Led by the Vice-Chancellor and President Prof. Joseph Sung, a Steering Committee on Internationalisation of Higher Education and Engagement of Mainland China was set up in 2012 to steer the internationalisation strategy of the University. With a comprehensive framework, the University seeks to strengthen its international reputation and portfolio across its core functions and activities, encompassing students' education and learning experience, international research collaboration and exchange, as well as intercultural integration on campus. Funding has been committed for up to three years to support internationalisation initiatives.

As one of the youngest members of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has taken an active role in the Network through participation in over 30 projects covering all four Global Challenges in collaboration with all WUN members. A majority of these projects are supported by the WUN Research Development Fund (RDF), a scheme that provides seed funding to kick-start research collaborations among WUN members. So far, a total of five projects led by CUHK have been awarded by RDF with a value of HK$620,000, and 24 CUHK researchers are involved in 17 projects led by other WUN members. Topics of these projects include environment conservation, food security, migration, health literacy, autism, and higher education.

The research strength of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is further invigorated with its recent collaborations with Utrecht University to forge research collaboration on musculoskeletal research and regenerative medicine, with Harvard University to promote joint research and educational activities, and with the University of Exeter to facilitate the training of psychological wellbeing practitioners and research collaboration. Besides, CUHK's presence in the international education arena is strengthened through hosting and participation in international conferences of strategic importance.   

• Vice-Chancellor leads delegation to the US
• CUHK and Utrecht University establish partnership in musculoskeletal research and regenerative medicine
• CUHK and Exeter join hands in Psychology teaching and training
• Associate Vice-President, Prof. Gordon Cheung, reaffirms partnerships with Australian universities
• CUHK hosts the IEAA-APAIE Symposium on "Internationalisation of Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific"
• International Partnerships Development Programme 2014-15 opens for application
• CUHK participated in NAFSA 2014 Annual Conference and Expo in the US
• Awardees of the Inbound and Outbound Research Mobility Schemes 2014-15
• Awardee of the CUHK-Waseda University Short-term Faculty Exchange Programme 2014-15

CUHK and Southampton Build Collaborations through WUN

The Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) has provided the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) an opportunity to expand its network with a group of research universities that share similar vision over the past few years. With the University of Southampton (Southampton) in particular, CUHK has built up connections in stem cell and regeneration research through the School of Biomedical Sciences. The effort is championed by Prof. Kenneth Lee, Chief of the Stem Cell and Regeneration Programme and Managing Director of the Core Laboratories in the School of Biomedical Sciences at CUHK, and Prof. Richard Oreffo, Professor of Musculoskeletal Science in the School of Medicine at Southampton.

The number of CUHK students participating in term-time exchange programmes surges in 2014-15 with a record high of over 1,100 undergraduate and postgraduate students joining exchange for one term or one year, representing an increase of 38% from the previous year. After bidding farewell to some 240 incoming exchange students after a term-long exchange in the second semester, the University welcomes 26 international undergraduate students from 12 countries to the inaugural Summer Undergraduate Research Programme.

• Over 1,100 CUHK students go on exchange during term-time in 2014-15
• Bidding farewell to exchange students
• Inaugural Summer Undergraduate Research Programme launched
• Consulate visits

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) established linkages with the following institutions between 28 April and 29 June 2014:

Past visits:

• The Office of Academic Links (OAL) received 25 visiting delegations between 28 April and 29 June 2014. The delegations learned about CUHK's teaching and research priorities and explored opportunities for collaboration with CUHK representatives.

Survey on incoming visitors:

• OAL maintains a database of incoming delegation visits with non-local institutions. You may find such information useful when exploring partnership opportunities with non-local institutions. In order to help us keep an up-to-date record of international linkage activities, we encourage you to provide us with details of any visit or exchange activity by filling in the "Record Form for Incoming Visitors".
  

  Please return the completed form to us either by fax (2603 5402) or email (oal@cuhk.edu.hk). For more information, please visit the following website: www.oal.cuhk.edu.hk/index.php/delegation-visits/survey-on-departmental-linkage-activities.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) will take part in the following activities between 1 July and 31 August 2014:

Incoming visits

• Delegation visits from Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, New Zealand, the Netherlands, US and UK

To submit comments or propose joint collaborations with particular institution(s), please contact the Office of Academic Links.

The following programmes are currently open for applications by faculty members and postgraduate students of CUHK:

• Bilateral Teaching Exchange Programme (Applications are accepted all year round)
• International Partnerships Development Programme 2014-15 (Closing date: 25 July 2014)
• WUN Research Development Fund 2014 (Internal closing date: 19 September 2014, 5:00pm)
• The University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific (UMAP) Research Net (Closing date: 30 June 2014)
• Endeavour Research Fellowship 2015 (Closing date: 30 June 2014)
• L'Oreal Research Scholarship (Closing date: 31 October 2014)

• German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Information Centre Hong Kong & Macau