The Tung Chung River is a river on Lantau Island , Hong Kong. It is designated by the governmental Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department as one of the "Ecologically Important Streams" within the territory. It is 4.31 km in length.
105-616: According to the University of Hong Kong , the Tung Chung River is home to more than 20 species of fish, including the Beijiang Thick-lipped Bard ( Acrossocheilus beijiangensis ), a species of conservation concern internationally. Rare tree species including those in the genera of Exbucklandia , Magnolia and Illicium are also present in the river area. A part of the river catchment at the upper course has been designated as
210-428: A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) . In 2003, a 330-metre section of this Ecologically Important Stream near Shek Mun Kap was found damaged by unauthorised excavations. It was later revealed that the boulders illegally excavated from this river were used by a subcontractor to build Hong Kong Disneyland . About 400 tonnes of the boulders were brought to Penny's Bay to create an artificial lake as part of
315-503: A royal charter and act of Parliament in 1903, the then newly formed University of Liverpool began the fragmentation of the Victoria University by being the first member to gain independence. The University of Leeds soon followed suit and had been granted a royal charter as an independent body by King Edward VII by 1904. The Victoria University continued after the break-up of the group, with an amended constitution and renamed as
420-627: A distinguished chemist and Nobel Laureate , as a Chair Professor. Stoddart has been a Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University , IL, USA for the past 16 years. Stoddart's ground-breaking research has garnered numerous accolades and awards, including the prestigious 2007 King Faisal International Prize in Science. In 2016, he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Bernard L. Feringa and Jean-Pierre Sauvage for their work on
525-657: A few buildings in Sandy Bay Gap. Buildings of the university are some of the few remaining examples of British Colonial architecture in Hong Kong. The university lends its name to HKU MTR station , the main public transport access to the campus which had opened on 28 December 2014. The Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine is situated 4.5 km southwest of the main campus, in the Southern District near Sandy Bay and Pokfulam . The medical campus includes Queen Mary Hospital ,
630-612: A graduate of the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, the predecessor of HKU. Notable alumni in the field of politics include Anson Chan , Carrie Lam , Jasper Tsang and Regina Ip . The origins of the University of Hong Kong can be traced back to the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese , founded in 1887 by Ho Kai (later known as Sir Kai Ho Kai). It was renamed the Hong Kong College of Medicine in 1907. The college
735-577: A million pounds was allocated towards its development. The university has engaged in expansion since 2008, and has spent more than £300 million on new educational, research, residential and leisure facilities with a further £80 million being spent to improve current assets. The programme of this expansion constitutes one of the largest capital investment projects in British higher education. Works of public art on campus range from Eric Gill 's controversial 1923 World War I memorial Christ driving
840-478: A place for freedom of expression ". On 30 August 2011, the university council resolved to set up a panel to review issues arising from the vice premier's visit, to improve arrangements and to set up policies for future university events that are consistent with its commitment to freedom of expression. From 2010 to 2012, the university celebrated its 100th anniversary and the opening of the Centennial Campus at
945-462: A school of Chinese was proposed in the inter-war period. Construction of the premises began in 1929 following a donation from Tang Chi-ngong, father of the philanthropist Sir Tang Shiu-kin , after whom the building was named. It was opened by Sir William Peel , Governor of Hong Kong, in 1931 and since then further donations have been received for the endowment of teaching Chinese language and literature. The building has been used for other purposes since
1050-442: A university had for the cities of Liverpool and Manchester whilst the institutions were also unhappy with the practical difficulties posed by maintaining a federal arrangement across broad distances. The interests of the universities and respective cities in creating independent institutions was further spurred by the granting of a charter to the University of Birmingham in 1900 after lobbying from Joseph Chamberlain . Following
1155-427: Is approximately 1 mile south of the main campus. There are numerous bus routes which serve it. The proposed Leeds Supertram would have run past the campus. The currently proposed Leeds Trolleybus (northern line) will run past the campus, linking it with the city centre, Headingley and Lawnswood . The Leeds Inner Ring Road also lies close to the campus. The University of Leeds Conference Auditorium, located next to
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#17328515598421260-603: Is housed in the renovated 19th-century buildings (known as the Maurice Keyworth Building), which used to belong to Leeds Grammar School on the Western side of the University of Leeds campus. The university have also constructed further modern buildings on the business school area of campus known as the Innovation Hub; costing £9.3 million. The building is a three-storey building of 4350 m (gross capacity), with
1365-423: Is located 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Leeds city centre and consists of a mixture of Gothic revival , art deco , brutalist and postmodern buildings, making it one of the most diverse university campuses in the country in terms of building styles and history. It is within walking distance of both the city centre and popular student neighbourhoods Hyde Park , Woodhouse , and Headingley . The main entrance to
