Faculty of Architecture

Since 1950, architectural education at HKU has grown into a leading comprehensive built environment school today. Its academic disciplines cover the full construction lifecycle, spanning urban planning, urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, real estate, construction management and conservation, with professional accreditation recognised both locally and internationally.

 

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Departments

Faculty Management Team

HKU Dean of Architecture

Educated in China and the US, Professor Yung Ho CHANG has taught and taken leadership roles at top institutions, including Peking University, Harvard Graduate School of Design, University of Michigan, and MIT. Professionally, he co-founded Atelier Feichang Jianzhu and has gained international recognition for his wide-ranging, interdisciplinary practice, including a UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts in 2000, and an Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2006. Professor Chang served as a jury member for the globally esteemed Pritzker Architecture Prize. He is also Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and Emeritus Professor at MIT.

Professor Yung Ho CHANG
Dean of Architecture, Chair Professor (Architecture)
HKU Faculty of Architecture, Executive Associate Dean
Professor Kelvin S.K. WONG
Executive Associate Dean; Professor, Department of Real Estate and Construction
HKU Faculty of Architecture, Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning)
Professor Isabelle CHAN
Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning); Associate Professor, Department of Real Estate and Construction
HKU Faculty of Architecture, Associate Dean (Research)
Professor Weifeng LI
Associate Dean (Research); Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Design
HKU Faculty of Architecture, Associate Dean (Impact and Communications)
Professor Thomas H.K. TSANG
Associate Dean (Impact and Communications); Associate Professor, Department of Architecture

Global Recognition

University Ranking
University Ranking
11th
QS World University Rankings
2026
Discipline Ranking
Discipline Ranking
14th
QS World University Rankings by Subject (Architecture and Built Environment)
2026