Chinese University of Hong Kong

The Chinese University of Hong Kong is a public research university in Sha Tin, in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It was established in 1963 as a federation of three colleges, Chung Chi College, New Asia College and United College, and is the second-oldest university in the territory after the University of Hong Kong. It is organised into nine constituent colleges and eight academic faculties, remains the only collegiate university in Hong Kong, and teaches in both English and Chinese. Its affiliated researchers include the physicist Charles Kuen Kao, who won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics while associated with the university.