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Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat (Basic)
Confirmed
Microsoft Copilot Chat (Basic) is an AI-powered productivity tool. It provides you with a simple chat experience in web browsers such as Microsoft Edge.
How to get access
Available to all CUHK students and staff.
Who pays
No charge under CUHK’s current Microsoft 365 licences.
AI integrated with Microsoft 365 applications and your authorised Microsoft 365 context.
How to get access
Automatic assignment for defined staff groups; application or nomination for Part-Time Teaching Staff; a Faculty, Department or unit arrangement for Non-Teaching Terms B.
Who pays
Who pays depends on your category. Access beyond the amount paid centrally by CUHK must be paid by your Faculty, Department, unit or programme.
Google Gemini Enterprise for Education
Mixed
Enterprise AI platform for teaching, learning, tasks based on selected information and approved multi-step automation.
How to get access
Application, nomination, batch activation or a course and cohort request.
Who pays
Who pays depends on your staff or student category. CUHK pays for some approved access; additional access may require payment by your Faculty, Department, unit or programme.
Perplexity Enterprise
Demand and negotiation stage
AI-assisted research service that provides links to sources.
How to get access
Demand collection and negotiation only. No access request is available yet.
Who pays
Indicative ceilings support demand collection; they are not allocations or a deployment commitment.
API Portal tokens and quotas
Confirmed
Controlled programmatic access to approved models and services.
How to get access
By application, separately governed and subject to use-case and security review.
Who pays
Subject to an approved central quota or an eligible programme, course, project, research or unit funding source.
Services charged according to usage
Under evaluation
Copilot Cowork, Copilot Credits and Perplexity Computer are governed according to usage rather than through a fixed licence allocation.
How to get access
Under evaluation. Cowork and Perplexity Computer are distinct options; neither is confirmed for deployment.
Who pays
Consumption controls, budget ownership and reporting must be approved before access is offered.
LinkedIn Learning
Mixed
Self-paced course and learning-pathway platform.
How to get access
Eligible students may apply. Places are offered in application order and normally remain available until 30 June. If a place becomes available, it will be offered to the next eligible applicant.
Who pays
Access and funding are confirmed.
Google Career Certificate Programme
Mixed
Structured certificate learning through the approved programme.
How to get access
Eligible students may apply. Places are offered in application order. If all places are taken, eligible applicants will be added to a waiting list. If a place becomes available, it will be offered to the next eligible applicant.
Who pays
Final allocation and external-provider terms remain subject to confirmation.
