Chinese University becomes first in Hong Kong to get department of biomedical engineering
Carrie Lam already highlighted the field as one where Hong Kong could make big strides
In a first for Hong Kong, Chinese University has launched a department of biomedical engineering, allowing students to apply for the undergraduate course from next year.
It becomes the first university in the city to have a specialised department in the subject, which the city’s leader earmarked as fertile ground for the city to invest in.
Lam said back then that the city had the potential to become the region’s answer to Silicon Valley, by developing biomedical technology and artificial intelligence, as “five of its universities are among the world’s top 100, and two of them have excellent medical schools”.
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On Wednesday, CUHK launched the new department, which will admit around 50 undergraduates annually from 2018.
The Sha Tin institution has offered biomedical engineering courses in its bachelor’s programme under the Faculty of Engineering since 2010, but has not had a specialised department for the subject.