Achievements
CUHK achievements 2021
2021 was another standout year for the CUHK community.
The year recorded strong performance in university rankings, as well as many staff and students receiving national, local and global recognition for their achievements in research, innovation and entrepreneurship with more than 100 faculty members and around 400 students picking up awards.
We invite you to watch a short video highlighting CUHK’s achievements this year at CUTV or YouTube . For details of our achievements in 2021, please scroll down.
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- Reuters Asia Pacific’s Most Innovative Universities
1st in Hong Kong in 2016 – 2019 - The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)
1st in Hong Kong - Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents
Hong Kong’s 2nd
79th worldwide - U.S. News & World Report 2022
Best Global Universities Subject rankings
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
1st in Asia
8th in the world - U.S. News & World Report 2022
Best Global Universities Subject rankings
Computer Science
1st in Hong Kong
10th in the world - Financial Times Executive MBA Ranking 2021
CUHK EMBA ranks 19th worldwide - Times Higher Education Most International Universities
3rd worldwide - Times Higher Education Rankings
7th in Asia
49th in the world - QS World University Rankings
11th in Asia
39th in the world
For details of the rankings, please click here.
- Reuters Asia Pacific’s Most Innovative Universities
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- 7 Jan 2021: Two CUHK-led Research Projects Awarded Over One Hundred Million Funding as UGC Areas of Excellence
- 8 Jan 2021: Two CUHK Innovations Listed “2020 Top Ten Innovation News in Hong Kong”
- 17 Jan 2021: CUHK Engineering Professor Pascal O. Vontobel Elected IEEE Fellow 2021
- 8 Feb 2021: 12 CUHK Teachers Receive the University Education Award and the Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award for Their Teaching Excellence
- 9 Feb 2021: Six Outstanding CUHK Scholars Awarded RGC Early Career Award and Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship 2019 & 2020
- 15 Feb 2021: Professor Peiyong JIANG Becomes First Hong Kong Scholar Elected Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors
- 21 Feb 2021: CUHK Vice-Chancellor Professor Rocky S. Tuan and CU Medicine Professor Gang Li Named Fellows of Orthopaedic Research Society
- 22 Feb 2021: Four CUHK Scholars Named inaugural RGC Senior Research Fellows and RGC Research Fellow
- 15 Mar 2021: CUHK Professor Mei-Po Kwan Awarded 2021 AAG Wilbanks Prize for Transformational Research in Geography
- 16 Mar 2021: CUHK Professor Appointed Autism Global Senior Leader for Hong Kong To Strengthen Collaboration Between Local and International Autism Research Communities
- 22 Mar 2021: CU Medicine Professor Ronald Ma Receives Prestigious Research Award from The Asian Association for The Study of Diabetes
- 23 Mar 2021: CUHK Receives Nine Awards in the International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva
- 11 Apr 2021: CUHK Linguist Named Guggenheim Fellow
- 14 Apr 2021: CUHK Receives Sixteen Awards at Web Accessibility Recognition Scheme
- 15 Apr 2021: CUHK Receives Four Ministry of Education Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards
- 21 Apr 2021: CUHK Alumnus Alvin Cheung Awarded Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2021
- 12 May 2021: CUHK Professor Raymond Yeung Earns the IEEE 2021 Richard W. Hamming Medal
- 24 May 2021: CUHK Research Performances Recognised by RAE 2020
- 28 May 2021: CUHK Press Titles Earn International Recognition in Unprecedented Selection for the AUPresses Book, Jacket, & Journal Show
- 16 Jun 2021: CUHK Among Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents in 2020
- 22 Jun 2021: CUHK Engineering Research Team Wins IEEE ICRA 2021 Best Paper Award in Medical Robotics
