Transfer Board
Global LaureateMathematics
Ngô Bảo Châu: UChicago to HKU
Effective · Jun 2026Announced · Feb 2026Last verified · Aug 2026
Stated non-policy reasons
“"There is also an opportunity to build up Asia as a new, promising land of opportunity for science and mathematics, and this institute for mathematics at HKU could really become a nexus of the Asian network of mathematics." — Ngô Bảo Châu, interview in Keynotes@HKU (republished on HKU Horizons), March 2026; in the same interview he also cited wanting to spend more time near his parents.”
About Ngô Bảo Châu
Sources
- Fields Medalist Professor Ngô Bảo Châu Joins HKU as Chair ProfessorUniversity of Hong Kong
- Vietnamese world-renowned mathematician Ngo Bao Chau leaves US for Asia's top universityVnExpress International · 2026-02-04
- Fields Medallist Professor Ngô Bảo Châu Joins HKU: Envisioning Asia as a New Mathematics HubHKU Horizons (Keynotes@HKU) · 2026-03-01
- Fields Medalist Professor Ngô Bảo Châu Joins HKU as Chair ProfessorUniversity of Hong Kong, President's Office
- Vietnam's legendary maths genius Ngo Bao Chau to join University of Hong KongSouth China Morning Post · 2026-02-09
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