Hong Kong Metropolitan University

This article is about the HK university. For other institutions with similar names, see Metropolitan University.

Hong Kong Metropolitan University
香港都會大學
Former names
The Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong (OLI)
The Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK)
Motto勵學致遠　敬慎日新 (Chinese)
Transcendence through Erudition and Renewal (English)
TypePublic, self-financing[1][2][3]
EstablishedMay 1989; 35 years ago (1989-05) (as The Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong)
May 1997; 27 years ago (1997-05) (granted full university status)
ChancellorJohn Lee Ka-chiu (as Chief Executive of Hong Kong)
PresidentPaul Lam Kwan-sing
Vice-presidentProf. Reggie Kwan Ching-ping (Provost)
Prof. Lui Yu-hon (Resources & Development)
Prof. Ricky Kwok Yu-kwong (Students & Support)
Students19,468 (2021)
Location
30 Good Shepherd Street, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon,[4]
 Hong Kong
CampusUrban
Colors  
AffiliationsInternational Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE), JUPAS, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Universities Alliance, Jiangsu-Hong Kong-Macau Universities Alliance, Federation for Self-financing Tertiary Education
Websitehkmu.edu.hk Edit this at Wikidata
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese香港都會大學
Simplified Chinese香港都会大学
Cantonese YaleHēunggóng Dōuwúi Daaihhohk
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiānggǎng Dūhuì Dàxué
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationHēunggóng Dōuwúi Daaihhohk
JyutpingHoeng1 gong2 dou1 wui2 daai6 hok6
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese香港公開大學
Simplified Chinese香港公开大学
Cantonese YaleHēunggóng Gūnghōi Daaihhohk
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiānggǎng Gōngkāi Dàxué
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationHēunggóng Gūnghōi Daaihhohk
JyutpingHoeng1 gong2 gung1 hoi1 daai6 hok6
Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong
Traditional Chinese香港公開進修學院
Simplified Chinese香港公开进修学院
Cantonese YaleHēung góng gūng hōi jeun sāu hohk yún
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiānggǎng Gōngkāi Jìnxiū Xuéyuàn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationHēung góng gūng hōi jeun sāu hohk yún
JyutpingHoeng1 gong2 gung1 hoi1 zoen3 sau1 hok6 jyun2

Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU; as Open University of Hong Kong from 1997 to 2021) is a public university in Ho Man Tin, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Established as the Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong by the Hong Kong government in 1989, HKMU now consists of five schools, namely the School of Arts and Social Sciences, Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration, School of Education and Languages, School of Nursing and Health Studies, and the School of Science and Technology.[5]

HKMU is the only self-financing university set up by the government. It began as a distance-learning-based university, but is now in effect two universities in one. It has started to offer full-time programmes since 2001 and has participated in Hong Kong's centralised joint university admission system (JUPAS) since 2007. Currently, it has a headcount of more than 9,600 students on its full-time face-to-face programmes,[6] occupying one-sixth of all undergraduate students in Hong Kong. The current president is Professor Lam Kwan Sing.

  1. ^ "THE OPEN University of Hong Kong Ordinance". Hong Kong e-Legislation. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  2. ^ "About the OUHK". Admissions & Enrolment Office (Full-time Undergraduate). Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  3. ^ 立法會教育事務委員會 – 公開大學，Hong Kong Legislative Council，2000-01-17
  4. ^ "How to get to the OUHK". Facilities Management Unit, The Open University of Hong Kong. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  5. ^ OUHK- Students
  6. ^ OUHK – President's Message