Strategic Plan 2021—2025

The Next Lap To meet the challenges of tomorrow, CUHK graduates must be globally ready, be able to cross knowledge boundaries, and aspire to become competent leaders and make lifelong contributions to society. To achieve these ends, the University recognizes that the curricula at all levels and their constituent components, the programme structure and pedagogy, as well as the University’s infrastructure should be enhanced to create an even better teaching and learning environment to engage and encourage the students to step out of their comfort zone and take ownership of their learning. The University has been conducting rigorous reviews on its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to chart its way forward. Notwithstanding the accomplishment of the strategic goals in the last five years, which saw an enhanced curriculumwith an increased emphasis on entrepreneurship and innovation, language proficiency and collaborative programmes, programme structures and pedagogy need to be made more adaptive and responsive to the potential risks and threats in the New Normal and in an increasingly complex and fast-changing politico-economic landscape. The rigorous major programme structure that requires the students to immerse fully in a subject discipline can sometimes become a hurdle for the fostering of interdisciplinary learning, which may turn out to be a weakness that needs to be addressed. Secondly, ‘CUHK 2025’ seeks to build on the high-quality postgraduate education that has contributed to the success of the University as a bastion of cutting-edge research and trailblazing discoveries. The University aims to raise the number and quality of its postgraduate students with enhanced internationalization and research initiatives. This will help push research and innovation to a higher level and contribute to talent development. Lastly, the School of Continuing and Professional Studies (CUSCS) has also undergone major development in recent years, following the implementation of its five-year plan formulated in 2016. With a robust quality assurance system in place, CUSCS is in a strong position to promote lifelong learning, in line Modern languages Digital literacy Quantitative reasoning Computational thinking Interdisciplinarity Sustainability Diversity & Inclusiveness Bilingual proficiency IT capability Numeracy & analytical skills Critical & independent Effective in communication Habit of reading widely Depth within a specialty Broad range of intellectual disciplines General knowledge Chinese & other cultures Global perspectives Sense of national identity & pride Compassion, honesty & integrity Sense of purpose Responsibility & commitment in life G L O B A L R E A D I N E S S C R O S S I N G K N O W L E D G E B O U N D A R I E S C O N T R I B U T I O N S T O S O C I E T Y Professional & Generic skills Knowledge Attitudes & Values • ability to continue with lifelong learning & professional development • as a vehicle for experience in serious study & enquiry • sense & ability to contribute as citizens & leaders Meeting the Challenges of Tomorrow 12