List of higher education institutions in Hong Kong
Under Hong Kong law, there are 22 accredited degree-awarding higher education institutions in Hong Kong.[1] The following is a list.
Only the first three categories of higher education are eligible to award bachelor's degrees or above in Hong Kong.
Universities
Name | Type | Year established | Year granted university status |
---|---|---|---|
University of Hong Kong 香港大學 |
UGC-funded | 1887 - Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese
1911 - The University of Hong Kong (college merged in) |
1911 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong 香港中文大學 |
UGC-funded | 1963 - Merged from United College
|
1963 |
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 香港科技大學 |
UGC-funded | 1991 - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 1991 |
Hong Kong Polytechnic University 香港理工大學 |
UGC-funded | 1937 - The Government Trade School
1972 - The Hong Kong Polytechnic |
1994 |
City University of Hong Kong 香港城市大學 |
UGC-funded | 1984 - City Polytechnic of Hong Kong | 1994 |
Hong Kong Baptist University 香港浸會大學 |
UGC-funded | 1956 - Hong Kong Baptist College | 1994 |
Hong Kong Metropolitan University 香港都會大學 |
Self-financed | 1989 - The Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong
1997 - The Open University of Hong Kong 2021 - Hong Kong Metropolitan University |
1997 |
Lingnan University 嶺南大學 |
UGC-funded | 1888 - Christian College in Guangzhou
1903 - Canton Christian College 1927 - Lingnan University 1967 - Lingnan College, re-established in Hong Kong 1978 - registered as an Approved Post Secondary College |
1999 |
Hong Kong Shue Yan University
香港樹仁大學 |
Self-financed | 1971 - Hong Kong Shue Yan College
1976 - registered as an Approved Post Secondary College 2006 - Hong Kong Shue Yan University |
2006 |
Education University of Hong Kong 香港教育大學 |
UGC-funded | 1994 - Merged from 5 teacher-training institutions[ which? ]
|
2016[2] |
Hang Seng University of Hong Kong 香港恒生大學 |
Self-financed | 2010 - Hang Seng Management College
2018 - Hang Seng University of Hong Kong |
2018 |
Saint Francis University 聖方濟各大學 |
Self-financed | 1985 - Established as Caritas Francis Hsu College (明愛徐誠斌書院) 2001 - registered as an Approved Post Secondary College |
2024[3][4] |
The following notation is used:
- UGC-funded universities: universities funded by public and under the University Grants Committee
- Self-financed institutions: higher education institutions that are self-funded
Post-secondary Institutions
Name | Type | Year established |
---|---|---|
Centennial College 明德學院 |
Private | 2011 |
Private | 1947 - Chu Hai University in Guangzhou
1949 - Chu Hai College, re-established in Hong Kong 2004 - Chu Hai College of Higher Education 2004 - registered as an Approved Post Secondary College | |
Gratia Christian College 宏恩基督教學院 |
Private | 2015 |
HKCT Institute of Higher Education 港專學院 |
Private | 2014 |
Hong Kong Nang Yan College of Higher Education 香港能仁專上學院 |
Private | 1969 - Hong Kong Buddhist College
2014 - Hong Kong Nang Yan College of Higher Education 2014 - registered as an Approved Post Secondary College |
Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong 香港高等科技教育學院 |
Public | 2012 |
Tung Wah College 東華學院 |
Private | 2010 - Tung Wah Tertiary Institute
2011 - Tung Wah College 2011 - registered as an Approved Post Secondary College |
UOW College Hong Kong
香港伍倫貢學院 |
Private | 2004 - Community College of City University, under the City University of Hong Kong
2019 - UOW College Hong Kong |
Yew Chung College of Early Childhood Education 耀中幼教學院 |
Private | 2018 |
- Alphabetised List
Note 1: The Open University of Hong Kong was established and financed by the Hong Kong Government from 1989 to 1993. Since then, it has been self-financed but still receives some irregular subsidies and loans from the government.
