CityU Colleges and Schools – Full Overview

Module: 01 Academic · Sub-file: Overview of Colleges and Schools A one-page announcement in September 2024 detached CityU’s Department of Computer Science from the College of Engineering and bundled it with two other departments to create the all-new College of Computing; four months later, another restructuring produced a College of Biomedicine. Two instances of “demolish-and-rebuild” in two years is unusual among Hong Kong’s eight UGC-funded institutions. City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK / CityU; founded in 1984 as the City Polytechnic of Hong Kong, granted university status in 1994) uses a dual naming system of College and School. As of mid‑2026, the University’s academic units comprise 7 Colleges + 3 Schools + 1 graduate school^※. This article walks through each unit — its positioning, constituent departments and scale — and provides a full bilingual department list. For the academic structure and general education, see academic-system.md; for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, see programs.md.

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# 1. Current Structure at a Glance (mid‑2026)

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# 2. College-by-College Overview

# 1. College of Business

CityU’s College of Business was the first business school in Greater China to simultaneously hold all three major international accreditations — AACSB International, EQUIS and AMBA — the “triple crown”^※. It comprises 6 departments: Accountancy; Decision Analytics and Operations; Economics and Finance; Information Systems; Management; and Marketing. It offers BBA, MBA, EMBA, specialist master’s and doctoral programmes. For depth, see business-school-triple-crown.md.

# 2. College of Computing

Established 1 September 2024, merging three departments^※: Computer Science (formerly in the College of Engineering), Data Science (restructured from the former School of Data Science), and Biostatistics (formerly in the College of Science). The College is positioned as an interdisciplinary hub for computer science, data science and statistics, centred on AI‑driven data computing. For depth, see college-of-computing-2024.md.

# 3. College of Engineering

One of CityU’s larger colleges, comprising 5 departments: Architecture and Civil Engineering; Electrical Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Materials Science and Engineering; and Systems Engineering. Materials science and electrical engineering are its strongest areas^※. The Department of Computer Science was moved to the College of Computing in 2024. For depth, see college-of-engineering-departments.md.

# 4. College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS)

Comprises 7 academic units^※: Chinese and History; English; Linguistics and Translation; Media and Communication; Public and International Affairs; Social and Behavioural Sciences; and the Chan Feng Men-ling Chan Shuk-lin Language Centre. It covers the full spectrum of humanities and social sciences. For depth, see deepdive-liberal-arts-socsci.md; for the Department of Linguistics and Translation specifically, see translation-and-linguistics-clta.md.

# 5. College of Science

Comprises 3 departments: Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics^※. Biomedical sciences (formerly in the College of Science) has been moved into the College of Biomedicine, and biostatistics into the College of Computing. For depth, see college-of-computing-2024.md.

# 6. College of Biomedicine

Established 1 January 2025, comprising three departments: Biomedical Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Neuroscience^※. It is positioned as a cross‑disciplinary teaching and research unit in the biomedical and health fields. For academic depth, see the sciences / life sciences entries; for clinical and hospital dimensions, see docs/11.

# 7. Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences (JCC)

Hong Kong’s only veterinary college, established in partnership with Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. It offers a six‑year Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (BVM) and related life‑science programmes, and comprises two departments: Infectious Diseases and Public Health, and Veterinary Clinical Sciences^※. For academics, see veterinary-college-academics.md; for clinics and teaching hospitals, see docs/11.

# 8. School of Creative Media (SCM)

The region’s first school of creative media^※, merging media art, computer science, visual design, creative writing, cultural studies and digital technology. It is housed in the Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre (opened 2011). For depth, see creative-media.md.

# 9. School of Energy and Environment (SEE)

Established in July 2009^※, it was Hong Kong’s first dedicated energy‑and‑environment school, offering undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in energy science and engineering, environmental science and engineering, and related fields. For more, see school-of-energy-and-environment.md.

# 10. School of Law (SLW)

One of Hong Kong’s three law schools qualified to offer the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL); it runs LLB, JD, PCLL, and LLM programmes, and was the first law school in Hong Kong to launch a JD programme^※. For more, see school-of-law.md.

# 11. Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies

Established in 1994^※, the School coordinates the development and administration of all postgraduate programmes (taught and research) across the University. For an overview of postgraduate programmes, see programs.md; for research degrees and the doctoral training system, see doctoral-graduate-studies-school.md.

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# 3. Complete Department List (by College)

# 1. College of Business (6 departments)

# 2. College of Computing (3 departments)

# 3. College of Engineering (5 departments)

# 4. CLASS (6 departments + 1 Language Centre)

CLASS has 7 academic units^※ (6 departments + 1 Language Centre).

# 5. College of Science (3 departments)

# 6. College of Biomedicine (3 departments)

College of Biomedicine established 1 January 2025^※.

# 7. JCC (2 departments)

# 8. Unitary Schools (no constituent departments)

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# Summary

By the current official count, CityU’s teaching departments number: College of Business 6 + College of Computing 3 + College of Engineering 5 + CLASS 6 (plus the Language Centre) + College of Science 3 + College of Biomedicine 3 + JCC 2 = 28 teaching departments, supplemented by 3 unitary schools and 1 graduate school. For the research strengths and programmes of each department, see the deep‑dive dossiers listed below.

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