A student of bioengineering learns about the various principles of engineering as they relate to biology and biomedicine. Applications of bioengineering include engineered organs, bacteria designed to produce specific chemicals, and compact diagnostic devices.

Hong Kong is one of the two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China, the other being Macau.

The PhD is a doctoral degree, specifically called a "doctor of philosophy" degree. This is misleading because PhD holders are not necessarily philosophers (unless they earned their degree in philosophy!). That said, PhD recipients are able to engage in thought experiments, reason about problems, and solve problems in sophisticated ways.