1470-531: Is one of the largest medical schools in Europe, with over 250 medical students being trained in each of the clinical years and over 1,000 teaching, research, technical and administrative staff. The school has centres of excellence split down into Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health and Therapeutics (LIGHT), Leeds Institute of Health Sciences (LIHS), Leeds Institute of Medical Education (LIME) and The Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine (LIMM). In 2010–11 university guides,
1575-552: Is provided via external Cloud Computing and High Performance Computing facilities. In 2023, a total of 31 centrally managed IT study spaces were available for use. The IT Services Research Computing Team support University research communities with platforms and their use, consulting and training . There is a dedicated user facing documentation site with details of the University High Performance Computing facilities and how to use them. Many of
1680-600: The Bretton campus. Activities at Bretton were moved to the main university campus in the summer of 2007 (allowing all Bretton-based students to complete their studies there). There was substantial opposition to the closure by the Bretton students. The university's other satellite site, Manygates in Wakefield , also closed, but Lifelong Learning and Healthcare programmes are continuing on a new site next to Wakefield College . In May 2006,
1785-599: The Canton–Hong Kong strikes of 1925 and 1926 , the government moved towards greater integration of Eastern culture, increasing the number of Chinese courses. In 1927, a degree in Chinese was created. Donations from wealthy businessmen Tang Chi Ngong and Fung Ping Shan – after whom two campus buildings are named – triggered an emphasis on Chinese cultural education. In 1937, the Queen Mary Hospital opened. It has served as
1890-657: The Church of England . University College London was non-sectarian. The religious qualification ceased in the 1850s but the classics-based education continued at Oxford and Cambridge. The Northern colleges continued to promote themselves as offering a general education that was progressive and pragmatic in nature as were the technical colleges of Germany and the ancient universities upon which they were modelled. The Yorkshire College of Science began by teaching experimental physics, mathematics, geology, mining, chemistry and biology, and soon became well known as an international centre for
1995-707: The Leeds University Union hosted a live edition of the Channel 4 News , with students, academics and economists expressing their reaction to the Browne Review , an independent review of Higher Education funding and student finance conducted by John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley . University of Leeds Vice-Chancellor and Russell Group chairman Michael Arthur participated, giving an academic perspective alongside current vice-chancellor of Kingston University and former Pro Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Education at
2100-482: The Main Building is the university's oldest structure and was sponsored by Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody and designed by Architect Messrs Leigh & Orange . It is built in the post-renaissance Edwardian Baroque style with red brick and granite and has two courtyards. The main elevation is articulated by four turrets with a central clock tower (a gift from Sir Paul Chater in 1930). The two courtyards were added in
2205-722: The Times Higher Education' s Global University Employability Ranking 2022, and 10th worldwide in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022. University of Leeds The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds , West Yorkshire , England. It was established in 1874 as the Yorkshire College of Science. In 1884, it merged with the Leeds School of Medicine (established 1831) and
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#17328515598422310-577: The UCAS clearing process for 2010 admission, which matches undersubscribed courses to students who did not meet their firm or insurance choices. The university was one of nine Russell Group universities offering extremely limited places to "exceptional" students after the universities in Birmingham , Bristol , Cambridge , Edinburgh and Oxford declared they would not enter the process due to courses being full to capacity. On 12 October 2010, The Refectory of
2415-514: The Victoria University of Manchester (though "Victoria" was usually omitted from its name except in formal usage) until September 2004. On 1 October 2004 a merger with the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology was enacted to form The University of Manchester . In December 2004, financial pressures forced the university's governing body (the Council) to decide to close
2520-483: The foundation stone of the Main Building on 16 March 1910. The university was incorporated in Hong Kong as a self-governing body of scholars on 30 March 1911 and had its official opening ceremony on 11 March 1912. It was founded as an all-male institution; women were admitted for the first time ten years later. The school opened with three founding faculties: Arts, Engineering, and Medicine. The Faculty of Medicine
2625-516: The 1970s but the name remained unchanged. It housed the Centre of Asian Studies until 2012 and now houses the Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole. This three-storey flat-roofed structure is surfaced with Shanghai plaster and became a declared monument in 1995. To provide additional space for students under the new four-year undergraduate curriculum the Centennial Campus was built at the western end of
