The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is one of the top universities in Asia, ranking 46 of the best universities in the world by QS in 2018. Its new campus in Shenzhen was established in 2014, attracting the best young talents for education in science & engineering, management, humanities and social sciences. Situated in one of the economically most dynamic regions around the globe, CUHK-Shenzhen combines tradition with modernity and brings together China with the rest of the world, as its motto says.
CUHK-Shenzhen has created a very international environment for students from different parts of the world. Already we have established cooperative links with more than 60 top universities in North America, Europe and Asia and our students have participated enthusiastically in summer schools and exchange programmes with these universities. CUHK-Shenzhen has launched its first International Summer Programme in 2018, which will provide an exciting experience for students from overseas institutions, especially those from our partner universities.
Shenzhen, adjacent with Hong Kong, is located in the east coast of Pearl River Delta. The Special Economic Zone has created an economic miracle in China, growing from a small fishing village to a prosperous modern city over the past 40 years. Shenzhen is a major financial centre in southern China. The GDP in Shenzhen hit 1.95 trillion yuan ($284 billion) in 2016, year-on-year rises of 9%, ranking fourth, after Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou, among mainland cities. It is home to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange as well as the headquarters of numerous home grown multinational companies such as Tencent, ZTE, Huawei, DJI, BYD, Vanke, JXD, Hytera, CIMC, Hasee and China Merchants Bank.