The title of Chair Professor is bestowed on HKU scholars of international stature who have made a sustained and distinguished contribution to advance knowledge in their field. Below is a list of current Chair Professors and you may view the most recent cohort of Chair Professors here.

• Daniel BELL, Professor, Chair of Political Theory
• Hongbin CAI, Professor, Chair of Economics
• Herman Wright CAPPELEN, Professor, Chair of Philosophy
• Daniel Tak Mao CHAN, Professor, Chair of Medicine
• Tarani CHANDOLA, Professor, Chair of Medical Sociology
• Yung Ho CHANG, Professor, Chair of Architecture
• Kwong Wing CHAU, Professor, Chair of Real Estate and Construction
• Chi Ming CHE, Professor, Chair of Chemistry
• Albert Hung Yee CHEN, Professor, Chair of Constitutional Law
• Guanhua CHEN, Professor, Chair of Theoretical Chemistry
• Ho CHEN, Professor, Chair of Cybersecurity
• Zhiwei CHEN, Professor, Chair of Immunology and Immunotherapy
• Zhiwu CHEN, Professor, Chair of Finance
• Kenneth Man Chee CHEUNG, Professor, Chair of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
• Billy Kwok Chong CHOW, Professor, Chair of Endocrinology
• Chun Hung CHU, Professor, Chair of Family Dentistry
• Daniel Kwan Liang CHUA, Professor, Chair of Music
• Derek Burton COLLINS, Professor, Chair of History
• Benjamin John COWLING, Professor, Chair of Epidemiology
• Xiaodong CUI, Professor, Chair of Condensed Matter Physics
• Hongjie DAI, Professor, Chair of Chemistry
• Nicolas DAUPHAS, Professor, Chair of Cosmochemistry
• Frank DIKÖTTER, Professor, Chair of Humanities
• Nicholas FANG, Professor, Chair of Photonics Innovation
• Eric Wai-ching FONG, Professor, Chair in Sociology
• Peng GONG, Professor, Chair of Global Sustainability
• Xin-Yuan GUAN, Professor, Chair of Cancer Genetics
• Yi GUAN, Professor, Chair of Emerging Viral Diseases
• Zheng Xiao GUO, Professor, Chair of Chemistry and Materials Science
• Michael HÄUSSER, Professor, Chair of Neuroscience
• Xin HE, Professor, Chair of Law and Society
• Xuhua HE, Professor, Chair of Mathematics
• Bo HUANG, Professor, Chair of Urban Sustainability
• Jiandong HUANG, Professor, Chair of Synthetic Biology
• Mingxin HUANG, Professor, Chair of Materials Technology
• Fan Ngai Ivan HUNG, Professor, Chair of Infectious Diseases
• Christopher Mark HUTTON, Professor, Chair of English
• Wei JIA, Professor, Chair of Molecular and Systems Metabolism
• Lijian JIN, Professor, Chair of Periodontology
• Kazuhiro KOSUGE, Professor, Chair of Robotic Systems
• Yok Lam KWONG, Professor, Chair of Haematology and Haematological Oncology
• James LAM, Professor, Chair of Control Engineering
• Wallace Chak Sing LAU, Professor, Chair of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
• Yu Lung LAU, Professor, Chair of Paediatrics
• Nancy LAW, Professor, Chair of Learning Sciences and Technology
• Simon Ying Kit LAW, Professor, Chair of Esophageal and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery
• Tatia Mei Chun LEE, Professor, Chair of Psychological Science and Clinical Psychology
• Anskar Yu Hung LEUNG, Professor, Chair of Haematology
• Suet Yi LEUNG, Professor, Chair of Gastrointestinal Cancer Genetics and Genomics
• Wai Keung LEUNG, Professor, Chair of Gastrointestinal Medicine
• Dong LI, Professor, Chair of Mathematics
• Xuechen LI, Professor, Chair of Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology
• Yuguo LI, Professor, Chair of Building Environment
• Shunlin LIANG, Professor, Chair of Remote Sensing
• Chen LIN, Professor, Chair of Finance
