Calendar 2016–17

The University 9 Part 1 Lands and Buildings The University campus, measuring 137 hectares including the newly granted land in Area 39, is located on a tract of land under lease from the government north of downtown Sha Tin in the New Territories. It commands a scenic view of Tolo Harbour to the north and Tide Cove to the east. The campus varies in elevation from 4.4 to 150 metres above sea level and has been carved from a rocky promontory into a number of plateaux to provide the sites for buildings of the University and its Colleges, as well as blocks of staff residences. To date, there are over 160 buildings, large or small, have been erected on this once barren hillside. Buildings for central activities, Morningside College and S.H. Ho College are located mainly at the mid-level. The expanse of land in the valley next to the University Station of the Mass Transit Railway (East Rail Line) is the campus of Chung Chi College. At the highest level are United College and New Asia College. Shaw College, Wu Yee Sun College and Lee Woo Sing College occupy the northwest tip of the University campus while C.W. Chu College situtates at the northern campus. Around the tree-lined UniversityMall and the University Square clustering the following buildings: the University Administration Building, the University Library and the Li Dak Sam Yip Yio Chin Building (the library extension), the Tin Ka Ping Building (also an extension of the library), the Institute of Chinese Studies and the Art Museum, the Sui-Loong Pao Building, the Pi Ch’iu Building (housing the Information Technology Services Centre), the Y.C. Liang Hall (a lecture hall complex), the Sir Run Run Shaw Hall (an auditorium and performance hall), the Lady Shaw Building (for the science departments), the Ho Sin-Hang Engineering Building and the William M.W. Mong Engineering Building (for the engineering departments), Academic Building No. 1 (housing the Institute of Mathematical Sciences), the University Science Centre, the Run Run Shaw Science Building, the Choh-Ming Li Basic Medical Sciences Building, and the Mong ManWai Building (also for the science and engineering departments). Other buildings around the central campus include the Benjamin Franklin Centre and John Fulton Centre (two amenities buildings with a swimming pool for staff and students) to the south, the Lee Shau Kee Building (for Faculty of Law and teaching facilities), the Li Dak SumBuilding, Fung King Hey Building, and Leung Kau Kui Building (housing the Faculty of Arts and academic facilities) to the west, the University Health Centre, the Lady Ho Tung Hall, the Yali Guest House and the Chan Kwan Tung Inter-University Hall (guest house facilities) to the east. By the main entrance on Tai Po Road stands the Security and Transport Building whilst blocks of staff quarters, postgraduate halls and international houses dot the hilly slopes to the north, including the Lee Woo Sing College and Wu Yee Sun College. The C.W. Chu College is at the toe of the slope. Further north at Area 39, the University’s research hub, is