Campus Development
HKU receives donations from Kuok Group and Shun Hing Education and Charity Fund to support the establishment of Tech Landmark
July 2022 The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is immensely grateful to receive two generous gifts from long-standing supporters: a HK$500 million donation from the Kuok Group, as well as a HK$300 million donation from the Shun Hing Education and Charity Fund. These gifts will support the establishment of Tech Landmark, the headquarters of the …
Establishment of D. H. Chen College
June 2022 The University is immensely grateful to The D. H. Chen Foundation for its generous donation of HK$100 million to establish the D. H. Chen College 陳廷驊學院. Embracing the Foundation’s aim of building a compassionate society and promoting compassion-based values, this College will create a focal point for young people to explore and experience …
HKU receives HK$100 million from the Philip K.H. Wong Foundation to support Faculty of Law and university developments
June 2022 The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is pleased to announce that, in recognition of the generous support of the Philip K.H. Wong Foundation and the Wong family throughout the years, the Faculty of Law’s Centre for Chinese Law will be named the “Philip KH Wong Centre for Chinese Law (黃乾亨中國法研究中心) ”, and a 300-seat …
HKU launches Institute of Data Science with HK$150 million donation from The Musketeers Foundation
The Musketeers Education and Culture Charitable Foundation (the Foundation) donated HK$150 million to The University of Hong Kong (HKU) to establish the “Musketeers Foundation Institute of Data Science” (the Institute), marking a major milestone in the University’s innovation and technology development. The Institute will be anchored at the Tech Landmark, headquarters of the HKU InnoTech initiative.
A Symbol of What’s Possible
January 2021 Mr Tam Wing-fan, Edmund 譚榮芬 (BArch 1956; Riccian) was a member of the first cohort of students at HKU’s Department of Architecture when it opened in 1950 under the Faculty of Engineering. More than 60 years later, he and his wife Mrs May Tam 譚麥美燕 donated over HK$100 million for the creation of …
Campus Development
It was in 1910 that the foundation stone of the Main Building was laid and from where grew the Main Campus. One hundred years later the Centennial Campus became the home of the Faculties of Law, Arts and Social Sciences, as well as the Grand Hall and the Learning Commons. The University of Hong Kong …
Giving Back to Nurture Future Engineers
September 2019 Ir Tony SHUM, a 1977 graduate, recently donated HK$10M to The University of Hong Kong (HKU) to establish the Tony Shum Education Fund. The Fund aims to support the education and development of students in the Department of Civil Engineering. It will provide resources to enhance the teaching facilities of the Department, with …
HKU launches Institute of the Mind
December 2018 The University of Hong Kong (HKU) will establish an Institute of the Mind to take on the grand challenge of studying the science and art of human wisdom, and harness it in the form of mind technology and neuromorphic computation. The Institute has been made possible thanks to a generous donation of HK …
A historic donation for a new holistic cancer care paradigm for Hong Kong
July 2017 The University of Hong Kong received $1.244 billion from The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust (HKJC) on June 28, 2017. The gift is the largest single donation to date in HKU’s history. The unprecedented pledge will help establish a Centre for Clinical Innovation and Discovery (CCID) and an Institute of Cancer Care …
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