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The University of Hong Kong

The University of Hong Kong
香港大學
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Arms of The University of Hong Kong
Motto Sapientia et Virtus (Latin)
明德格物 (Chinese)
Motto in English
Wisdom and Virtue
Type Public
Established 30 March 1911 (1911-03-30)
Chairman Arthur Li (Chairman of the Council)
Chancellor Chief Executive of Hong Kong
(Current officeholder: Leung Chun-ying)
President Peter Mathieson
Vice-president
  • Steven J. Cannon (Dr) (Executive Vice-President (Administration and Finance))
  • Terry Kit-fong Au (Professor) (Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic Staffing and Resources))
  • W. John Kao (Professor) (Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Global))
  • Douglas So (Mr) (Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Institutional Advancement))
  • T.S. Andy Hor (Professor) (Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research))
  • Ian Holliday (Professor) (Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning))
Provost Paul K.H. Tam (Professor) (Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor)
Vice-Chancellor Peter Mathieson
Academic staff
3,493
Administrative staff
3,706
Students 27,933
Undergraduates 16,187
Postgraduates 11,746
Location Pokfulam, Hong Kong
22°17′03″N 114°08′16″E / 22.28417°N 114.13778°E / 22.28417; 114.13778Coordinates: 22°17′03″N 114°08′16″E / 22.28417°N 114.13778°E / 22.28417; 114.13778
Campus Urban
53.1 hectares (0.531 km2)
Newspaper Undergrad HKUSU (Chinese)
Colours Dark green
Mascot Lion
Affiliations ASAIHL, Universitas 21, ACU, JUPAS, AACSB, EQUIS, APRU, UGC, Heads of Universities Committee, Joint Quality Review Committee
Website hku.hk
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University of Hong Kong
Traditional Chinese 香港大學
Simplified Chinese 香港大学
As of September 2016
University rankings
Global
ARWU 101–150
Times 43
QS 27
Asia
ARWU 16–26
Times 4
QS 2

The University of Hong Kong (often abbreviated as HKU, sometimes known informally as Hong Kong University) is a public research university located in Pokfulam, Hong Kong. Founded in 1911, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong.

Today, HKU is organised into 10 academic faculties with English as the language of instruction. It exhibits strength in scholarly research and education of accounting & finance, biomedicine,dentistry, humanities, law,social sciences, and political sciences, and is the first team in the world which successfully isolated the corona virus, the Causative agent of SARS.

The University of Hong Kong was founded in 1911 and had an acceptance rate of 96%. Governor Sir Frederick Lugard had proposed to establish a university in Hong Kong to compete with the other Great Powers opening universities in China, most notably Prussia, which had just opened the Tongji German Medical School in Shanghai. Indian businessman Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody learned of Lugard's plan and pledged to donate HK$150,000 towards the construction and HK$30,000 towards other costs. The Hong Kong Government and the business sector in southern China, which were both equally eager to learn "secrets of the West's success" (referring to technological advances made since the Industrial Revolution), also gave their support. The government contributed a site at West Point; Swire Group also contributed £40,000 to endow a chair in Engineering, and thousands of dollars in equipment. The aim was partly to bolster its corporate image following the death of a passenger on board one of its ships, Fatshan, and the subsequent unrest stirred by the Self-Government Society. Along with other donors including the British government and companies such as HSBC, Lugard finally had enough to fund the building of the university.


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