List of higher education institutions in Hong Kong
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Under Hong Kong law, there are 22 accredited degree-awarding higher education institutions in Hong Kong.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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 | Area | Type | Year established | Year granted university status | ||
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| University of Hong Kong {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} |
Hong Kong Island | 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 {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} |
New Territories | UGC-funded | 1963 - Merged from Chung Chi College, New Asia College, and United College | 1963 | ||
| Hong Kong University of Science and Technology {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} |
New Territories | UGC-funded | 1991 - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 1991 | ||
| Hong Kong Polytechnic University {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} |
Kowloon | UGC-funded | 1937 - The Government Trade School
1972 - The Hong Kong Polytechnic |
1994 | ||
| City University of Hong Kong {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} |
Kowloon | UGC-funded | 1984 - City Polytechnic of Hong Kong | 1994 | ||
| Hong Kong Baptist University {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} |
Kowloon | UGC-funded | 1956 - Hong Kong Baptist College | 1994 | ||
| Hong Kong Metropolitan University {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} |
Kowloon | 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 {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} |
New Territories | 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
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Hong Kong Island | 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 {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} |
New Territories | UGC-funded | 1994 - Merged from Northcote College of Education, Grantham College of Education, Sir Robert Black College of Education, Hong Kong Technical Teachers’ College and Institute of Language in Education to form The Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd)
2016 - Education University of Hong Kong |
2016 | ||
| Hang Seng University of Hong Kong {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} |
New Territories | Self-financed | 2010 - Hang Seng Management College
2018 - Hang Seng University of Hong Kong |
2018 | ||
| Saint Francis University {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} |
New Territories | Self-financed | lang}}) 2001 - registered as an Approved Post Secondary College |
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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 | Area | Type | Year established |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial College 明德學院 |
Hong Kong Island | Private | 2011 |
| Chu Hai College of Higher Education {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}<ref name="chuhai">The Chu Hai College of Higher Institution was, until recently, recognised as a university by the Republic of China (ROC) government because it was established in Canton, China before the Communist takeover of the Chinese Mainland.</ref> |
New Territories | 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 |
| lang}} | Private | 2015 | |
| HKCT Institute of Higher Education {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} |
Kowloon | Private | 2014 |
| Hong Kong Nang Yan College of Higher Education {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} |
Kowloon | 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 {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} |
Hong Kong Island | Public | 2012 |
| Tung Wah College {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} |
Kowloon | Private | 2010 - Tung Wah Tertiary Institute
2011 - Tung Wah College |
| UOW College Hong Kong
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New Territories | 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 {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} |
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, Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Chu Hai College of Higher Education, Hang Seng Management College, The Open University of Hong Kong, Tung Wah College and Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong will be included in the Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/Sectors (SSSDP) from 2018.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Public institutions
These institutions are government-supported, but do not fall under the UGC.
| Name | Year established |
|---|---|
| The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} |
1984 |
| Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} |
1999 - By merger of 9 technical institutesTemplate:Which |
Sub-degree institutions
These institutions offer higher education programmes, but are not authorised to confer degrees.
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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- University of Chicago Hong Kong, a satellite campus of the University of Chicago in Hong Kong<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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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 mainland Chinese schools reopened in Hong Kong
- List of buildings and structures in Hong Kong
- Other lists of universities
Notes
External links
- Degree-awarding higher education institution List at the Education Bureau
- Information Portal for Accredited Self-financing Post-secondary Programmes
- Ranking Web and Directory of Universities of Hong Kong
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