Research Facilities
The University is committed to interdisciplinary research excellence, where innovation and collaboration intersect across all disciplines. Our central specialised research infrastructure is meticulously designed to support and elevate transdisciplinary research, dedicated to advanced neuroscience studies, comprehensive multi-person motion capture and analysis, and immersive multisensory engagements blending art and technology. Our facilities extend beyond their primary functions and serve as versatile hubs equipped to empower research from a vast array of fields, comprising arts and social sciences, business, Chinese medicine, communication, creative arts, science, and more. Discover the key pillars of our research community:
HKBU Life Science Imaging Centre
HKBU Motion Capture and Visualization Laboratory
HKBU Visualization Research Centre
Research Centres
The University has established over 50 research centres to nurture excellence in a range of focus areas and to cultivate interdisciplinary research. Check out the full list of research centres categorised by Faculty/School:
| Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
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| Asian Energy Studies Centre |
| Centre for Applied Ethics |
| Centre for Child Development |
| Centre for China Urban and Regional Studies |
| Centre for Chinese Cultural Heritage |
| Centre for Geo-Computation Studies |
| Centre for Health and Exercise Science Research |
| Centre for Sino-Christian Studies |
| Centre for Translation |
| Comparative Governance and Policy Research Centre |
| David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies |
| Dr. Stephen Hui Research Centre for Physical Recreation and Wellness |
| Modern History Research Centre |
| Mr. Simon Suen and Mrs. Mary Suen Sino-Humanitas Institute |
| The Jao Tsung-I Academy of Sinology |
| School of Chinese Medicine |
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| Consun Chinese Medicines Research Centre for Renal Diseases |
| HKBU and IncreasePharm Joint Centre for Nucleic Acid Drug Discovery |
| Hong Kong Baptist University Joint Centre for Pain Research |
| Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Clinical Study Centre |
| Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Medicine Phenome Research Centre |
| Institute of Integrated Bioinformedicine and Translational Science |
| Institute for Precision Medicine and Innovative Drug Discovery |
| Institute of Systems Medicine and Health Sciences |
| Law Sau Fai Institute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone and Joint Diseases |
| Mr. and Mrs. Ko Chi Ming Centre for Parkinson’s Disease Research |
| Research Centre for Standardization of Chinese Medicines |
| Shum Yiu Foon Shum Bik Chuen Memorial Centre for Cancer and Inflammation Research |
| The Enhancing the QUality And Transparency Of health Research (EQUATOR) China Centre |
| School of Communication |
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| AI Media Centre |
| Centre for Media and Communication Research |
| School of Creative Arts |
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| Centre for Film and Moving Image Research |
| Faculty of Science and Technology |
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| Advanced Life Sciences and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory (LSMS) |
Beijing-HK-Singapore Joint Centre for Nonlinear and Complex Systems* |
Centre for Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence |
| Croucher Institute for Environmental Sciences |
| Frontier Translational Medical Research Institute (TMRI) |
| HKBU-RCEES Joint Institute of Environmental Sciences |
| Institute of Advanced Materials |
| Institute of Computational and Theoretical Studies |
| Peking U - HKBU Joint Research Institute for Applied Mathematics* |
Research and Development Centre for Natural Health Products^ |
Remarks: * Research institutes/centers run under ICTS, which serves as an interdisciplinary research platform. ^ The center is located in Chinese Mainland. |