The Chinese University of Hong Kong is an internationally renowned institution of higher learning devoted to quality teaching and both academic and applied research. The University has established ten research institutes and a number of research centres with a view to pursuing up-front research endeavours with focused goals and objectives. The Shun Hing Institute of Advanced Engineering constitutes a crucial addition to the research infrastructure of the Chinese University which is committed to exciting research programmes in advanced engineering areas.

As a new centre of excellence at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Institute is to support greater regional and international research collaborations, and strives to attract talents from the world over to achieve greater internationalization, a vision strongly advocated by Professor Lawrence Lau, the Vice Chancellor.