- 24 Jun 2021: CUHK Distinguished Professor-at-large Andrew Chi-Chih Yao Named 2021 Kyoto Prize Laureate
- 27 Jun 2021: CUHK Scholar Appointed WHO Advisor for Global Air Pollution and Health
- 7 Jul 2021: Nutritionist Stream in B.Sc. in Food and Nutritional Sciences is First UK Association for Nutrition Accredited Programme in Hong Kong
- 22 Jul 2021: CUHK Sustainability Initiatives Recognised by UN International Green Gown Awards
- 3 Aug 2021: CUHK Teaching and Research Excellence Recognised by the UGC Report on University Accountability Agreement
- 4 Aug 2021: CUHK Faculty of Engineering’s Raymond W. Yeung Receives 2022 Claude E. Shannon Award, the Highest Honour in Information Theory
- 22 Aug 2021: Five CUHK Researchers Receive China’s Excellent Young Scientists Fund 2021
- 24 Aug 2021: CUHK Professor Dennis LO Becomes the First Chinese Scientist to Receive the Royal Medal for Outstanding Achievements in Biological Sciences
- 24 Sep 2021: CUHK Innovative Approach for Early Detection of Preclinical Heart Failure Receives “Catalyst Award” of the Healthy Longevity Global Grand Challenge
- 12 Oct 2021: CUHK Scholar Awarded the 2022 AMS Chevalley Prize in Lie Theory
- 3 Nov 2021: CUHK Professor Jun Yu and her team receive the State Natural Science Award second-class award
- 9 Nov 2021: CUHK Scholar is the First in Hong Kong to Receive the 2021 John Wahr Early Career Award
- 16 Nov 2021: Ten CUHK Professors Named Highly Cited Researchers 2021
- 18 Nov 2021: Early career scholar honoured by RGC for research excellence in transnational history of Christianity
- 24 Nov 2021: Three CU Medicine scholars named in world’s “Top 20 Translational Researchers” Professor Dennis LO receives the honour for the fifth consecutive year
- 28 Nov 2021: CUHK mathematician Professor ZOU Jun Honoured as American Mathematical Society Fellow 2022
- 1 Dec 2021: CUHK innovative projects win five ICT Awards 2021
- 12 Dec 2021: Professor Raymond Tong scoops two awards at “the Oscars” of Asia Pacific’s eldercare industry
- 20 Dec 2021: CUHK Vice-Chancellor Professor Rocky S. Tuan becomes First International Fellow of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society from Hong Kong
- 21 Dec 2021: CUHK Faculty of Engineering Professor Chester Shu elected Optica Fellow 2022
- 30 Dec 2021: CUHK Physics scholar receives 2022 Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics
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- 4 Jan 2021: CUHK Develops Automatic Retinal Image Analysis Technology for Identifying AutismMaking Objective Screening and Early Intervention Possible
- 7 Jan 2021: CU Medicine Study Proves Pocket-size Mobile Echocardiographic Screening Device Effective in Detecting Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
- 7 Jan 2021: Low Levels Shown on CUHK’s First Hong Kong Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth with Special Educational Needs
- 18 Jan 2021: CU Medicine Finds New Evidence for Link between Gut Microbiome and COVID-19 Severity Microbiome Imbalance Might Influence “Long COVID” Risk
- 21 Jan 2021: CUHK-HKU Study Proves Bright Light Therapy as an Adjunctive TreatmentImproves Outcomes in Depressed “Night Owl” Patients
- 28 Jan 2021: CU Medicine Receives USD 2 Million from The Helmsley Charitable Trust to Partner with University of Calgary to Create a Global Repository on the Epidemiology of Crohn’s Disease
- 28 Jan 2021: CUHK Scientists Develop Novel Peptide Inhibitor as a Potential Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease
- 1 Feb 2021: CUHK Identifies Outcome Indicators for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Patients Receiving Prostatic Artery Embolisation
- 4 Feb 2021: CUHK Physicists Discover New Route to Active Matter Self-Organisation Provides New Directions on Fabricating Self-driven Devices and Microbial Physiology
- 22 Feb 2021: CUHK’s Chanwuyi Lifestyle Medicine Programme Certified by American College of Lifestyle Medicine A Scientific Evidence-based Programme for Improving Cognitive Function and Physical and Mental Health
