City University of Hong Kong (CityU) is a public research university in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1984 as City Polytechnic of Hong Kong and became a fully accredited university in 1994. It is one of eight government-funded degree-granting tertiary institutions with five colleges and four schools.
IUE signed the Cooperation Memorandum on Establishing “Joint Research Centre of Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Development” with City University of Hong Kong, August 18, 2011. The two parties promised to invest money each year in the operation of the centre which targets to provide an open platform for sharing experimental instruments and enhance the exchange of staff and students.