Note 2: In January 2007, the Hong Kong government offered a one-off grant of HK$200 million to establish a general development fund to support the academic development and improve the campus facilities of Hong Kong Shue Yan University.
Note 3: In August 2017, the Hong Kong government announced 6 self-funded institutions,
Note 4: In July 2017, the Hong Kong government announced that the Non-means-tested Subsidy Scheme for Self-financing Undergraduate Studies in Hong Kong will include full-time self-financing degree programmes from 15 (non-UGC funded) institutions for the cohort to be admitted in the 2017/18 academic year.[7]
Public institutions
These institutions are government-supported, but do not fall under the UGC.
Name | Year established |
---|---|
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts 香港演藝學院 |
1984 |
Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education 香港專業教育學院 |
1999 - By merger of 9 technical institutes[ which? ]
|
Sub-degree institutions
These institutions offer higher education programmes, but are not authorised to confer degrees.
Name | Year established |
---|---|
School of Continuing and Professional Education, City University of Hong Kong
香港城市大學專業進修學院 |
1991 |
Caritas Bianchi College of Careers 明愛白英奇專業學校 |
1971 |
Hong Kong Art School 香港藝術學院 |
2000 |
Hong Kong Baptist University College of International Education 香港浸會大學國際學院 |
2000 |
Hong Kong Baptist University School of Continuing Education 香港浸會大學持續教育學院 |
1975 |
Hong Kong College of Technology 香港專業進修學校 |
1957 |
Hong Kong Institute of Technology 香港科技專上書院 |
1997 |
HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Community College 香港大學專業進修學院保良局社區書院 |
2006 |
Lingnan Institute of Further Education 嶺南大學持續進修學院 |
2001 |
School of Continuing and Professional Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 香港中文大學專業進修學院 |
1957 |
Hong Kong Community College of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University 香港理工大學 – 香港專上學院 |
2001 |
HKU SPACE Community College 香港大學附屬學院 |
2000 |
Li Ka Shing Institute of Professional and Continuing Education, The Open University of Hong Kong 香港公開大學李嘉誠專業進修學院 |
1992 |
YMCA College of Careers 青年會專業書院 |
1995 |
Pui Ching Academy 培正專業書院 |
2000 |
Other institutions
- Savannah College of Art and Design of Hong Kong is a campus of a US-based university in North Kowloon Magistracy. The school was shut down in 2020.[8]
- University of Chicago Hong Kong, a satellite campus of the University of Chicago in Hong Kong[9][10]
See also
- Hong Kong
- List of Hong Kong university vice-chancellors and presidents
- Education in Hong Kong
- Higher education in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications
- List of schools in Hong Kong
- List of buildings and structures in Hong Kong
- Other lists of universities
- List of colleges and universities by country
- List of colleges and universities
Notes
- ^ "Institutions - Education Bureau". www.edb.gov.hk. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1905785/hong-kong-institute-education-set-become-citys , SCMP, 7 October 2015
- ^ "Caritas Institute of Higher Education granted the university title and renamed Saint Francis University". www.cihe.edu.hk. Caritas Institute of Higher Education. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ "APPROVAL FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF CARITAS INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND POST SECONDARY COLLEGES TO AWARD DEGREES" (PDF). LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BRIEF. Hong Kong Legislative Council. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- Republic of China (ROC) government because it was established in Canton, China before the Communist takeover of the Chinese Mainland.
- ^ "Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/Sectors for 2018/19 cohort announced". www.into.gov.hk. The government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ "Non-means-tested Subsidy Scheme for Self-financing Undergraduate Studies in Hong Kong announced". www.info.gov.hk. The government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ "SCAD Hong Kong to close in May, leaving students up in the air". 13 March 2020.
- ^ "University of Chicago opens Hong Kong campus". 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Hong Kong | The University of Chicago". www.uchicago.hk.