SMART
PEOPLE

Smart People

CURRENT STATUS

Kindergarten Education Scheme

About 90% of the half-day programmes of kindergartens joining the Kindergarten Education Scheme are free

Free Primary and Secondary Education

12 years' free primary and secondary education

STEM-related Elective Subjects
62% of senior secondary students studied one or more STEAM-related elective subjects in 2022/23 and all have to study Mathematics as a core (i.e. compulsory) subject
Universities funded by University Grants Committee
8 public universities funded by Government through the University Grants Committee (UGC)
UGC-funded Undergraduate Programme

2022/23

88 599 students studying UGC-funded undergraduate programmes

  • 31 108 (35%) of them studied STEM-related programmes
UGC-funded Taught and Research Postgraduate Programmes

2022/23

11 501 students studying UGC-funded taught and research postgraduate programmes

  • 5 591 (49%) of them studied STEM-related postgraduate programmes
Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D

2022

R&D funding

  • Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) 
    HK$30,138 million
    (+ 8% when compared with 2021 (HK$27,827 million))
Civil Servants Attended Various I&T-related Training

2023-24

About 100 000 civil servants attended various I&T-related training