The Faculty
More than 450 professoriate and academic-related staff and over 900 research-related personnel.

Research Achievement
With a strong research base, the Faculty has made tremendous contributions to the study and treatment of various diseases.

Research Facilities
Promotes and facilitates multidisciplinary research studies and collaboration among researchers within and outside the Faculty of Medicine.

Background
The Faculty was deemed as the premier Faculty when the University was established in 1911. It has now become the largest faculty of the University.

About the HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine

Background

The Medical Faculty of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is the longest established institution in higher education of Hong Kong. It was founded as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese by London Missionary Society in 1887, and was renamed as the Hong Kong College of Medicine in 1907.

The Faculty was deemed as the premier Faculty when the University was established in 1911. Serving Hong Kong for over a century, it has firmly established itself as a medical school of learning, innovation, and enterprising; it is a medical school of moral, vision, and care. Since its inception, the Faculty has been playing a pioneering role in medical education, training and research.

From its modest beginning, the Faculty has now become the largest faculty of the University, with over 450 full-time professoriate and academic-related staff and over 900 research support personnel. The undergraduate student population is about 2,640 and the postgraduate student population is about 1,570. The Faculty is comprised of 14 Departments and 4 Schools.