2730-628: The Association for Pacific Rim Universities, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, Washington University in St. Louis's McDonnell International Scholars Academy, and many others. HKU benefits from a large operating budget supplied by high levels of government funding compared to many Western countries. In 2018/19, the Research Grants Council (RGC) granted HKU a total research funding of HK$ 12,127 million (41.3% of overall RGC funding), which
2835-530: The Brotherton Collection. It also contains a considerable number of medieval manuscripts. The extensive coin collection consists of 15,000 coins and medals with a wide chronological and geographical spread. The Feminist Archive North Collections are on deposit. These contain a material relating to women from 1969 to the present day. The Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, the Treasures Gallery and
2940-465: The Chinese course requirement. Cantonese credit-courses for Mainland Chinese and Taiwan students, and ab initio Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese credit-courses for international and exchange students are offered by the Chinese Language Centre, School of Chinese. The university is a founding member of Universitas 21 , an international consortium of research-led universities, and a member of
3045-833: The English Literature Collections, the Leeds Russian Archive, the Liddle Collection , the Cookery Collection and its Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections . The repository contains William Shakespeare 's First Folio Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories. & Tragedies published in 1623. Special Collections also holds copies of the second, third and fourth folios. There is a copy of Sir Isaac Newton 's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica , first published 5 July 1687. Special Collections holds over 300 incunabula most of which are in
3150-525: The Faculty of Law, was a distinguished scholar in constitutional law and human rights and "a vocal critic on Hong Kong's political reform issues". Owing to his liberal political stance, Chan was roundly criticised by Communist Party-controlled media including Wen Wei Po , Ta Kung Pao , and Global Times , which together published at least 350 articles attacking him. Customarily the HKU Council accepts
3255-607: The Graduate School. The University Grants Committee delivered the idea of “knowledge transfer” among the community and universities. From the academic year 2009/10, a yearly recurrent funding for universities to invest in knowledge transfer has been approved by the Legislative Council . Therefore, HKU has established the Knowledge Exchange Office in 2010. HKU Libraries (HKUL) was established in 1912, being
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3360-661: The HKU Scholars Hub. 100 members of academic staff (>10% of professoriate staff) from HKU are ranked among the world's top 1% of scientists by the Thomson Reuters ' Essential Science Indicators, by means of the citations recorded on their publications. The university has the largest number of research postgraduate students in Hong Kong, making up approximately 10% of the total student population. All ten faculties and departments provide teaching and supervision for research (MPhil and PhD) students with administration undertaken by
3465-488: The HKU website. Undergraduate candidates are selected according to their relative merit in the local public examination ( HKDSEE ) and apply online via JUPAS . Other applicants, including overseas students or ones taking other examinations, are classified as non-JUPAS applicants who are required to apply via the official website, where postgraduate applications may also be made. Most undergraduate courses are 4-year degrees while
3570-645: The Hong Kong Library Association. In 1982, the Faculty of Dentistry, based at the Prince Philip Dental Hospital , was established. To this day, it remains Hong Kong's only faculty training dental professionals. In 1984, both the School of Architecture and School of Education became fully-fledged faculties and in the same year the Faculty of Law was created. The Faculty of Business and Economics
3675-482: The International Textile Collection are managed by Special Collections. IT Services support the University with a range of services targeted for use by different University communities. University Faculties, Schools and Institutes also provide computing facilities. Collectively these provide computational capability that can be used by staff, students and visitors. Additional computational capability
3780-556: The Leeds campus of the Victoria University had never barred women from its courses. However, it was not until special facilities were provided at the Day Training College in 1896 that women began enrolling in significant numbers. The first female student to begin a course at the university was Lilias Annie Clark, who studied Modern Literature and Education. In 1904 Leeds University wanted to encourage more women students. It decided to pat
3885-698: The Moneychangers from the Temple in the foyer of the Rupert Beckett Building to Simon Fujiwara 's 2015 9 metres (30 ft) A Spire outside the Laidlaw Library and Liliane Lijn 's 2019 Converse Column at the south east entrance to the campus. The university has a Public Art Strategy developed with the Contemporary Art Society . Gair Wood is located about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of
3990-670: The School of Mineral Engineering, the Brotherton Library and the Parkinson Building which are Grade II listed. In addition to the main campus, there was also a satellite location at Wakefield . Until the 2006–07 academic year, some courses were taught at the Bretton Hall campus in West Bretton . The site closed in summer 2007 after which the courses taught there were relocated to the main campus in Leeds. Leeds railway station
4095-539: The Sports Hall, was once the original West Yorkshire Playhouse . It was refurbished in 2003 to become two lecture theatres; one for 320 and one for 550, making it the largest capacity facility on the university campus. The university's Muslim Prayer Room is located in the Conference Auditorium building and able to accommodate up to 300 people at any one time. The prayer room has undergone refurbishment after half