- 23 Feb 2021: CUHK Uncovers Molecular Mechanism Regulating Blood-cerebrospinal Fluid Barrier Function in Developing Brain New Direction for Treating Neurological Diseases
- 25 Feb 2021: An International Team of Scientists Including a CUHK Student Discovers the “Heaviest Black Hole Collision” might be a Boson Star Merger
- 28 Feb 2021: CUHK Unveils the Balance Between Two Protein Counteracting Forces in the Neurodegeneration of Hereditary Ataxia Providing New Direction for SCA3 Therapeutic Intervention
- 4 Mar 2021: CUHK-HKU-UL Conducts World’s First Insomnia Prevention Programme and Proves Insomnia is Preventable in At-risk Adolescents
- 18 Mar 2021: Leading Blue Energy Revolution: CUHK Faculty of Engineering Develops Water-Tube-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Efficient Ocean Wave Energy Harvesting
- 28 Mar 2021: CUHK Research Team Enables Navigation and Localisation of Microrobotic Swarms in Blood Vessels Drive Forward Transformation towards Medical Applications
- 31 Mar 2021: CU Medicine Study Shows Modulation of Gut Microbiota Helps Enhance Safety and Efficacy of COVID-19 Vaccine
- 8 Apr 2021: CUHK Develops Biohybrid Soft Microrobots with a Rapid Endoluminal Delivery Strategy for Gastrointestinal (GI) Diseases
- 20 Apr 2021: CUHK Research Team Develops an AI System for Detecting COVID-19 Infections in CT with a Privacy Preserving Multinational Validation Study
- 22 Apr 2021: CUHK Study Proves Air Pollution Is Strongly Correlated with Early Atherogenic Process
- 26 Apr 2021: CUHK Business School Develops a Corporate Innovation Index to Empower Hong Kong’s Economy through Innovation
- 28 Apr 2021: CUHK Uncovers a New Strategy to Turn “Cold” Liver Tumour “Hot” Leading to an Effective and Durable Combined Immunotherapy
- 4 May 2021: CUHK Engineering Develops New Technology Extending the Lifetime of Redox Flow Batteries and the Development of Grid-scale Energy Storage
- 7 May 2021: CUHK Develops a Computational Platform to Predict Vaccine Effectiveness by Virus Genome
- 10 May 2021: A Global Study Led by CU Medicine and HKUMed Discovers a Hepatitis C Virus Drug as Potent Treatment for COVID-19
- 10 May 2021: CUHK Engineering Research Launched in the Market in Partnership with HGC for Advanced Data Security and Smart City Development in Hong Kong
- 19 May 2021: CUHK Engineering Research Team Develops Novel Nanoprobes to Monitor Parkinson’s Disease and Possibly Slow Deterioration
- 25 May 2021: CUHK Unveils a Toxic RNA’s Role in Neuronal DNA Damage and Develops New Therapeutic Direction for Huntington’s Disease
- 31 May 2021: CUHK Unlocks the Mystery of Small Heat Shock Protein Using Cryo-EM Technology Paves the Way for Plant Genetic Engineering
- 7 Jun 2021: CUHK Discovers Eukaryotic Fossils Hold the Key to the Evolution Timeline of Bacteria
- 12 Jun 2021: CUHK Engineering Research Team Develops Novel Ultra-dynamic Hydrogel to Promote Differentiation of Human Stem Cell and Development of Tissue Engineering Materials
- 7 Jul 2021: CUHK-Baylor Study Proves Aspirin Reduces the Risk of Preeclampsia by Decelerating the Metabolic Clock of Gestation
- 8 Jul 2021: CUHK World First Shows AI-derived MRI Brain Indices Aid Clinical Detection of Three Cognitive Disorders at Early Stage
- 12 Jul 2021: Co-op@CUHK: First University-wide Co-op Programme in Hong Kong
- 14 Jul 2021: CUHK Develops Brain Method to Forecast Infants’ Future Language Development
- 19 Jul 2021: CU Medicine Study Shows Childhood Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Increases the Risk of Hypertension in Adulthood
- 22 Jul 2021: CUHK Uncovers that Brain Cells in Alzheimer’s Patient Consumes Nutrition Essential to Neurotransmission Study Supports Great Potential of Nutrient-based Approach in Managing Neurodegenerative Disorders
- 27 Jul 2021: Marine ecologists reveal mangroves might be threatened by low functional diversity of invertebrates
