Hong Kong Baptist University


Hong Kong Baptist University

Hong Kong

Background/History

In 1956, Hong Kong Baptist College was founded by the Baptist Convention of Hong Kong as a post-secondary college committed to the provision of whole person education.  In 1983, Hong Kong Baptist College became a fully-funded public tertiary institution. It gained university status in 1994 and was renamed Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU).

Today HKBU encompasses eight Faculties/Schools offering a range of undergraduate programmes, associate degree and higher diploma programmes as well as taught postgraduate programmes and research postgraduate programmes leading to the award of master and doctoral degrees.  It prides itself on its dual focus on teaching and research and encourages service to society among its staff and students.  Over the years, HKBU has remained committed to academic excellence and the development of the whole person, and has gained a reputation as one of Asia’s finest institutions of higher learning.

Vision

To be a leading liberal arts University in Asia for the world delivering academic excellence in a caring, creative and global culture.

Mission

HKBU is committed to academic excellence in teaching, research and service, and to the development of the whole person in all these endeavours built upon the heritage of Christian higher education.

Leadership

President and Vice-ChancellorProfessor Roland T CHIN (till 31 Dec 2020)Professor Alexander WAI (from 1 Feb 2021)
ProvostProfessor Clayton MACKENZIE
Vice-President (Research and Development)Professor Yike GUO
Vice-President (Teaching and Learning)Dr Albert CHAU
Vice-President (Administration) and SecretaryMs Christine OW CHOW

Academic Programmes

Undergraduate:

For more details, please visit: https://admissions.hkbu.edu.hk/en/programmes-offer.html

Postgraduate:

Visit  https://gs.hkbu.edu.hk/programmes

Student population (2019-20)

Undergraduate: 7,100

Postgraduate: 4,500

Location

Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

Website

https://www.hkbu.edu.hk/eng/main/index.jsp

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Recent Accomplishments

HKBU visual arts scholar receives international recognition for excellence in e-teaching

November 23, 2020

https://bunews.hkbu.edu.hk/news/people/hkbu-visual-arts-scholar-receives-international-recognition-for-excellence-in-e-teaching

Dr Gao Meng named in Forbes China 30 Under 30 List

November 17, 2020

https://bunews.hkbu.edu.hk/news/people/dr-gao-meng-named-in-forbes-china-30-under-30-list

HKBU-Led Project Team Receives Prestigious UGC Teaching Award     

October 2, 2020

https://qswownews.com/hkbu-led-project-team-receives-prestigious-ugc-teaching-award/

HKBU physicist honoured with international scientist award

August 26, 2020

https://bunews.hkbu.edu.hk/news/people/hkbu-physicist-honoured-with-international-scientist-award

Research team wins award for innovations in Chinese medicine authentication

December 24, 2019

https://bunews.hkbu.edu.hk/news/people/research-team-wins-award-for-innovations-in-chinese-medicine-authentication

Communication scholar and students win top paper awards

October 29, 2020

https://bunews.hkbu.edu.hk/news/people/communication-scholar-and-students-win-top-paper-awards

HKBU scholars’ inventions win four awards at International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva

April 15, 2019

https://bunews.hkbu.edu.hk/news/people/hkbu-scholars-inventions-win-two-gold-and-one-silver-awards-at-international-exhibition-of-inventions-of-geneva

School of Business students win business case competition

March 23, 2020

https://bunews.hkbu.edu.hk/news/people/school-of-business-students-win-business-case-competition

New Establishments

HKBU has created 6 new labs to develop innovative solutions to new challenges and apply cutting-edge techniques across disciplines to make new discoveries.

  • Augmented Creativity Lab
  • Computational Medicine Lab
  • Systems Health Lab
  • Smart Society Lab
  • Data Economy Lab
  • Ethical and Theoretical AI Lab