4200-453: The Swire Group sponsored the building of a new residential hall in the eastern end of the campus. The new student residence was named Swire Building in honour of this sponsorship. The building was officially opened by Mr John Anthony Swire CBE on 11 November 1980. In 1983, the colour orange was chosen to be the hall colour in the second Annual General Meeting since the colour was used as
4305-635: The Taiwan GSAT, 45/45 in IB , and 16 5** Zhuangyuan ( 狀元 ) (the top Gaokao scoring students in their province or city in mainland China ) are amongst those matriculated into the University. The latest Global Admissions Profile, with information and data about last year's admission and current international opportunities for those admitted, and the International Admissions Brochure, with information about applications for admission, are available on
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4410-703: The United Kingdom Keir Starmer , former Home and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw , former co-chairman of the Conservative Party Sayeeda Warsi , Piers Sellers ( NASA astronaut ) and six Nobel laureates. The university's history is linked to the development of Leeds as an international centre for the textile industry and clothing manufacture in the United Kingdom during the Victorian era . The university's roots can be traced back to
4515-630: The University of Leeds, Sir Peter Scott . Midway through the broadcast a small group of protesters against the potential rise of student debt entered the building before being restrained and evacuated. In 2016, The University of Leeds became University of the Year 2017 in The Times and The Sunday Times ' Good University Guide. The university has risen to 13th place overall, which reflects impressive results in student experience, high entry standards, services and facilities, and graduate prospects. In 2022,
4620-415: The University of London. Leeds was given its first university in 1887 when the Yorkshire College joined the federal Victoria University on 3 November. The Victoria University had been established by royal charter in 1880; Owens College being at first the only member college. Leeds now found itself in an educational union with close social cousins from Manchester and Liverpool . Unlike Owens College,
4725-501: The University, and the Senate as the principal academic authority of the university. The university currently has ten academic faculties and 20 residential halls and colleges for its students, with English being its main medium of instruction and assessment. The university has educated many notable alumni in many fields. Among them is Dr Sun Yat-sen , the founder of the Republic of China ,
4830-716: The William M.W. Mong Building and research facilities. The Faculty of Dentistry is situated in the Prince Philip Dental Hospital , Sai Ying Pun . The university also operates the Kadoorie Agricultural Research Centre, which occupies 95,000 square metres (1,020,000 sq ft) of land in the New Territories , and the Swire Institute of Marine Science at the southern tip of the d'Aguilar Peninsula on Hong Kong Island. Constructed between 1910 and 1912,
4935-567: The academic departments have specialist research facilities, for use by staff and students to support research from internationally significant collections in university libraries to state-of-the-art laboratories. These include those hosted at the Institute for Transport Studies , such as the University of Leeds Driving Simulator which is one of the most advanced worldwide in a research environment, allowing transport researchers to watch driver behaviour in accurately controlled laboratory conditions without
5040-489: The background colour during the first open day of Swire Hall and no other halls were using orange as their hall colour. In 1983, Mrs J. Lau (Director of Centre Media Resources) provided a design for the hall logo. The Swire Hall Students' Association, HKUSU, then made some amendments to that design. The logo shows the words 'S' and 'H'. The design of the word 'S' looks like two hands holding each other, signifying that all hall-mates should co-operate with each other, and promoting
5145-440: The build was £22,000 and was raised partially by public appeal and served as the university library until the opening of the Brotherton Library. The Great Hall is now primarily used for examinations, meetings and graduation ceremonies. In June 2010, post-war buildings at the University of Leeds were recommended by English Heritage to become Grade II listed buildings. The modernist and brutalist buildings being recognised include
5250-570: The building consists of masonry on the ground level surmounted by a two-storey red-brick structure with ornamental columns topped by a pediment over its entrance. Since 1962, the Chinese books collection, now known as the Fung Ping Shan Library, was transferred to the university's Main Library and the whole building was converted into a museum for Chinese art and archaeology. Among its collections are ceramics, pottery and bronze sculptures. In 1996,
5355-447: The campus for visitors by car is on Woodhouse Lane ( A660 ), near the Parkinson Building. The former Woodhouse Cemetery is within the campus, now a landscaped area known as St George's Fields. The Parkinson Building is a grade II listed art deco building and campanile named after the late Frank Parkinson , a major benefactor of the university who oversaw many new build projects from 1936 onwards. These commitments culminating in
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#17328515598425460-437: The college and aiding the students. The university continues to recognise these elements of its history; for example, there is still a Clothworkers' Court on campus. The College of Science, modelled on Owens College, Manchester, was established in 1851 as non-sectarian, and was open to Protestant Dissenters , Catholics and Jews (though not then to women) since Oxford and Cambridge restricted attendance to members only of
