Research Institutes & Centres
Academic departments of the University are actively engaged in research in a wide range of disciplines. The University also has an array of research institutes and research centres specializing in interdisciplinary research of the highest quality. In addition, smaller research units have been set up by individual Faculties and departments. The University has also established a number of joint research units in partnership with external academic institutions to pool resources for the advancement of knowledge in different subject areas.
Success of research institutes and research centres will be evaluated against various indicators, including research activities carried out, external research grants received, donations received, publications and conference papers affiliated, and other impacts generated.
Faculty / Department Research Units
- Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Studies, Centre for
- Archive for Phenomenology and Contemporary Philosophy
- Asia-Pacific Genomic and Genetic Nursing Centre
- Assessment and Training Centre
- Assisted Reproductive Technology Unit
- Aviation Policy and Research Centre
- Bone Quality and Health Centre
- Business Sustainability, Centre for
- Cantonese, Research Centre for
- Catholic Studies, Centre for
- Cell and Developmental Biology, Centre for
- Chen Wai Wai Vivien Foundation Therapeutic Physical Mental Exercise Centre
- Childhood Bilingualism Research Centre
- Chinese History, Centre for
- Chinese Language Teaching Development Centre
- Chinese Media and Comparative Communication Research, Center for
- Chinese Music Studies, Centre for
- Chinese Philosophy and Culture, Research Centre for
- Chow Yuk Ho Technology Centre for Innovative Medicine
- Christian Studies, Centre for
- Classical Chinese Poetics, Research Centre for
- Clinical and Health Psychology Centre
- Clinical Research and Biostatistics, Centre for
- Cochrane Hong Kong
- Cognition and Brain Studies, Centre for
- Communication and Public Opinion Survey, Centre for
- Comparative and Public History, Centre for
- Comparative and Transnational Law, Center for
- Comparative Japanese Studies, Research Centre for
- Consumer Insights, Centre for
- Contemporary Christian Studies, Resource Centre for
- CUHK Carol and Richard Yu Peritoneal Dialysis Research Centre
- CUHK Centre for Bioethics
- CUHK Otto Wong Brain Tumour Centre
- CUHK Thomas Jing Centre for Mindfulness Research and Training
- Cultural Studies, Centre for
- Dementia Research Unit
- Developmental Psychology, Centre for
- Diabetes and Endocrine Centre
- EdDataX Research Centre
- Edwin Cheng Foundation Asian Centre for Phenomenology
- Entrepreneurship, Center for
- Environmental Policy and Resource Management, Centre for
- Family Business, Centre for
- Finance for Society Research Centre
- Financial Engineering, Centre for
- Food Research Centre
- Fundamental Physics, Joint Centre for
- Global Health, Centre for
- Gut Microbiota Research, Centre for
- Health Behaviours Research, Centre for
- Health Education and Health Promotion, Centre for
- Health Systems and Policy Research, Centre for
- Hong Kong Literature Research Centre
- Hong Kong—Shenzhen Finance Research Centre
- Hospitality and Real Estate Research, Centre for
- Human Values, Research Centre for
- Humanities Computing, Research Centre for
- Humanities, Research Institute for the
- Innovation and Technology, Centre for
- Institutions and Governance, Centre for
- Kwok Tak Seng Centre for Stroke Research and Intervention
- Laboratory for Language, Learning and the Brain
- Lam Kin Chung‧Jet King-Shing Ho Glaucoma Treatment and Research Centre
- Language Acquisition Laboratory
- Language Education and Multiliteracies Research (CLEMR), Centre for
- Lau Tat-chuen Research Centre of Brain Degenerative Diseases in Chinese
- Legal Innovation and Digital Society, Centre for
- Leung Po Chuen Research Centre for Hong Kong History and Humanities
- Li Chiu Kong Family Sleep Assessment Unit
- Lim Por-yen Eye Genetics Research Centre
- Margaret K.L. Cheung Research Centre for Management of Parkinsonism
- Materials Science and Technology Research Centre
- Mathematical Artificial Intelligence, Center for
- Medical Data Analytics Centre
- Medical Image Computing (RC-MIC), Research Centre for
- Microbial Genomics and Proteomics, Centre for
- Mobile Technologies Centre
- Musculoskeletal Degeneration and Regeneration, Centre of
- Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory
- Neuropsychological Well-Being, Research Centre for
- Novel Biomaterials, Centre for
- Occupational and Environmental Health Studies, Centre for
- Pao So Kok Macular Disease Treatment and Research Centre
- Population Research, Centre for
- Protein Science and Crystallography, Centre for
- Quality-Life Education, Centre for
- Quantum Coherence, Centre for
- Research into Circulating Fetal Nucleic Acids, Centre for
- RGC-AoE Center for Genomic Studies on Plant-Environment Interaction for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security
- RGC-AoE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function
- S.H. Ho Research Centre for Infectious Diseases
- S.H. Ho Scoliosis Research Laboratory
- S.H. Ho Sleep Apnoea Management Center
- S.H. Ho Urology Centre
- Scientific Modelling and Computation, Centre for
- Shiu-Ying Hu Herbarium
- SHKP Kwok Brain Health Research Centre
- Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies, Centre for
- Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory
- Social Welfare Practice and Research Centre
- Sports Medicine and Sports Science, Hong Kong Centre of
- Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Studies of Daoist Culture, Centre for
- Study of Chan Buddhism and Human Civilization, Centre for the
- Study of Islamic Culture, Centre for the
- Study of Religious Ethics and Chinese Culture, Centre for the
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Specialty Clinic cum Clinical Teaching and Research Centre
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Osteoporosis Care and Control
- The Chinese University Rheumatology Research Centre (CURRC)
- The Croucher Laboratory for Human Genomics
- The CUHK Centre of Public Health and Primary Care (Shenzhen)
- The D. H. Chen Foundation Hub of Advanced Technology for Child Health
- The Fertility Preservation Research Centre
- Therese Pei Fong Chow Research Centre for Prevention of Dementia
- Translation (RCT), Research Centre for
- Translation Technology, Centre for
- University and School Partnership (CUSP), Centre for
- Wong Tze Lam—Hing Tak Centre of Surgical Outcome Research