Bulletin No. 2, 2018

Student Admission 313 Year 626 809 951 1,146 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 270+ Teachers 4 2 13 13 Nobel Laureates Fellows from Science and Engineering Organizations of China, US and Canada Experts from ‘The Thousand Talents Plan’ of China Turing Award Winners 18 Fellows from Professional Organizations Q u i c k F a c t s Chinese University Bulletin No. 2, 2018 06 CUHK (SZ) graduates are conferred CUHK degrees. The distinguishing marks of CUHK’s education can be seen everywhere on the Shenzhen campus. Four Colleges have been established here, namely, Shaw, Diligentia, Muse and Harmonia. Its general education curricula are a replica of CUHK’s, comprising ‘In Dialogue with Nature’ and ‘In Dialogue with Humanity’— the two foundation programmes which prompt students to explore the world of science and knowledge, and reflect on the ideal society and the good life, respectively—and four required study areas: Chinese Cultural Heritage; Nature, Science and Technology; Society and Culture; and Self and Humanity. Professor Xu said, ‘Our goal is to build a first-class comprehensive research university that is rooted in China with eyes on the world, making contributions to the country’s higher education reform and cultivating talent who comfortably traverse East and West, past and present, and arts and A Unique University Establishing CUHK (SZ) was not all plain sailing. Professor Xu conceded that there was initial skepticism about what good it would do CUHK, and at times cultural differences had to be overcome in communicating with mainland authorities. Yet CUHK remained steadfast in its purpose. In his speech at the first graduation ceremony of CUHK (SZ), Professor Xu captured his belief thus: ‘One man’s passion is worth a century of education, millennia of reputation, and aeons of good faith.’ Professor Xu joined CUHK in 1997 as chairman of the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, and was appointed Pro- Vice-Chancellor in 2011. In 2013, he was appointed President of CUHK (SZ). Years of service at CUHK have brought him thorough understanding of its educational ideals. He remarked, ‘CUHK’s mode of education is unique: placing emphasis on both traditional Chinese culture and humanistic spirit, CUHK provides whole- person education through bilingual teaching, the collegiate system and general education. Among the 1,000+ universities on the mainland, none is able to embody all of the above within a single institution.’ The academic quality assurance and degree requirements of CUHK (SZ) programmes are in line with CUHK’s. All of the academic programmes of CUHK (SZ) are approved and monitored by the Senate of CUHK, and audited and assessed in the 2015 same exercise conducted on CUHK by the Quality Assurance Council under Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee. Upon fulfilling all graduation requirements,