City University of Hong Kong

City University of Hong Kong

香港城市大學
Other name	CityU
Motto	Officium et Civitas (Latin) 敬業樂群 (Chinese)
Type	Public
Established	1 January 1984; 40 years ago (1984-01-01) (as City Polytechnic of Hong Kong) 1994; 30 years ago (1994) (as City University of Hong Kong)
Academic affiliations	IAU ASAIHL AACSB EQUIS UGC BHUA GHMUA
Chairman	Lester Garson Huang
Chancellor	John Lee Ka-chiu (as Chief Executive of Hong Kong)
President	Freddy Boey
Provost	Chun-Sing Lee
Academic staff	845
Undergraduates	12,309
Postgraduates	4,929
Location	Tat Chee Avenue [yue; zh], Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong 22°20′11.12″N 114°10′22.76″E / 22.3364222°N 114.1729889°E / 22.3364222; 114.1729889
Campus	Urban, 15.6 hectares (39 acres)
Language	English
Colours	Orange Burgundy[1]
Sporting affiliations	USFHK
Website	cityu.edu.hk cityu.hk
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	香港城市大學
Simplified Chinese	香港城市大学
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xiānggǎng Chéngshì Dàxué Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Hēunggóng Sìhngsíh Daaihhohk Jyutping Hoeng1gong2 Sing4si5 Daai6hok6 IPA [hœŋ˥.kɔŋ˧˥ sɪŋ˩.si˩˧ taj˨.hɔk̚˨]
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The City University of Hong Kong (CityU) is a public research university located in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1984 as the City Polytechnic of Hong Kong and became a fully accredited university in 1994.

The university currently has nine main schools offering courses in business, science, engineering, liberal arts and social sciences, law, and veterinary medicine, along with the Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies, CityU Shenzhen Research Institute, and Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study.

It was ranked among the Top 10 Universities in Asia^[4] by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) in 2025, and was also accredited as the Most International University^[5] in the World by Times Higher Education.