3 Mar 2025
HKMU and Cyberport sign an MoU to promote collaboration on applied research and talent cultivation
Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) and Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited (Cyberport) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 27 February to foster collaboration in applied research in digital entertainment, smart city and smart living, and to support talent cultivation in innovation and entrepreneurship, and student career development....
26 Feb 2025
Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) is pleased that the HKSAR Government has obtained the agreement of the Ministry of Education (MoE) to progressively relax the quota for the admission of Mainland, Macao and Taiwan (MMT) students to self-financing institutions. The University welcomes this timely and flexible arrangement and expresses its gratitude to the MoE and the HKSAR Government for their support for the steady development of self-financing post-secondary education in Hong Kong....
12 Feb 2025
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the passing of renowned Chinese writer Eileen Chang, who has a significant place in the modern Chinese literary world. Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) is honoured to receive a generous donation from Dr Roland Soong and his elder sister, Mrs Elaine Soong Kingman, administrators of Eileen Chang's estate, which includes Eileen Chang's manuscripts, relics, and correspondence with her best friends, Stephen Soong and his wife, Mae Fong Soong, and others. ...
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
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
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....
30 Dec 2024
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
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)....
19 Dec 2024
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....
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