The Chinese University of Hong Kong states it was established in 1963 by the amalgamation of three existing colleges, New Asia College (1949), Chung Chi College (1951) and United College (1956). Its Facts and Figures page reports 18,438 undergraduate and 4,650 postgraduate students, 23,088 in total, of whom 5,647 are non-local. Programmes are offered across eight faculties.