5565-636: 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 contributed £40,000 to endow a chair in Engineering, in addition to thousands of dollars in equipment (its aim
5670-620: The decision would serve as a warning to other academics not to engage in pro-democratic politics and would severely tarnish Hong Kong's reputation for academic freedom and education excellence. The law faculty also refuted the allegations against Chan. Billy Fung, student union president, revealed details of the discussion to the public and was subsequently expelled from the council. The university's main campus covers 177,000 square metres (1,910,000 sq ft) of land on Pokfulam Road and Bonham Road in Pokfulam of Central and Western District , Hong Kong Island . The university also has
5775-421: The decision. Political interference was widely suspected and the opacity of the council criticised. The decision is seen widely viewed as a pro-government act of retaliation against "pro-democracy leaders and participants" and a blow to academic freedom. Six members of the council are directly appointed by the Chief Executive of Hong Kong , who acts as chancellor of all publicly funded tertiary institutions in
5880-416: The design and synthesis of molecular machines . The HKU Council made headlines in 2015 for alleged political interference behind the selection process for a new pro-vice chancellor. A selection committee unanimously recommended the council appoint Johannes Chan to the post, which involved the responsibility for staffing and resources, and which had been left vacant for five years. Chan, the former dean of
5985-487: The development of the adjacent Hong Kong Disneyland Resort . The government jailed the chairman of village interest group Tung Chung Rural Committee along with several others for this illegal activity. The government has touted this river as a potential eco-tourism area, but in a recent survey in 2021, over 90 per cent of respondents thought that the government should "conserve the river and its estuary by restoring damaged areas, setting up conservation areas and restricting
6090-434: The establishment of the university as an opportunity to promote British culture to China and the Chinese people through education, in turn enhancing Britain's influence in the Far East . He quoted saying, "We must either now take those opportunities or leave them for others to take...". Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody , an Indian Parsi businessman in Hong Kong, learned of Lugard's plan and pledged to donate HK$ 150,000 towards
6195-492: The fifth-most popular university (behind Manchester , Edinburgh , University College London and King's College London ) in the UK by volume of applications. Leeds had an income of £979.5 million in 2022–23, of which £184.9 million was from research grants and contracts. The university has financial endowments of £83.2 million (2023), placing it within the top twenty British universities by financial endowment. Notable alumni include current Prime Minister of
6300-403: The formation of schools of medicine in English cities to serve the general public. The Victoria University was established in Manchester in 1880 as a federal university in the North of England , instead of the government elevating Owens College to a university and grant it a royal charter . Owens College was the sole college of Victoria University from 1880 to 1884; in 1887 Yorkshire College
6405-421: The generosity of Mr Li and his Foundation as well as the wish of the donors to support, in addition to the general development of the University, research and academic activities in medicine." On 16 August 2011, Li Keqiang , Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China , began a three-day visit to promote development between Hong Kong and mainland China . The university was locked down. The mishandling by
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#17328515598426510-400: The global world ranking of the University of Leeds is 86. There are currently 36,840 students studying at the university. The average tuition fee is £9,250 (~$ 12,000–12,500) per year, although there are cases where there are partial subsidies towards this cost. The university has 1,230 acres (498 ha) of land in total, with the main campus taking up 98 acres (40 ha). The main campus
6615-476: The hall motto 'Unity and Sincerity'. Financed by Sir Paul Chater , Professor G. P. Jordan and others, it was opened in 1919 by the Governor of Hong Kong Sir Reginald Stubbs and housed the students' union . After World War II, the building was used temporarily for administrative purposes. The East Wing was added in 1960. The building was converted into the Senior Common Room in 1974. It was named in honour of Mr Hung Hing-Ying in 1986 for his family's donations to
6720-749: The institute of molecular medicine based at St James's University Hospital which aids integration of research and practice in the medical field. The university also operate research facilities in the aviation field, with the Airbus A320 flight simulator . The simulator was devised with an aim to promote the safety and efficiency of flight operations; where students use the simulator to develop their reactions to critical situations such as engine failure, display malfunctioning and freak weather. In addition to these facilities, many university departments conduct research in their respective fields. There are also various research centres, including Leeds University Centre for African Studies . The Leeds School of Medicine
6825-490: The largest research libraries in the UK. The main arts and humanities library is the Brotherton Library , located in the Parkinson Building. The main science, social sciences and engineering library is the Edward Boyle Library, located in the centre of the campus. Medicine, dentistry and healthcare students are served by the Health Sciences Library, located in the Worsley Building, and there is an extension of this library at St James's University Hospital . The Laidlaw Library on
