497 |
3.2% |
||||||
|
Interest and Investment Gain |
533,223 |
4.3% |
||||||
|
Other Income |
970,626 |
7.8% |
||||||
|
Total Revenue |
12,514,139 |
100% |
||||||
|
|
||||||||
|
Expenditure |
HK$’000 |
% |
||||||
|
Teaching, Learning and Research |
8,056,174 |
72.6% |
||||||
|
Teaching and Research |
7,141,147 |
64.4% |
||||||
|
Library |
267,883 |
2.4% |
||||||
|
Central Computing Facilities |
215,357 |
1.9% |
||||||
|
Other Academic Services |
431,787 |
3.9% |
||||||
|
Institutional Support |
3,035,558 |
27.4% |
||||||
|
Management and General |
581,370 |
5.2% |
||||||
|
Premises and Related Expenses |
1,591,150 |
14.3% |
||||||
|
Student and General Education Services |
587,901 |
5.3% |
||||||
|
Other Activities |
275,137 |
2.5% |
||||||
|
Total Expenditure |
11,091,732 |
100% |
||||||
Space
Distribution of Space by Categories Based on Total Gross Covered Floor Area (as of June 2020)
| Academic Level | Male | Female | All |
% International (Based on Nationality |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Category |
Gross Covered Floor Area (in sq. m.) |
% |
||||||
|
Academic Space |
311,191 |
43.8% |
||||||
|
Central Libraries |
44,733 |
6.3% |
||||||
|
Central Administration and Maintenance |
27,838 |
3.9% |
||||||
|
Student and Staff Amenities |
29,865 |
4.2% |
||||||
|
Sports Facilities |
14,441 |
2.0% |
||||||
|
Student Halls of Residence and Staff Quarters |
275,627 |
38.8% |
||||||
|
Others (Including HKU Museum and HKU Press) |
6,554 |
0.9% |
||||||
|
All Categories |
710,249 |
100% |
||||||
HKU SPACE Gross Covered Floor Area (as of June 2020)
40,553 sq. m.
Land Holdings (as of June 2020)
| Academic Level | Male | Female | All |
% International (Based on Nationality |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Site |
Lot Area (in Hectares) |
|||||||
|
Hong Kong Island |
|
|||||||
|
Main Campus |
17.7 |
|||||||
|
Medical Campus |
4.2 |
|||||||
|
Other Sites on Pokfulam |
23.2 |
|||||||
|
New Territories |
|
|||||||
|
Kadoorie Centre |
9.6 |
|||||||
|
All |
54.7 |
|||||||
Halls and Student Residences (as of June 2020)
| Academic Level | Male | Female | All |
% International (Based on Nationality |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Number of Places |
Number |
|||||||
|
Existing |
6,500 |
|||||||
|
Planned |
2,450 |
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