26 Mar 2024
Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) held its first “Talk of the Metropolis” of the year today (26 March), featuring youth delegates of the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) Carly Leung Pui-yee and Jasmine Siu Yin-nam. They spoke on the topic “Creating a Sustainable Metropolis: Nurturing Youth Leadership in Climate Action”...
25 Mar 2024
Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) is pleased to announce the grand opening of the Ina Ho Cantonese Opera Research Centre (the Centre) on 21 March. The Centre has embarked on a series of initiatives, including Cantonese opera libretto and excerpt translations, online course and appreciation, and exquisite performances, with the mission of promoting traditional Chinese culture and Cantonese opera, and introducing Chinese operatic art to local and international audiences. The first translated libretto is expected to be released in mid- to late-2024....
23 Mar 2024
HKMU organises Health Expo to promote community health awareness
The Health Expo, organised by the School of Nursing and Health Studies (“the School”) at Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU), took place today at Kwun Tong Yue Man Square. With “fall prevention” as its theme, the expo featured health screening services provided by teachers and students from the School, as well as health talks by guest speakers and professors, to promote health awareness among the general public....
21 Mar 2024
Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) today (21 March) received approval from the Education Bureau (EDB) to become Hong Kong's first University of Applied Sciences (UAS). The University welcomed the EDB's decision and pledged to play a pioneering role in enhancing recognition of vocational and professional education and training of UASs, in cooperation with the Government....
19 Mar 2024
The three-day (19–21 March) Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) Career Fair 2024 was kicked off today, with over 130 participating enterprises and organisations from more than 25 industries, including business, professional services, technology, healthcare and social services, offering over 5,000 local, Greater Bay Area, and overseas job and internship opportunities to HKMU students....
18 Mar 2024
Graduate writing receives prestigious literary awards
Two HKMU graduates received accolades at the 50th Youth Literary Awards. Kwan Lok-yiu, who graduated with a Master's degree in Chinese Literature, won the second prize in the Literary Criticism section of the Open Group with an article analysing the illness metaphors in the late-career poems of Hong Kong writer Kwun Moon-nam. Noting that Kwun's poems often draw on his personal life experiences, the article demonstrates the poet's contemplation on the body, sickness and death in the face of two major changes in life, namely his mother's death and his own anxiety disorder in terms of narrative shifts, illness metaphors and his experimentation with Cantonese language....
13 Mar 2024
Engineering student team named overall champion in GBA innovation project competition
In the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Tertiary Institution Innovation Project Invitational Competition organised by the HKIE, students from the in the Civil and Environmental Engineering and Electronic and Computer Engineering programmes teamed up with colleagues from Shenzhen Institute of Technology and took away a total of five prizes, including the Overall Championship, winning a scholarship of $10,000....
11 Mar 2024
Animation and visual effects student's painting obtains grand prize at Japanese painting contest
Animation and visual effects student Chen Kam-san took part in the 28th Letter/Picture to Mt.Fuji Contest organised by the Fujinomiya-shi Government Office and the Fujinomiya-shi Board of Education of Japan. His magnificent art piece Torii & Fuji stood out and won the Grand Prize of the Painting/Drawing category in the High School Students and Adults group....
11 Mar 2024
HKMU students receive Link University Scholarship
Seven HKMU students were awarded the Link University Scholarship for their outstanding academic results and proactive participation in community services. The awardees were invited to celebrate their achievements at the Link University Scholarship 2023 Presentation Ceremony held on 2 March, where they each received a scholarship of HK$20,000. The awarded students are automatically admitted to the Link Scholars Alumni scheme, through which Link will provide career counselling, corporate visits, volunteer activities and priority consideration to the company's internship programme....
7 Mar 2024
Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) is committed to promoting Chinese culture through research and diversified activities. Coinciding with the University's 35th anniversary, the Research Institute for Digital Culture and Humanities (RIDCH) recently extended a special invitation to the director and production team of the acclaimed Chinese fantasy animation series Yao-Chinese Folktales to share their creative insights with the University community and the public. Their first public screening in Hong Kong was well received, attracting over 200 attendees....
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