The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (abbreviated as CUHKâÂÂShenzhen or CUHKâÂÂSZ) is a university in Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It was established under a partnership between the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Shenzhen University. The university was approved by the Ministry of Education of China on 21 March 2014.
According to the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), the relationship between its campus in Sha Tin, Hong Kong and CUHKâÂÂShenzhen is "one brand, two campuses". Both campuses are supervised by the same Senate and share the same academic structure and curriculum design. Graduates from CUHKâÂÂShenzhen are awarded degrees of CUHK, the same as those awarded to CUHK graduates (but denoting "Shenzhen" in the main text), as well as a graduation certificate conferred by CUHKâÂÂShenzhen.
, more than 10,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students are studying at CUHK-Shenzhen.
On 21 March 2014, the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China officially sent a letter to the People's Government of Guangdong Province, agreeing to approve the establishment of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. The university was established under a partnership between the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Shenzhen University.
Upon the establishment of the new institution, some Chinese University of Hong Kong alumni in Hong Kong criticized the similarity between the CUHK and CUHKâÂÂShenzhen graduation certificates. A CUHK alumni concern group stated that the certificate should include the word Shenzhen in the title, and should mention Shenzhen University. A spokeswoman for CUHK stated that "As [the] CUHKâÂÂShenzhen degree is conferred by CUHK, the format of the certificate follows that of CUHK's", and that the layout of the certificate was officially approved by the CUHK Senate in 2015.
The language of instruction is all in English, except for physical education and Chinese language courses, which are bilingual in English and Mandarin Chinese.
CUHK degrees will be conferred to students of CUHKâÂÂShenzhen who meet the requirements of their degree programs. A graduation certificate will also be conferred by CUHK-Shenzhen.
There are three "Nobel laureate research labs" in CUHK-Shenzhen led by the Nobel laureates Arieh Warshel, Brian Kobilka and Aaron Ciechanover.
CUHKâÂÂShenzhen participated in the signing ceremony for the jointly initiated "Shenzhen International Friendship City University League", which was initiated by Southern University of Science and Technology, on 9 July 2014.
On 30 April 2015, the fifth annual Presidents Forum of Worldwide Universities Network convened at the campus.
The campus is located in No. 2001 Longxiang Boulevard, Longcheng Street, Longgang District, which is in the northeastern part of Shenzhen, surrounded by mountainous area with distances of around 15 kilometres northeast of downtown Shenzhen and 30 kilometres north of CUHK's campus in Sha Tin, Hong Kong.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen maintains a college system with eight residential colleges, continuing the tradition of its Hong Kong counterpart. Each college has its own motto and is led by a College Master.
As of 2025, seven colleges have received patronage.
The university is organized as schools each specializing in undergraduate and graduate schools in their respective field. Currently there are 8 schools after the launch of the School of Artificial Intelligence on 17 February 2025.