The University of Hong KongThe University of Hong Kong (or HKU, as it is familiarly known to students, staff and alumni) is the oldest tertiary education institution in Hong Kong. On March 16, 1910, Sir Frederick Lugard, the then Governor of Hong Kong, laid the foundation stone for the University, signifying the birth of Hong Kong's first tertiary institution.
Outstanding academic staff of the University are recruited
through rigorous selection procedures, comprising internal
peer-reviews and external assessments conducted by international
and prominent experts in the relevant fields. About 45% of
academic staff are drawn from overseas. The University has
recruited distinguished academics from all over the world.
University teachers are top researchers in many major areas of
research including Human Health and Development, Biotechnology
and Drug Development, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Build and
Natural Environments, Theoretical and Computational Sciences,
Public Law and Public Policy, China Studies, and Communications. The University attracts the best students in Hong Kong. In the
year 2002-2003, it has a student population of 19, 000, including
11, 700 undergraduate students, 7, 300 postgraduate students, of
which more than 1, 000 international students. For the last five
years, the University has admitted around 50% of all the Hong
Kong A-level Grade-A students in Hong Kong through the Joint
University Programmes Admissions System (JUPAS). In 2003-04, the
great majority of the highest achievers at the Hong Kong
Certificate of Education Examination (i.e. candidates with 10
Grade-As in the Examination) joined HKU under the Early
Admissions Scheme for Secondary Six Students. HKU has a fine tradition of nurturing the largest number of
research postgraduate students in the territory. They form an
important and valued part of the University and currently make
up approximately 10% of the total student population. All ten
faculties and their departments provide teaching and supervision
for research (MPhil and PhD) students with administration
undertaken by the Graduate School. HKU undergraduate curricula encourage students to construct
their own understanding of issues and devise solutions to
real-world problem scenarios through means such as Problem-Based
Learning (PBL). They enable students to work in teams and
exercise and develop their research and communication skills,
critical thinking and ability to integrate information across
different domains. The University is a founding member of Universitas 21, a network
of comprehensive research intensive universities covering all
corners of the globe. One of the main objectives of Universitas
21 is to assist in the aspiration of its members to become
global universities and to advance their plans for
internationalisation. The HKU Worldwide Undergraduate Student Exchange Programme,
established in 1997, enables over ten per cent of our
undergraduate student population to undertake exchange at
institutions overseas or in Mainland China. Its close links with
100 partner institutions in 18 countries worldwide serves to
enhance students' global perspective and foster cross-cultural
understanding among students of participating institutions. While the University is fostering the concept of a worldwide
classroom, the academic collaboration and bonding with the
universities in the Mainland remain close. The HKU Worldwide
China Programme has actively involved students to participate in
different academic and internship programmes with the most
prestigious universities and corporations in Mainland China to
develop cross-disciplinary skills. The key universities that the
University closely works with include Tsinghua University,
Peking University, Fudan University, Zhejiang University,
Nanjing University, Xiamen University and Sun Yat-sen
University, on undergraduate student exchange and joint
postgraduate programmes. The first batch of undergraduates
admitted to the University on a scholarship scheme established a
few years ago graduated in 2002. Following a new Hong Kong government policy, the University
expanded since 2002 its original scheme for the admission of
undergraduates from the Mainland with Scholarships to cover
students who are not supported by scholarships. For the year
2003-2004, the university admitted 64 fee-paying mainland
students from the 1, 150 who applied. HKU is the most popular
Hong Kong university choice of mainland students and its
popularity among mainland applicants received positive media
coverage in the recent years. The University currently offers three joint master programmes in
Shanghai, in collaboration with Fudan University, namely Master
of Business Administration (International) (IMBA), Master of
Social Work (MSW) and Master of Social Service Management (MSSM) The World Trade Organisation (WTO) recognises HKU as a leading
tertiary education institution in Asia. It announced on November
7, 2003 that HKU had been designated as the official WTO
training centre for the Asia-Pacific Region. HKU will offer
Regional Trade Policy Courses (RTPC) to government officials in
Asia-Pacific in partnership with the WTO.
CONTACT
Address:
The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong.
Facsimile:
(852) 2858-2549.
Email:
afss@reg.hku.hk
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