University of Hong Kong

--The University of Hong Kong is the oldest university in Hong Kong. It ranks among the best in the world and has trained many excellent talents.

--Dr. Sun Yat Sen, Zhang Ailing, gambler Mr. He Hongshen, and Lin Yanni all graduated from here. Dr. Sun Yat Sen was the first student of the Academy of Western medicine.

--If you can enjoy the historic buildings in the campus, you must see the headquarters building, which has the longest history in the campus.

--The location of the movie Lust Caution can be taken here as a souvenir.

University of Hong Kong

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is an international public research university in Hong Kong, China. Its predecessor is the Hong Kong Academy of Western medicine. Founded on March 16, 1910, the University of Hong Kong was officially registered on March 30, 1910. It is the oldest institution of higher education in Hong Kong. At the beginning of its establishment, the University of Hong Kong was very small. From its formal opening on March 11, 1912 to its first graduation ceremony in December 1916, there were only 23 graduates. After April 9, 1948, the reconstruction of school order and structural transformation were carried out simultaneously, and entered the golden age of rapid development.

Since its founding, the University of Hong Kong has always adopted English teaching, and its academic research can be seamlessly linked with Europe and the United States and have a positive interaction. Thanks to this, for a long time, the University of Hong Kong, which is well-known in the fields of medicine, business, humanities, politics and law, has been a unique banner in the field of higher education in China and enjoys a good reputation in Asia and even the world.

The University of Hong Kong is a member of the Pacific Rim University Alliance, the pine Union, Universitas 21, the association of university presidents of China, the University Alliance of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, the University Alliance of Beijing and Hong Kong, the University Alliance of Shanghai and Hong Kong, and a member of AACSB and EQUIS. It is the first scientific research unit in the world to identify the pathogen of SARS.

As of November 2018, the University of Hong Kong has 10 colleges and research institutes with 7795 staff and 29099 students. It has demonstrated strong scientific research strength in the fields of economics, finance, accounting, biomedicine, dentistry, education, humanities, law, linguistics, political science and social science.

On September 12, 2019, "times higher education" of the UK announced the world university rankings in 2020, and the University of Hong Kong ranked 35th.

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The University of Hong Kong is the first university in Hong Kong. It was formed by the merger of the Hong Kong Academy of Western Medicine established in 1887 and the Hong Kong Government Technical College. It was officially founded on Hong Kong Island in 1911. Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the father of the Republic of China, was the first graduate of the Hong Kong Academy of Western medicine.

At that time, Western powers vied with each other to set up universities in China. At that time, Hong Kong Governor Luab believed that Britain also needed to set up a university in Hong Kong. First, it was to compete with other powers. Second, it was to let the Chinese (especially Hong Kong people) identify with British values and compete with the cultural ideas of other powers, so that Britain could expand its power to South China and consolidate its governance in the whole of Hong Kong. The governor of Guangdong, Guangdong and the industrial and commercial circles in the province and Hong Kong of the Qing government also felt that the establishment of universities would help the Chinese learn western science and technology and make China self-improvement, so they acquiesced and supported it. At that time, an industrial accident happened to a cargo ship of Swire Group, which resulted in the casualties of many Chinese crew members. The management was eager to repair the company's image, so they donated money together to support the establishment of HKU. With the support of the British government and other Hong Kong British investors (such as HSBC), Luab finally raised enough funds to build the University and presided over the foundation stone laying ceremony of the University on March 16, 1910.

The University of Hong Kong was founded in 1911, and a formal founding ceremony was held in 1912. Lu Ji thought that it was not suitable for Chinese society to contact with western humanistic values (such as communism) at that time. At first, the University of Hong Kong imitated the system of the University of Liverpool, emphasizing science and engineering but neglecting humanities. Therefore, there were only three colleges: Medical College, Engineering College and liberal arts college. There were no humanities courses such as sociology and philosophy. In December 1916, the University of Hong Kong held its first graduation ceremony, with 23 graduates and 5 honorary graduates.

After the strike in 1925-1926, the Hong Kong government, in order to further communicate Chinese and Western cultures, convened local gentry and businessmen to discuss the establishment of a Chinese department in the University of Hong Kong to allow Chinese secondary school graduates to study. In 1927, the Chinese Department of the University of Hong Kong was set up, and was invited to teach by the former imperial academician Lai Jixi and Qu Dadian. At that time, Deng zhiang, a wealthy businessman, donated money to set up a Chinese college and Feng Pingshan donated money to set up a Chinese library. In 1941, due to the fall of Hong Kong, the headquarters of the University of Hong Kong was bombed, and then it was resumed in 1945. During the Anti Japanese War, the Medical College of the University of Hong Kong moved to Zhengfu street in Chengdu to run a school. After the war, with the needs of the society, it gradually set up schools of science, law and social sciences.