6930-417: The latter now has the power to award its own degrees. The College of the Resurrection , an Anglican theological college in Mirfield with monastic roots , has, since its inception in 1904, been affiliated to the university, and ties remain close. The university is also a founding member of the Northern Consortium . In August 2010, the university was one of the most targeted institutions by students entering
7035-462: The local community with over 2,000 university student volunteers. With 8,700 staff employed in 2019–20, the university is the third largest employer in Leeds and contributes around £1.23bn a year to the local economy – students add a further £211m through rents and living costs. The university's educational partnerships have included providing formal accreditation of degree awards to Leeds College of Art and Leeds Trinity University College , although
7140-431: The lowest three floors of the new Tsui Building were added to the old building to form the University Museum and Art Gallery. HKU was ranked #17 worldwide in QS 2024, #35 worldwide in THE 2024, #88 worldwide in ARWU 2023, and #44 worldwide in U.S. News 2024. The Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities (ARTU), which sorts universities based on their aggregate performance across THE , QS, and ARWU , found that HKU
7245-531: The main campus, close to Eccup. It is a 36 hectare site with over 60,000 "regionally appropriate" trees, including oak, hazel, and willow, providing a base for research, teaching, social opportunities and carbon capture. The first tree was planted by Roger Gair, a former University Secretary, in 2022. During the 2022/23 academic year, 36,330 students were enrolled. There were around 560 different first-degree programmes and approximately 300 postgraduate degree programmes in 2009–10. Whilst maintaining its strengths in
7350-414: The main campus, serving the needs of undergraduates, opened in May 2015. It is named after Lord Laidlaw who gave £9,000,000 towards its construction. The university library houses numerous archives, rare books and some objects in its Special Collections ranging from 2,500 BC to the 21st century. Special Collections holds five collections designated as outstanding by the Arts Council England . These are
7455-409: The main campus, which was previously occupied by the Water Supplies Department. The construction of the campus started in late 2009, and was completed in 2012, the first year of the introduction of the new academic structure in Hong Kong. In 2012, the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Social Sciences moved to the Centennial Campus. Admission to HKU is highly competitive. In 2016,
7560-515: The medical and nursing programmes require two and one more year(s) of studies respectively. English is the main medium of instruction, and the University's Senate has endorsed English as the campus lingua franca . Starting from 2012, local students are required to take Academic English courses and Chinese language enhancement courses; however, students who are native-speakers of languages other than Chinese, and students who have not studied Chinese language in their secondary curriculum can be exempted from
7665-658: The model for a secular institution. The University of Hong Kong was founded in 1911. The colony's governor , Sir Frederick Lugard , first proposed in January 1908 during a graduation ceremony at St Stephen's College 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. Sir Lugard saw
7770-542: The newly Grade II* listed Roger Stevens Building, whilst the EC Stoner Building, Computer Science Building, Mathematics/Earth Sciences Building, Senior Common Room, Garstang Building, Irene Manton Building, Communications and Edward Boyle Library (formerly the South Library) and Henry Price Building have been recognised as Grade II listed buildings. These additions join the already listed 1877 Great Hall and Baines Wing,
7875-529: The number of degree courses to over a hundred. In 2002, Growing with Hong Kong: HKU and its Graduates – The First 90 Years was published by the Hong Kong University Press as a study of the impact of HKU's graduates on Hong Kong. In January 2006, despite protest from a portion of students and alumni, the Faculty of Medicine was renamed as the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine "to recognize
7980-582: The number of tourists", according to a local media outlet. University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong （HKU) is a public research university in Pok Fu Lam , Hong Kong Island , Hong Kong . It was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese by the London Missionary Society and formally established as the University of Hong Kong in 1911. It is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong . The university
8085-434: The official opening of The Parkinson Building (to which Parkinson donated £200,000) on 9 November 1951. The tower of the building is a well-known landmark in the city of Leeds and is used in the university logo and as a university symbol. The campanile is the highest point of the building and stands at 57 metres (187 ft) tall, making it the 17th tallest building in the city of Leeds. The Leeds University Business School
8190-748: The oldest academic library in Hong Kong with over 2.3 million current holdings. It comprises the Main Library and six specialist branch libraries: the Dental, Education, Fung Ping Shan (East Asian Language), Yu Chun Keung Medical, Lui Che Woo Law, and Music libraries. They are located in buildings around the campus with varying opening hours. A web-based library catalogue, DRAGON, allows one to search HKUL's books, journals and other resources. The HKUL Digital Initiatives, through its digitisation projects, has opened up online access to local collections originally in print format. The first HKUL Digital Initiative, ExamBase,