- 28 Jul 2021: CUHK Develops a Novel Faecal Test that can Detect Polyps and Early Colon Cancers with Sensitivity Over 90%
- 29 Jul 2021: CUHK Engineering Team Discovers a New Degree of Freedom in Nanomechanical Topological Insulators Exploring Research Directions of New Types of Computer Chips
- 5 Aug 2021: CUHK Discovers Children with Autism Have Delayed Gut Microbiome Maturity and Identifies Faecal Bacterial Markers for Autism
- 17 Aug 2021: CUHK Professor Detects the Amount of Water Entering the Earth’s Interior through Southern Mariana Trench for the First Time
- 9 Sep 2021: CUHK and HKU Successfully Develop a Soft Robotic Manipulator for Intra-operative MRI-guided Transoral Laser Microsurgery
- 13 Sep 2021: CUHK Engineering Professor Receives the XPLORER PRIZE 2021
- 26 Sep 2021: CUHK Develops Ultra-Thin Self-Powered Wireless Sensing E-Sticker Achieving Novel Smart IoT Technology with Power, Sensing, Wireless Transmission Functions All-in-one Unit
- 21 Oct 2021: CUHK Researchers Unveil a Novel Competition Strategy that May Fuel Plant Cells for a Sustainable Development of Crops
- 28 Oct 2021: CUHK Unveils an Ambitious Blueprint for Innovation and Technology in the Greater Bay Area
- 1 Nov 2021: CUHK Breakthrough in Discovering the Mechanism of Plant COPII Vesicle Formation to Mitigate Abiotic Stresses Providing New Insights into Developing Stress-resistant Crops
- 4 Nov 2021: CUHK Researchers Discover a Novel Method to Adjust the Elasticity of Material for Achieving Smart Elastic Metamaterials
- 5 Nov 2021: CUHK launches six InnoHK Centres to power the innovation agenda
- 14 Nov 2021: CUHK Study Suggests a Standardised Experimental Setup is the Key to Optimise Performance of COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Tests
- 25 Nov 2021: CUHK-HKU-UCL study unravels how gene mutation leads to congenital megacolon providing clues for the development of novel therapeutic strategies
- 25 Nov 2021: CUHK partners with Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, SenseTime and Shanghai Jiao Tong University to unveil a new paradigm of general vision model INTERN
- 29 Nov 2021: CUHK study sheds light on novel mechanism and treatment of acute kidney injury in COVID-19 patients
- 2 Dec 2021: Joint CUHK-HKU study discovers efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines correlates with a probiotic bacterium, Bifidobacterium adolescentis
- 4 Dec 2021: CUHK Department of Social Work and The Hong Kong Joint Council of Parents of the Mentally Handicapped release research findings on the use of family-based interventions for families of adolescents with intellectual disabilities
- 7 Dec 2021: CUHK researchers develop novel gold nanoparticle as alternative treatment for psoriasis
- 9 Dec 2021: CUHK study shows DNA telomere length can predict the decline in kidney function in diabetes patients
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- 5 Jan 2021: CUHK Honours 138 Outstanding Students of the Year
- 8 Apr 2021: 20 CUHK Students Awarded AIA Scholarships
- 17 May 2021: 100 CUHK Students Awarded Link University Scholarship 2020/21
- 31 May 2021: CUHK alumna Tsang Yin-hung breaks record for fastest ascent of Everest
- 21 Jun 2021: Two CUHK Students Given the Esther Yewpick Lee Millennium Scholarship and the Gates Cambridge Scholarship to Pursue Neuroscience and Pharmacology Research in the UK
- 1 Jul 2021: CUHK Robotics Team Wins Again in Robocon Hong Kong Contest
- 6 Jul 2021: CUHK Students Win Awards in the 7th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
- 20 Aug 2021: CUHK Rowing Wins the Overall Championship of the Jackie Chan Challenge Cup Hong Kong Universities Rowing Championships 2021
- 4 Sep 2021: CUHK Congratulates Alumnus Wong Kwan Hang on Claiming Silver in Tokyo Paralympics
- 1 Dec 2021: CUHK innovative projects win five ICT Awards 2021
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