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The programme was involved in the Robert Chung Affair in 2000, a political scandal which Dr Chung had spoken out on the programme being presurred by the then chief executive and university's chancellor Tung Chee-hwa through the university's vice-chancellor and pro-vice-chancellor from publishing the approval rates of the government, leading to an investigation panel being set up by the university.
HKU benefits from a large operating budget supplied by high levels of government funding compared to many Western countries. In 2018/19, the Research Grants Council (RGC) granted HKU a total research funding of HK$12,127 million (41.3% of overall RGC funding), which was the highest among all universities in Hong Kong. [67]
No. Portrait President Took office Left office Note 1 Sir Charles Eliot: 1912 1918 2 G. P. Jordan: 1918 1921 Acting 3 Sir William Brunyate: 1921 1924 4 Sir William Hornell: 1924
The Faculty offers a 4-year Bachelor of Arts program, three 5-year double-degree programs: BA - BEd in Language Education - Chinese, BA - BEd in Language Education - English and BA in Literary Studies - LLB in conjunction with other faculties of the university.
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.
In many cases the position is not salaried because visitor is salaried by their home institution (or partially salaried, as in some cases of sabbatical leave from US universities). Some visiting positions are salaried. Typically, a visiting scholar may stay for a couple of months or even a year, [2] [3] though the stay can be extended. A ...
The International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) is a professional exchange program funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
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.