#28 · QS Data Science and AI 2026

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China
5 programs
1 research lab
University website

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is in Hong Kong, with its campus in Sha Tin. AI is taught at the Faculty of Engineering and its departments of computer science and mechanical engineering, and research runs through the Multimedia Laboratory and the Institute of Robotics. We list 5 programs in AI and robotics: two master's degrees, two bachelor's degrees and a PhD with a dedicated machine learning track.

Programs

Language, length and tuition as CUHK states them on its own pages.

Bachelor's

Artificial Intelligence: Systems and TechnologiesEnglish4 years230,000 HKD per yearProgram page

RoboticsEnglish4 years230,000 HKD per yearProgram page

Master's

MSc in Artificial IntelligenceEnglish1.5 years full-time, 3 years part-time395,000 HKD for the programProgram page

MSc in RoboticsEnglish1 year full-time, 2 years part-time354,200 HKD for the programProgram page

PhD

MPhil-PhD in Computer Science and EngineeringEnglishOn campus49,500 HKD per yearProgram page

Research labs

Multimedia Laboratory (MMLab)
Computer vision and deep learning, including the open-source OpenMMLab tools for object and action recognition.

What to know

Professor Tang Xiaoou founded the Multimedia Laboratory (MMLab) in July 2001. Its paper won the best paper award at CVPR 2009, the first time a team from Asia had done so, and today the lab runs the open-source OpenMMLab toolkit project. Source

The Faculty of Engineering has 30 IEEE Fellows and 4 ACM Fellows. AI and machine learning research belongs to Information Technology and Automation, one of the university's four strategic areas. Source

The bachelor's program in Artificial Intelligence: Systems and Technologies offers four specializations: biomedical intelligence, multimedia processing, large-scale AI, and intelligent manufacturing with robotics. Source

The new robotics bachelor's program in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering focuses on robot learning and embodied intelligence, with dedicated courses on both topics. Source

Admission for international students

The CUHK Graduate School handles master's and PhD admissions. You need a degree taught in English, or a TOEFL score of 79 or higher, or IELTS 6.5 or higher. Admission to the AI master's for 2027-28 runs in four rounds, from October 2, 2026 to February 28, 2027. International applicants to bachelor's programs apply through the international admissions office and need IELTS 6.0 or higher or a TOEFL iBT score of 80 or higher. Source

Checked against the university's own pages on October 16, 2026.