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The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Pokfulam, Hong Kong.It was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese by the London Missionary Society and formally established as the University of Hong Kong in 1911.
The HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine [a] (branded as HKUMed) is the medical school of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), a public research university. It was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, one of the oldest western medical schools in the Asia–Pacific region, and which served as the base for HKU's founding in 1910.
Assisted HKU in drawing up the hall regulations. Went on furlough in 1914, and when he returned in 1915, he was transferred to St. Stephen's College as Warden (the equivalent of Principal), a position he held for 13 years till 1928. Acting Herbert Westren Turnbull, Esq., M.A. (1885-1961) 1914-1915 Lecturer in Mathematics at HKU.
The Faculty of Law of The University of Hong Kong [1] (commonly known as HKU Law) is one of the 11 faculties and schools at The University of Hong Kong. [2] Founded in 1969 as the Department of Law, it is the oldest law school in Hong Kong. HKU Law is consistently ranked among the top law schools in the world.
The School of Professional and Continuing Education at the University of Hong Kong is responsible for the personnel management, admissions and financial affairs of Centennial College. Due to the chronic shortage of student enrollment, the college has fallen into financial difficulties and will stop enrolling students from September 2019.
The four residential colleges, Shun Hing College, Chi Sun College, Lap-Chee College and New College, located in the Jockey Club Student Village III [1] were founded in September and October 2012. They provide a total of 1800 beds for students of whom 67% are non-local students.
The Main Building was built with donations by Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody and construction began in 1910. The buillding was inaugurated on 11 March 1912, and the foundation stone was laid on 16 March of the same year by the then Governor of Hong Kong Sir Frederick Lugard (later as Lord Frederick Lugard).
In the late 1980s, the Hong Kong Government anticipated a strong demand for university graduates to fuel an economy increasingly based on services. Sir Sze-Yuen Chung and the territory’s governor, Sir Edward Youde, conceived the idea of establishing a third university, in addition to the pre-existing University of Hong Kong and Chinese University of Hong Kong.