Strategic Plan 2021—2025

Education and research are an investment in the future. Institutional advancement supports the University to achieve its goals. CUHK is grateful for the generous support of its alumni, individual and corporate donors, as well as charitable trusts and foundations, who share our vision in creating a better future through education and research for the people of Hong Kong, mainland China and the world. They motivate us to work even harder to achieve excellence with purpose and responsibility. Alumni Engagement and Institutional Advancement CUHK has been able to go from strength to strength thanks to its supportive alumni population and a strong culture of giving among all the members and friends of the University Our Alumni Community and the Task Ahead At the start of the newcentury, CUHKwas home to about 67,000 alumni. Today, the number of alumni has increased by nearly 360% to over 240,000. In the five years from 2016 to 2020 alone, 55,084 students graduated from the University. Some 45%of our alumni graduatedwithin the past 10 years. The CUHK alumni family, especially younger alumni, will continue to grow substantially over the next five years. It is also noteworthy that the number of postgraduate alumni is growing strongly. Our alumni holding only postgraduate degrees from the University nowaccount for 39% of the entire alumni community. How do we effectively engage this large and increasingly diverse community? This is the exciting task that lies ahead. CUHK 2025 33