Higher education in Hong Kong

Higher Education in Hong Kong means any education higher than secondary education, including professional, technical, and academic. It is the highest level of education in Hong Kong, regulated under the Hong Kong Law.

Institutes

According to the Education Bureau, Hong Kong has 20 degree-awarding higher education institutions, including:

Eight institutions funded by the public through the University Grants Committee (UGC):

• City University of Hong Kong (CityU)
• University of Hong Kong (HKU)
• Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
• Lingnan University (LU)
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
• The Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd)
• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
• The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
• The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

Eleven self-financing institutions:

• Caritas Institute of Higher Education
• Centennial College Centennial College
• Chu Hai College of Higher Education
• Gratia Christian College
• Chu Hai College of Higher Education
• Hang Seng Management College
• HKCT Institute of Higher Education
• Hang Seng Management College
• Hong Kong Nang Yan College of Higher Education
• The Open University of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Shue Yan University
• Tung Wah College
• Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Vocational Training Council

• The publicly funded Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

Notes:

• UGC is the abbreviation of University Grants Committee.
• HKCAAVQ is the abbreviation of Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (formerly HKCAA).
• Programme Area Accreditation means the programme operator can operate specific programmes at designated subject areas and academic levels during specific period, granted and reviewed by HKCAAVQ. Prior notice and individual accreditation to HKCAAVQ are not required.
• Honour diploma (academically equivalent to higher diploma and associate degree in Hong Kong, and equivalent to bachelor's degree in some countries) was an academic award issued by colleges or institutes before they were granted full university status, such as HKBU, LU and SYU. It is no longer awarded.

Further reading

• French, N.J., (1999). The Reform of Higher Education in Hong Kong. In C.B. Teather (ed) Higher Education in a Post-binary Era: National Reforms and Institutional Responses (pp. 158–180) London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1999.
• Mok, K.H. (2001). Academic Capitalisation in the New Millennium: The Marketisation and Corporatisation of Higher Education in Hong Kong. Policy & Politics, 29(3), 299–315
• Postiglione, G.A. (2002). The Transformation of Academic Autonomy in Hong Kong. In M.K. Chan and A.Y. So (eds.) Crisis and Transformation in China’s Hong Kong (pp. 307–321). London : M.E. Sharpe.
• Shive, G. (1992). Educational Expansion and the Labour Force. In G.A. Postiglione (ed) Education and Society in Hong Kong: Toward One Country and Two Systems (pp. 215–234). Hong Kong: HKU Press.
• Sutherland, S. (2002). Higher Education in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Research Grant Council.
• Tang, H.H. (2010). "Higher Education Governance and Academic Entrepreneurialism in East Asia: The Two Episodes of Hong Kong and Macau". Research Studies in Education 8: 106–124. (ISBN 978-988-19820-1-8).
• University Grants Committee. (1996). Higher Education in Hong Kong: A Report by the Universities Grants Committee. Hong Kong: Government Printer.

See also

• Medical education in Hong Kong
• Joint University Programmes Admissions System
• Texila American University Ltd (TAU-L)

External links

• Education Bureau
• University Grants Committee (English) (Chinese)
• Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (English) (Chinese)
• Dissertations and Theses Collections (DTC) (English) (Chinese)