• George Chu Sheng LIN, Professor, Chair of Geography
• Chung Mau LO, Professor, Chair of Hepatobiliary Surgery
• Edward Chin Man LO, Professor, Chair of Dental Public Health
• Weisheng Wilson LU, Professor, Chair of Digital Construction
• Yang LU, Professor, Chair of Nanomechanics
• Yi MA, Professor, Chair of Artificial Intelligence
• Kwan MAN, Professor, Chair of Transplant Oncology and Immunology
• Juha Kari Kristian MERILÄ, Professor, Chair of Ecology and Biodiversity
• Roni MICHAELY, Professor, Chair of Finance and Entrepreneurship
• Ngaiming MOK, Professor, Chair of Mathematics
• Irene Oi Lin NG, Professor, Chair of Pathology
• Hextan Yuen Sheung NGAN, Professor, Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• David Lee PHILLIPS, Professor, Chair of Physical Chemistry
• Lit Man Leo POON, Professor, Chair of Public Health Virology
• Nirmala RAO, Professor, Chair of Child Development and Education
• Uta SCHÖNBERG, Professor, Chair of Economics
• Pak Chung SHAM, Professor, Chair of Psychiatric Genomics
• Haipeng SHEN, Professor, Chair of Business Analytics and Innovation
• Shunqing SHEN, Professor, Chair of Condensed Matter Physics
• Zuojun Max SHEN, Professor, Chair of Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• David Joseph SROLOVITZ, Professor, Chair of Materials Theory
• Alec STONE SWEET, Professor, Sir Y.K. Pao Chair in Public Law
• Wing Chuen SUEN, Professor, Chair of Economics
• Hongzhe SUN, Professor, Chair of Chemistry
• Balazs SZENTES, Professor, Chair of Economics
• Chuyang TANG, Professor, Chair of Environmental Engineering
• Sydney Chi Wai TANG, Professor, Chair of Renal Medicine
• Norman Chihnan TIEN, Professor, Chair of Microsystems Technology
• Hung Fat TSE, Professor, Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine
• Yang WANG, Professor, Chair of Mathematics, Computing and Data Science
• Christopher John WEBSTER, Professor, Chair of Urban Planning and Development Economics
• Ming WEN, Professor, Chair of Population Sciences and Sociology
• Alice Sze Tsai WONG, Professor, Chair of Cancer Biology
• Richard Yue Chim WONG, Professor, Chair of Economics
• Sze Chun WONG, Professor, Chair of Transportation Engineering
• Ed Xuekui WU, Professor, Chair of Biomedical Engineering
• Ning XI, Professor, Chair of Robotics and Automation
• Aimin XU, Professor, Chair of Metabolic Medicine
• Vivian Wing Wah YAM, Professor, Chair of Chemistry
• Rui YANG, Professor, Chair of Education
• Wang YAO, Professor, Chair of Physics
• Anthony Gar On YEH, Professor, Chair of Urban Planning and Geographic Information Science
• Guosheng YIN, Professor, Chair of Statistics
• Xiaobo YIN, Professor, Chair of Sustainability Technology
• Paul Siu Fai YIP, Professor, Chair of Population Health
• Cynthia Kar Yung YIU, Professor, Chair of Paediatric Dentistry
• Yizhou YU, Professor, Chair of Multimedia Computing
• Kwok Yung YUEN, Professor, Chair of Infectious Diseases
• Richard Man Fung YUEN, Professor, Chair of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
• Wenan ZANG, Professor, Chair of Mathematics
• Bing ZHANG, Professor, Chair of Astrophysics
• Shuang ZHANG, Professor, Chair of Photonics
• Tong ZHANG, Professor, Chair of Environmental Engineering
• Xiang ZHANG, Professor, Chair of Physics and Engineering
• Guochun ZHAO, Professor, Chair of Earth Sciences
• Chunyi ZHI, Professor, Chair of Energy Materials
• Kevin Zheng ZHOU, Professor, Chair of Strategy and International Business
• Qiang ZHOU, Professor, Chair
• Xiaodong ZHU, Professor, Chair of Economics