Annual Report 1998-99

諸如此類的措施，使中大的敎學素質得以維持在高水平，繼續 吸引優秀的學生入讀。 根據一九九八年的統計，經大學聯合招生途徑入讀中大的全日 制本科新生之中，百分之九十四屬甲組申請人，意即他們的頭三 個報讀志願包括了中大的課程；而在二千八百五十六名新生之 中， 一千六百九十七人更是獲第一志願課程收錄，佔全港大 學同類新生（即獲第一志願課程收錄者）總數百分之卅四點五， 是所有受敎資會資助院校中最高的比率。 研究與科技轉移 在另一方面，中大也繼續領先其他院校。 截至一九九九年五月，香港硏究資助局共審核了五百七十個獲 該局資助而又已經完成的研究計劃，其中有六十七項獲「卓越」 評級。在這六十七項卓越研究之中，有三十項（約百分之四 十五）是由中大敎硏人員主持的，數量比居次位的院校多了整 整十一項。 如此出色的表現應歸功於研究人員的才智和努力、校內充足的 科硏設施，以及嚴格的內部評核。校方每三年會進行一次有 關研究表現的評核，其結果足以影響學系獲撥資源的多寡。對 上一次的評核剛在一九九九年初結束。 校方又於本年確定了廿四個敎硏範圍為卓越學科領域，優先照 顧它們的發展需要。我們深明在資源短缺的日子裡，最佳的 策略就是發展既有的強項來維持活力和競爭力；我們也深信這 廿四個卓越學科領域可在社會，經濟、文化和科學各方面作出 重大貢獻﹐使中大能臍身世界級大學之列。敎資會亦已挑選 其中八項作深入審核，以決定是否撥款支持，使之成為國際公 認的卓越學科領域。 蓬勃的科硏活動帶來了新技術、新概念、新發明，更導致科技 轉移活動的大幅增加。透過不同途徑如簽訂特許使用合約、設 HK$27.5 million, representing 26 per cent of the entire UGC allocation of HK$105 million for the 1998-99 exercise. The 10 projects so supported would certainly encourage innovation in instruction and improv e teaching and learning in different subject disciplines. So that students coul d master the essential tools for learning, a web-based training and test package of basic IT skills was specially designed this year to help them attain a required level of IT literacy; student feedback on various language enhancement programmes was also carefully monitored to ensure that the programmes are effective in improvin g their language proficiency. The University is most proud to record that, consequent upon these and other efforts to ensure teaching and learning quality, it has continued to attract students of very high calibre. Admission figure s for 1998 show that 94 per cent of the students admitted through the Joint University Programmes Admissions System (JUPAS) in the year were Band A applicants, meaning that they had chosen CUHK programmes as their first, second, or third choice programmes. And of the 2,856 full-time ne w undergraduates, 1,697 were admitted to their first choice programmes, representing 34.5 per cent, or the highest percentage, of first choice JUPAS applicants admitted by all UGC-funded institutions. r e s e a r c h a n d t e c h n o l o g y t r a n s f e r On another front, the University has continued to lead all other UGC - funded institutions. By May 1999, a total of 570 completed research projects funded by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) had bee n assessed by the RGC. Sixty-seven were rated as 'excellent'. Of these 67 projects, 30, or 45 per cent, were undertaken b y CUHK staff. The University currently leads the second institution on the list by a wid e margin of 11 excellent projects. Such research excellence is the combined result of the competence and 校長報告 Vice-Chancellor's Review 5