Teaching and learning is central to the University’s Mission, which together with the University's Vision and Role statements articulate HKU’s position as an English-medium, research intensive institution, committed to providing a campus-based education in a comprehensive range of academic disciplines for outstanding students by world-class academics.

Our academic pursuits, bench marked against leading institutions across the world, are globally competitive and regionally engaged, committed to producing well-rounded graduates with lifelong abilities to provide leadership within the societies they serve.

 HKU Governance Structure

The next triennium is one of unique challenge, particularly in the area of undergraduate education, as the University moves toward the partial implementation of the 4-year undergraduate curriculum in 2010 and full implementation in 2012.