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29 Feb 2024

HKMU launches HK$50 million Startup Fund to help students, staff and alumni realise their entrepreneurial dreams

To further promote an entrepreneurial culture, Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) has officially launched the HK$50 million HKMU Startup Fund (the Fund). This initiative aims to encourage students, staff and alumni to embark on an entrepreneurial journey and turn their creative ideas into commercial products or solutions, helping them on a successful business path that contributes to economic growth and benefits the community. Each selected startup can receive investment of up to HK$1 million and enjoy multi-faceted support to start or further enhance its business....

28 Feb 2024

HKMU welcomes the 2024-25 Budget's earmarking of resources to support the development of UAS

Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) welcomes the $100 million start-up fund earmarked in the 2024-25 Budget to support self-financing, post-secondary institutions in forming an Alliance of Universities in Applied Sciences (UAS) for joint publicity and promotion of vocational and professional education and training (VPET), with a view to enhancing the status of VPET among parents, students and society in general....

16 Feb 2024

HKMU welcomes the TPB's approval of land planning for the Ho Man Tin site and proposes building a new campus positioned as “A Hub for Community Health and Wellness”

Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) welcomes the approval by the Town Planning Board (TPB) of an application submitted by the University for the use and development of a slope of land at the junction of Sheung Shing Street and Fat Kwong Street to build an academic complex. The University will next apply to the Government for a grant for the site to commence the construction of the new campus, and will maintain dialogue with relevant government departments to ensure that the new campus will benefit the University's development, students and the community....

25 Jan 2024

HKMU launches a University-wide student mental health enhancement scheme, earmarking over $10 million to support students' mental health

There have been a number of tragic student suicides in Hong Kong in recent months, which has raised great concern in society about the mental health of students. In response to the Education Bureau's advocacy of promoting mental health awareness among students, Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) will earmark over HK$10 million in a three-year university-wide scheme to enhance student mental health (the Scheme), whose aim is to enhance students' understanding of and concern about mental health. By providing further education on psychological well-being, the Scheme aims to empower students to engage in self-help and in helping others, which may help reduce the potential risks....

16 Jan 2024

HKMU signs MoU with Yau Lee to nurture construction professionals and promote applied research

Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) and Yau Lee Holdings Limited (Yau Lee) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today (16 January), marking a significant step towards more comprehensive collaboration. The partnership will span a broad spectrum of areas, including student internships and placements, supervision of students' final-year projects, faculty and researcher exchanges, knowledge transfer, and applied research...

7 Jan 2024

HKMU holds the first Hong Kong Symposium of Laboratory Medicine to kick off its 35th anniversary celebrations

The inaugural Hong Kong Symposium of Laboratory Medicine, organised by Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) in collaboration with the Hong Kong Society for Medical Laboratory Science, was successfully held yesterday (6 January). As the first major academic exchange event in celebration of HKMU's 35th anniversary, the symposium received an overwhelming response, attracting about 250 participants, including experts, academics, researchers, and industry and government representatives...

3 Jan 2024

HKMU School of Nursing and Health Studies receives over $20 million in funding from the Jockey Club to launch a “family-based” mental health project to provide all-round support to pregnant women and their families

Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU)'s School of Nursing and Health Studies received HK$20.3 million from The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust to support a project titled “Jockey Club 'BaMa Chill Club' Perinatal Support Project”. This initiative focuses on providing depression screening for pregnant women and their spouses, along with services for parents and caregivers. It aims to offer one-stop, comprehensive and personalised support to enhance their mental health, strengthen the training of healthcare professionals, and promote public education....

1 Jan 2024

HKMU holds National Flag-Raising Ceremony on New Year's Day

Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) held a National Flag-Raising Ceremony today (1 Jan) on its Jockey Club campus. Council members, senior management, staff and student representatives participated in the ceremony to wish for the prosperity of the country and the continued substantial development of Hong Kong in the coming year....

27 Dec 2023

HKMU signs MoU with IFTA & IESGB to accelerate the professional development of FinTech and sustainability

The Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration of Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Institute of Financial Technologists of Asia (IFTA) and The Institute of ESG & Benchmark (IESGB) to support and foster talent development in the fields of financial technology (FinTech) and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)....

18 Dec 2023

HKMU receives a grant worth over HK$37 million from the EDB to establish an Industrial Centre for new industrialisation and develop related programmes

Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) was awarded a grant worth over HK$37 million from the “Enhancement and Start-up Grant Scheme for Self-financing Post-secondary Education” (ESGS) of the Education Bureau (EDB) to set up an Industrial Centre for new industrialisation, develop a new programme and enhance the existing programmes. HKMU President Prof. Paul Lam Kwan-sing said he believed that the establishment of the Industrial Centre would complement the Government's policy of promoting “New Industrialisation” and help nurture talent for industry....