The University of Hong Kong 香港大學
The University of Hong Kong 香港大學 Employee Reviews
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Internship working as student research assistant
Student Research Assistant (Former Employee) – HKU – May 27, 2019
• Maintained controlled substances records of laboratory animals.
• Monitored laboratory animals with designed diets for variables control.
• Collected sample from laboratory animals through dissection, blood glucose test and body fat instrument.
• Reviewed data from laboratory findings based on tests result.
• Conducted food labelling through online system - FoodSwitch.
• Monitored laboratory animals with designed diets for variables control.
• Collected sample from laboratory animals through dissection, blood glucose test and body fat instrument.
• Reviewed data from laboratory findings based on tests result.
• Conducted food labelling through online system - FoodSwitch.
Pros
Flexible working hours
motivative
Temporary Clerical Assistant I (Former Employee) – Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Island – January 2, 2019
very good, usually enjoy every job nature with every colleagues, the culture is however can be improved by the institution as to facilitate every job position
Fun Workplace with Helpful Workmates
Admission Office Summer Assistant (Former Employee) – Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Island – November 12, 2018
It was a relatively harmonic workplace, with good amount of learning opportunities.
Hardest part of the job was when there are too many colleagues sometimes it's hard to come to a mutual agreement.
Hardest part of the job was when there are too many colleagues sometimes it's hard to come to a mutual agreement.
Pros
Good work-life balance
Cons
No free lunches
Good Working environment
VR REARCH AND DEVELOPER (Former Employee) – The University of Hong Kong – September 24, 2018
5 days work, close relationship in team,many chances are given to you as you can handle a lot of big-scale project on VR developement with varies of company and organization.
The hardest part of the job is lack of human resource and specialists, so you will have to handle many projects at the same time with a very tight schedule.
As the team is small, everyone is busy, you probably cannot find a mentor or getting advice immediately, but it is good for your self-learning process.
Good Welfare
free doctor consultation with pills and free dental service;
Free sport centre with swimming pool
The hardest part of the job is lack of human resource and specialists, so you will have to handle many projects at the same time with a very tight schedule.
As the team is small, everyone is busy, you probably cannot find a mentor or getting advice immediately, but it is good for your self-learning process.
Good Welfare
free doctor consultation with pills and free dental service;
Free sport centre with swimming pool
Pros
Flexible working hours, Good Colleague Relationship, Lot of opportunities to work with different projects and exhibitions
Cons
Lower Salary than Other Private Commercial Company, Poor management on projects schedule
learnt new techniques in the research facility, friendly research assistants just wished the internship was longer
Science Intern (Former Employee) – Hong Kong, HK – September 6, 2018
learned new techniques in the research facility
friendly research assistants.
the laboratory was very advanced in technology and techniques.
it would have been wonderful if the internship was extended for a longer period of time.
friendly research assistants.
the laboratory was very advanced in technology and techniques.
it would have been wonderful if the internship was extended for a longer period of time.
Intensive learning
Research Assistant (Former Employee) – Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Island – August 14, 2018
Reference latest paper in AI
Implement the artificial neural network's architecture
The culture is Work hard
Demo the algorithm's performance to the user is most enjoyable.
Implement the artificial neural network's architecture
The culture is Work hard
Demo the algorithm's performance to the user is most enjoyable.
Pros
Free sport facility
Cons
Intensive working load
Research work
Technician (Former Employee) – Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong Island – July 21, 2018
Laboratory work is quite challenging
Good working environment and job training since educational institute area
Job learning on new technology
Good place to work especially young generation
Good working environment and job training since educational institute area
Job learning on new technology
Good place to work especially young generation
Pros
Stable job
Cons
little chance to promote
Depends a lot on your boss
Research Assistant (I) (Current Employee) – Hong Kong, HK – July 11, 2018
Whether or not it is a good working experience, it depends mostly on the hiring person. In general, I was lucky and my boss is reasonable, and working hour is flexible. However, admin and HR can be rather inefficient, especially when it comes to paperwork and claimant.
Reflexible position
Research Assistant (Former Employee) – Hong Kong – March 1, 2018
Working as a part-time research assistant involves taking up different tasks on a free-lance basis - flexible work schedule, but work may be tedious, depending on what project you're working for.
Productive Place
Research assistant (Current Employee) – Sai Wan, Hong Kong Island – January 21, 2018
Adequate support is given here and the work culture is fine. A lot of chance to learn and connect with people from different fields. Enough facilities and supplies for research works.
Pros
Flexible work time
Cons
Stressful
excellent infrastructure
Research Assistant - Faculty of Dentistry (Former Employee) – Hong Kong – January 2, 2018
Happy to have worked in worlds' number one dental school. They have all research based facilities, you name it they have it.
I have worked with few of the best machines and softwares.quality training programmes and excellent growth options
I have worked with few of the best machines and softwares.quality training programmes and excellent growth options
Heavy workload and no job advancement
Executive Assistant (Former Employee) – HONG KONG, HK – December 11, 2017
All colleagues overworked seriously but the management level could not bother to improve the working environment. Extremely high turnover rate because no one can stand such heavy workload.
Diversial Workplace
Research Assistant (Former Employee) – Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Island – November 3, 2017
Learned:
-Counselling skill via train up counselors & being peer counselor
-Organizational skill via organizing training workshop & camp
-Data analytic skill
Hardest part (enjoyable part as well):
-train up different counselors by different strategies
-Counselling skill via train up counselors & being peer counselor
-Organizational skill via organizing training workshop & camp
-Data analytic skill
Hardest part (enjoyable part as well):
-train up different counselors by different strategies
Pros
Build up my practical experience in counselling
Cons
spend plenty of time on travelling
Bureaucratic, but Great People & Location
Board Member (Current Employee) – Hong Kong – August 22, 2017
HKU is a top class university in terms of location and it is able to attract many excellent students and faculty. The culture of the university is lively, but the bureaucratic processes could be reduced to make working processes more efficient and adaptive.
Quite free and happy research environment
PhD Candidate (Current Employee) – Hong Kong – April 26, 2017
My work during PhD studies focuses on GaAs based electronic devices, mostly I spent my time on experiments and paper works. I have learned a lot in semiconductor fabrication and analysis. We have group meetings every fortnight and my supervisor is very kind to all of us.