8295-482: The police force caused the Hong Kong 818 incident . In a statement to the HKU community, the university vice-chancellor Professor Lap-Chee Tsui admitted that the security arrangements could have been better planned and organised, and apologised to students and alumni for not having been able to prevent the incident. He assured them that "the University campus belongs to students and teachers, and that it will always remain
8400-473: The recommendations of search committees for senior posts, with no prior recommendation having been rejected by the council. The council was criticised when it delayed the decision to appoint Chan, stating that it should wait until a new provost was in place. Finally, in September 2015, the council rejected Chan's appointment (12 votes to eight) through an anonymous vote in a closed meeting, providing no reason for
8505-530: The risks associated with a live, physical environment. With extensive links to the St James's University Hospital through the Leeds School of Medicine, the university operates a range of high-tech research laboratories for biomedical and physical sciences, food and engineering – including clean rooms for bionanotechnology and plant science greenhouses. The university is connected to Leeds General Infirmary and
8610-413: The south in 1952 and one floor in the end block in 1958. The building was originally used as classrooms and laboratories for the Faculty of Medicine and Engineering and was later the home of departments within the Faculty of Arts. The central Great Hall (Loke Yew Hall) is named after Loke Yew , a Malayan benefactor of the university in its early years. It became a declared monument in 1984. Around 1980,
8715-568: The study of engineering and textile technology (due to the manufacturing and textile trades being strong in the West Riding ). When classics, modern literature and history went on offer a few years later, the Yorkshire College of Science became simply the Yorkshire College. In 1884, the Yorkshire College absorbed the Leeds School of Medicine and subsequently joined the federal Victoria University (established at Manchester in 1880) on 3 November 1887. Students in this period were awarded external degrees by
8820-745: The territory. Five members are delegates to the National People's Congress in Beijing and, as such, are obliged to toe the Communist Party line or risk expulsion. In overall Council makeup, university students and staff are outnumbered by members from outside the university. The decision was decried by student groups including the Hong Kong University Students' Union and Hong Kong Federation of Students , faculty members, leading international law scholars, and legislators. They noted that
8925-438: The third floor accommodating the Innovation Hub. The Roger Stevens building, built in 1970, is one of the most iconic structures on campus, and is primarily utilised for lectures. The university's Great Hall building is one of the most prominent buildings on campus alongside the Parkinson Building and the numerous brutalist buildings which are Grade II listed. The Great Hall was built on a site of Beech Grove Hall Estate which
9030-547: The traditional subjects (for example more students studying languages and physical sciences than anywhere else in the UK), Leeds has also developed expertise in more distinctive and rare specialist areas such as Colour Chemistry, Fire Science, Nanotechnology and Aviation Technology with Pilot studies. The university library is spread over five locations, and holds, in total, 2.78 million books, 26,000 print and electronic journals, 850 databases and 6,000 electronic books: making it one of
9135-568: The university began re-branding itself to consolidate its visual identity to promote one consistent image. A new logo was produced, based on that used during the centenary celebrations in 2004, to replace the combined use of the modified university arms and the Parkinson Building , which has been in use since 2004. The university arms will still be used in its original form for ceremonial purposes only. Four university colours were also specified as being green, red, black and beige. Leeds provides
9240-588: The university received around 40,000 applications for undergraduate studies, over 16,000 of which were from outside the Hong Kong schools' system. For Mainland China applicants, the enrollment rate was 1 student for every 21 applications. According to a survey done by the Education18.com (The Hong Kong Education Net), HKU enrolled students with the best performance in HKDSE examination in 2012. Internationally, applicants with more than 5 A*s in their GCE A-Levels , 75/75 in
9345-423: The university's governing council appointed University of California, Berkeley nanoscience professor Xiang Zhang to the posts of President and Vice-Chancellor with effect from January 2018. Zhang was the first vice-chancellor of the university born in mainland China and educated to undergraduate degree level there. On 4 September 2023, the university announced the appointment of Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart ,
9450-559: The university's teaching hospital ever since. In 1941, the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong caused damage to university buildings, and the university closed until 1945; during this period, the university's medical school moved to Chengdu . After the end of the Second World War , the university reopened and investment in law and the social sciences increased as post-war reconstruction efforts began in earnest. The Faculty of Social Sciences
9555-553: The university. The building was subsequently used again for administrative purposes, and housed Department of Music and the Music Library until early 2013. It is currently used by the Development & Alumni Affairs Office. The two-storey Edwardian style structure is characterised by a central dome and the use of red brick to emulate the Main Building opposite. The building became a declared monument in 1995. The idea to establish
