Hong Kong Baptist University
Public university in Kowloon, Hong Kong / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) is a public liberal arts university with a Christian education heritage in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
香港浸會大學 | |||||||||||||
Motto | 篤信力行 | ||||||||||||
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Motto in English | Faith and Perseverance | ||||||||||||
Type | Public | ||||||||||||
Established | 6 March 1956; 68 years ago (1956-03-06) (as Hong Kong Baptist College) 16 November 1994; 29 years ago (1994-11-16) (granted full university status) | ||||||||||||
Chairman | Clement C J Chen | ||||||||||||
Chancellor | John Lee Ka-chiu (ex officio as Chief Executive of Hong Kong) | ||||||||||||
President | Alexander Wai | ||||||||||||
Vice-president | Albert Chau (Teaching & Learning) Christine CHOW (Administration and Secretary) | ||||||||||||
Provost | Rick Wong (Interim) | ||||||||||||
Students | 11,740 | ||||||||||||
Undergraduates | 7325 | ||||||||||||
Postgraduates | 4388 | ||||||||||||
Address | 224 Waterloo Road , , Hong Kong | ||||||||||||
Colours | Blue | ||||||||||||
Affiliations | ASAIHL, ACUCA, BHUA, GHMUA | ||||||||||||
Website | hkbu.edu.hk | ||||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 香港浸会大学 | ||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 香港浸會大學 | ||||||||||||
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The university was established as Hong Kong Baptist College with the support of American Baptists, who provided both operating and construction funds and personnel to the school in its early years. It became a public college in 1983. It became Hong Kong Baptist University in 1994.
HKBU has five main campuses: Ho Sin Hang Campus (1966), Shaw Campus (1995), Baptist University Road Campus (1998), Kai Tak Campus (2005), and Shek Mun Campus (2006) for the College of International Education and the Hong Kong Baptist University Affiliated School Wong Kam Fai Secondary and Primary School. The first three campuses are located in the urban heart of Kowloon Tsai, while the Kai Tak Campus is located on Kwun Tong Road and the Shek Mun Campus in the Shek Mun area of Sha Tin District near Shek Mun station.
In 2005, the university established the United International College (UIC) in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China. The college was the first higher education institution founded through collaboration between a Mainland university and a Hong Kong university.