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17 Jan 2025

HKMU's second Hackathon inspires students' creativity in promoting sustainable development and enhancing care for older adults

Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) recently hosted its second “HKMU Hackathon”, bringing together over 120 students from various departments to tackle real-world challenges faced by local enterprises. The event saw students collaborating and inspiring each other to design innovative solutions, with a particular focus on enhancing quality of care for older adults and promoting sustainable development in society through the cutting-edge technology, thereby nurturing an innovative and entrepreneurial mindset among the participants....

8 Jan 2025

HKMU awards first doctorate to a person in custody in Hong Kong

Four persons in custody in Stanley Prison, of the Correctional Services Department (CSD), were awarded degrees from Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) at a certificate presentation ceremony today (8 January), including one inmate who is the first in Hong Kong to be awarded a doctorate, specifically, a Doctor of Education (EdD), by HKMU....

7 Jan 2025

HKMU Talk of the Metropolis: Dr Charles Chen Yidan encourages innovation in education to meet future challenges

Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) today (7 January) held its first “Talk of Metropolis” of the year, featuring a dialogue titled “Transforming the World through Education” between Dr Charles Chen Yidan, Founder of the Yidan Prize, and Prof. Paul Lam Kwan-sing, President of HKMU. Dr Chen shared his vision for the future of education. Through the Yidan Prize, he hopes to recognise changemakers in education whose work are future-oriented, innovative, transformative and sustainable, and support their education research and development initiatives to create a better world through education....

6 Jan 2025

HKMU receives HK$300 million donation from the Wu Jieh Yee Charitable Foundation for new campus development

Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) received a generous donation of HK$300 million from the Wu Jieh Yee Charitable Foundation (the Foundation), marking the largest single private donation in the University's history and the largest donation ever made by the Foundation. This substantial contribution will be designated to support the new campus development project in Ho Man Tin, enabling the University to nurture more talent, contribute to Hong Kong's long-term development, and promote community health and wellness....

1 Jan 2025

HKMU holds flag-raising ceremony on New Year's Day

Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) held a flag-raising ceremony this morning to mark the beginning of the New Year. Members of the HKMU community, including Council members, University management, staff and students, attended the ceremony to express their wishes for the prosperity of the country and the continued development of Hong Kong....

31 Dec 2024

HKMU holds the 28th International Conference on Yue Dialects to foster academic exchange in the study of Yue dialects and Cantonese

The Research Institute for Bilingual Learning and Teaching (RIBiLT), under the School of Education and Languages (E&L) of Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU), hosted the 28th International Conference on Yue Dialects (Yue 28) between 13 and 14 December 2024. This marked the first time the conference was held at HKMU. Since its inception in 1987, the International Conference on Yue Dialects has served as an excellent platform for scholarly exchange in the study of Yue dialects and Cantonese....

30 Dec 2024

HKMU secures HK$77 million in funding to launch two new programmes in diagnostic radiography and robotics and automation engineering

Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) is committed to nurturing future talent through professional education, supporting Hong Kong as an international hub for high-calibre talents. In the latest round of the “Enhancement and Start-up Grant Scheme for Self-financing Post-secondary Education” (ESGS) by the Education Bureau, HKMU secured over HK$77 million in funding to establish two new undergraduate programmes in 2026/27: a Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons)) in Diagnostic Radiography and a Bachelor of Applied Science with Honours (BAS(Hons)) in Robotics and Automation Engineering....

22 Dec 2024

HKMU partners with GBA incubators to boost innovation and entrepreneurship and foster talent exchange

Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) recently signed agreements with the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Guangdong) Innovation and Entrepreneurship Incubation Base (GBA-Guangdong Incubation Base) and Sun Yat-sen University Science Park (SYSUSP). These agreements will facilitate exchanges between HKMU students and local talent, enhance the students' understanding of the entrepreneurial landscape in the Mainland, and provide better support for HKMU students and graduates for their innovation and entrepreneurship development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA)....

20 Dec 2024

Student team from School of Science and Technology garners Third Prize at Huawei ICT Competition Hong Kong

Three students from the School of Science and Technology, Liu Yuhang, Jiang Haodong and Imran Mohamed Maheen Mohamed, teamed up to join the Huawei ICT Competition 2024–2025 in Hong Kong. After undergoing a series of training sessions, and a preliminary contest before a professional judging panel, the team advanced to the finals with 21 other teams and ultimately secured Third Prize in the Computing Track....

19 Dec 2024

HKMU hosts the International Conference on Gerontechnology 2024 and “Gerontech Competition”, promoting innovative technology applications for better quality of life for older adults

Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) hosted the third edition of “International Conference on Gerontechnology (ICG) 2024” and the inaugural “Gerontech Competition”, in collaboration with the Association of Hong Kong Nursing Staff and Tung Wah College, to foster exchanges between the sector and academia for older adult services, and promote the application of innovative technology to enhance the quality of life of older adults in Hong Kong....