5 4 HKU ANNUAL REPORT 2025 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT AND VICE-CHANCELLOR Our Leadership Professor Xiang ZHANG President and Vice-Chancellor December 2025 Professor Yang WANG Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Institutional Advancement) Professor Vivian YAM Wing-wah Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Global Innovation Centre) GROWING OUR FOOTPRINT The expansion of our programmes and staff and student sizes necessitates expansion of our physical space. HKU is actively seeking to grow our footprint. At our Main Campus in Pokfulam, we will soon open the first phase of the new Tech Landmark which, when fully commissioned by the end of next year, will house numerous interdisciplinary institutes aiming at scientific breakthroughs. We also have several ongoing projects in the Pokfulam area to provide more student and staff accommodation, as well as classrooms and amenities. HKU is also developing a physical presence outside of Hong Kong. We are setting up teaching, research and other functional space in Shanghai, including an alumni and event centre in a historic building on the Bund. We are also exploring the possibility of establishing more centres overseas to host conferences, meetings, student exchanges and the like, similar to our centres in Beijing, Shenzhen and Vietnam. These overseas centres will also strengthen HKU’s brand and presence globally, as well as contribute to Hong Kong’s role as a ‘super connector’ between East and West. A VISION FOR THE FUTURE 2025 being a very busy year has not distracted us from contemplating our ambitions and how to achieve them. In October, we unveiled our blueprint for the next decade, Vision for 2026–2035: Leadership for Impact, which builds on the achievements I have described here and provides a framework for advancing our aim of being a world-leading university that can help transform humanity’s future. We have some distinct advantages, including our deep experience bridging East and West, our commitment to excellence in everything we do, and of course our people. It has been very satisfying over these past seven years to put into place the elements that help HKU attract top students and academic talent from around the world. I am assisted by an ever-stronger senior management team, including several key positions confirmed over the past year. Our sights are set high. We are now ranked 11th in the world and first in Asia in 2025 by QS. Such recognitions have reminded and encouraged us to continue building on our strong legacy and committing ourselves wholeheartedly to making ever more new discoveries, developing new innovations and educating new thinkers and leaders for Hong Kong, our Nation and the world. Our newly opened HKU History Gallery highlights our achievements over the past 115 years, with space for more to come. As I look ahead, I am confident that the prospects for HKU’s future as one of the world’s finest education hubs have never looked rosier. Professor Xiang ZHANG President and Vice-Chancellor HKU is proud to celebrate its enduring legacy with the establishment of the HKU History Gallery. Learn more about HKU’s strategic plan for the next decade Professor Richard WONG Yue-chim Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Mrs Cherry TSE LING Kit-ching Executive Vice-President (Administration and Finance) Professor Max Zuojun SHEN Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Wallace LAU Chak-sing Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Health) Professor Peng GONG Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic Development) Professor Chen LIN Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Business) Professor Jay Steven SIEGEL Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) Ms Isabella WONG Yee-sin Chief of Staff
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