9660-561: The unprecedented salary of £400 per annum to Hannah Robertson who took on a double role of "Mistress of Method" in the Education department and as the Tutor of Women. The Victoria (Leeds) University was a short-lived concept, as the multiple university locations in Manchester and Liverpool were keen to establish themselves as separate, independent universities. This was partially due to the benefits
9765-612: The western end of the university site in Pokfulam . The University of Hong Kong–Shenzhen Hospital , one of the two teaching hospitals of the university, also opened in 2011. On 10 April 2015, HKU declared itself as the first university in the world to join HeForShe , a UN Women initiative urging men to achieve more female rights. The university promised that it would triple the number of female dean-level members by 2020, so that more than 1 out of 5 deans would be women. On 15 December 2017,
9870-504: Was established and proposed by Governor Sir Frederick Lugard in an effort to compete with the other Great Powers opening universities in China. The university's governance consists of three bodies: the Court, the Council and the Senate. These three bodies all have their own separate roles. The Court acts as the overseeing and legislative body of the university, the Council acts as governing body of
9975-526: Was established in 1967 and the Department of Law in 1969. The student population in 1961 was 2,000, quadrupled from 1941, and in 1980 the number of students exceeded 5,500. In 1958, the librarian of University of Hong Kong, Mrs. Dorothea Scott, organized a meeting of over 40 library practitioners at the Fung Ping Shan Library on 3 April to determine and establish a library association for Hong Kong,
10080-412: Was established in 2001 as the university's tenth and youngest faculty. After 1989, the Hong Kong government began to emphasise local tertiary education in order to retain local students who would otherwise have studied abroad in the United Kingdom. Student places and course variety were greatly increased in preparation for the handover of Hong Kong . By 2001, the number of students had grown to 14,300 and
10185-494: Was later incorporated as HKU's medical school in 1911. However, it was the colony's governor, Frederick D. Lugard (1858-1945) who would be the real moving force in the creation of a university in Hong Kong... His ambitions in Hong Kong was to make the colony a more effective British asset and the creation of a university might help to fulfill this aim. Lugard's efforts reflected metropolitan development as he sought to make more recent universities (such as Birmingham and Leeds )
10290-420: Was launched in 1996 and other projects of scholarly interests were introduced. More digital projects are being developed to provide continuous access to digital content and services. It provides open access to Chinese and English academic and medical periodicals published in Hong Kong. The three-storey Fung Ping Shan Building was erected in 1932 originally as a library for Chinese books. Named after its donor,
10395-581: Was partly to bolster its corporate image following the death of a passenger on board one of its ships, SS Fatshan , and the subsequent unrest stirred by the Self-Government Society). Along with donations from other donors including the British government and companies such as HSBC , Lugard finally had enough to fund the building of the university. Charles Eliot was appointed the university's first vice-chancellor. As Governor of Hong Kong, Lugard laid
10500-548: Was previously founded as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese by the London Missionary Society in 1887. Of the College's early alumni, the most renowned was Sun Yat-sen , who led the Chinese Revolution of 1911 , which transformed China from an empire ( Qing dynasty ) to a republic ( Republic of China ). In December 1916, the university held its first convocation, with 23 graduates and five honorary graduates. After
10605-584: Was purchased in 1879 by the then Yorkshire College when joining the Victoria University . This was later demolished in 1884, to become the site of the Clothworkers buildings of the Baines Memorial Wing and the Great Hall. The buildings were designed by the renowned Victorian architect Alfred Waterhouse R.A in red pressed brick and had dressings of Bolton Wood stone in a Gothic Collegiate style. The cost of
10710-488: Was renamed Yorkshire College. It became part of the federal Victoria University in 1887, joining Owens College (which became the University of Manchester ) and University College Liverpool (which became the University of Liverpool ). In 1904, a royal charter was granted to the University of Leeds by King Edward VII . Leeds is the eleventh-largest university in the United Kingdom by total enrollment and receives over 67,000 undergraduate applications per year, making it
10815-647: Was the 42nd best-ranked university worldwide in 2023. HKU was ranked 61-70th in the THE World Reputation Rankings 2023. HKU is ranked as the most international university in the world in 2023 by Times Higher Education . In the QS World University Rankings by broad subject area 2023: In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by subject (2023) HKU graduates ranked 47th worldwide in
10920-401: Was the highest among all universities in Hong Kong. HKU professors were among the highest paid in the world as well, having salaries far exceeding those of their US counterparts in private universities . However, with the reduction of salaries in recent years, this is no longer the case. HKU research output, researchers, projects, patents and theses are profiled and made publicly available in
11025-405: Was the third to join the university. In 1831, the Leeds School of Medicine was established with the aim of serving the needs of the five medical institutions which had been established in the city. In 1874, the Yorkshire College of Science was created to provide education for the children of middle-class industrialists and merchants. Financial support from local industry was crucial in setting up
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