In 1956, in response to the rapidly changing social needs, the University of Hong Kong established the Ministry of continuing education to provide support for adult education. In 1961, the 50th anniversary of the University of Hong Kong was celebrated. At that time, the total number of students exceeded 2000, which was four times that of 1941. In 1967, the school of Social Sciences of the University of Hong Kong was established. In 1969, the law department of the University of Hong Kong was established. In 1982, based on Prince Philip Dental Hospital, the school of Dentistry of the University of Hong Kong was established. It is the only dental higher education institution in Hong Kong.

In 1984, the Department of education and the Department of architecture of the University of Hong Kong established their respective faculties. In the same year, the law department was upgraded to an independent law school. After 1989, the Hong Kong government implemented the localization of tertiary education, so that most Hong Kong people did not have to go to the UK to study in universities. They also prepared for the transfer of sovereignty to China. As a result, the number of Hong Kong university students increased rapidly. In 1992, the Department of continuing education of the University of Hong Kong was transformed into a school of professional and continuing education.

After the return of Hong Kong in 1997, although the University of Hong Kong was troubled by several political disturbances, it gradually shifted from focusing on teaching to paying equal attention to teaching and research, and expanded academic exchanges with universities and research institutes at home and abroad, especially medical research (such as SARS virus research). In 2001, the tenth College of the University of Hong Kong, the school of economics and business administration, was established.

In 2005, the school of medicine of the University of Hong Kong was renamed Li Ka Shing School of medicine of the University of Hong Kong.

In 2010, the foundation of the Centennial Campus of the University of Hong Kong was laid. In 2011, the centennial celebration of the University of Hong Kong was launched. In 2012, the Centennial Campus of the University of Hong Kong was opened and the new academic system began.

On December 15, 2017, the Council of the University of Hong Kong appointed Professor Zhang Xiang as the 16th president of the University of Hong Kong.

On April 2, 2020, it officially announced the establishment of the International University climate alliance with Nanjing University, University of New South Wales and other universities.

On May 19, the University of Hong Kong Standard Chartered Foundation School of Finance and technology was established.

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By 2019, the University of Hong Kong has five state key laboratories, five joint laboratories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Hong Kong, and more than 90 scientific research institutions directly under and affiliated to the University.

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Scientific research achievements

 

From 1989 to 2013, the scientific research team of the University of Hong Kong won 20 national natural science awards, national technological invention awards and national science and technology progress awards. Among them, the first Hong Kong scientist who won the National Natural Science Award and the first prize of national science and technology progress award was born.

In July 2011, the Li Ka Shing School of medicine of the University of Hong Kong discovered cancer stem cells that lead to recurrence of liver cancer and chemotherapy resistance. This new discovery of HKU has brought a major breakthrough in understanding the formation of liver tumors and cancer treatment in the future. The research was published in the most authoritative academic journal Cell Stem Cell in the field of stem cell research.

In June 2011, the University of Hong Kong discovered a new drug therapy to control influenza. Professor Tu Wenwei, Department of pediatric and adolescent Sciences, Li Ka Shing School of medicine, University of Hong Kong, has found that pamidronate, a drug used in clinical treatment of bone diseases, can effectively control influenza caused by seasonal, pandemic H1N1 virus or avian influenza H5N1 virus. Using the "humanized mouse" model of the complete human immune system, HKU has proved that the new therapy can effectively deal with various types of influenza virus.

In January 2009, professors of the University of Hong Kong won the national science and technology award again. Three professors from the University of Hong Kong were awarded the first prize and the second prize respectively for two research projects in cooperation with the mainland of China. Professor Wang Zhenyu and Dr. Wang Jide from the University of Hong Kong, together with 13 medical researchers from the Fourth Military Medical University of the Chinese people's Liberation Army, won the first prize of the national science and technology progress award. The winning project is "discovery of molecular groups related to malignant phenotype of gastric cancer and establishment and application of its sequential prevention strategy". In addition, Professor Fang Hanping of the Department of civil engineering of the University of Hong Kong, together with South China University of technology and Sinopec, has jointly researched and developed the award-winning project "nitrogenous organic wastewater"

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