University of Hong Kong
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The University of Hong Kong (English The University of Hong Kong, Chinese香港 大学) is an English- and the oldest university in the Chinese city of Hong Kong. It is located in the west of the island of Hong Kong itself.
History
The University of Hong Kong dates back to the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, founded in 1887 by the Anglican London Missionary Society (London Missionary Society). The university itself was first created, meant when Sir Frederick Lugard as Governor of Hong Kong, one must establish a university in or near China to catch up with other European powers (especially with Prussia, founded shortly before the Tongji University in Shanghai had ).
On March 16, 1910 Sir Frederick Lugard laid the foundation stone of the main building with the words, you " reasons ( a university ) for China." In 1912, the university opened its philosophical science, engineering and medical schools. The Faculty of Medicine was founded as a " Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese " by the London Missionary Society in 1887.
On 5 June 1997, the Pillar of Shame was erected building at the podium of the Haking Wong for the first time.
In the winter semester 2008/2009, the University of Hong Kong had around 21,650 students.
The University is a member of the university network Universitas 21
Organization
The university is divided into 10 faculties and a number of departments without faculty status.
Faculties
- Architecture
- Art
- Operation and Economics
- Dentistry
- Education
- Engineering
- Law
- Medicine
- Natural sciences
- Social sciences
Departments without faculty status
- APEC Study Centre
- Biomedical Engineering Research Centre
- Centre for the Advancement of University Teaching
- Centre for the Cellular Biology
- Center for E -Commerce Infrastructure Development ( CECID ) - Collaborated with the Department of Computer Science
- Centre for the Educational Leadership
- Centre of the Endocrinology and Diabetes
- Centre for Materials Science
- Centre of American Studies
- Centre of Asian Studies
- Centre of Buddhist Studies
- Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management
- Centre on Ageing
- CMI Support Centre
- Cognitive Science Centre
- Comparative Education Research Centre
- English Centre
- E-Business Technology Institute (ETI )
- General Education Unit
- Genome Research Centre
- Geographic / Land Information System Research Centre
- HKU Pasteur Research Centre Ltd
- Hong Kong Centre for Problem-Based Learning
- International Research Centre for Electric Vehicles
- Institute of Human Performance
- Institute of Molecular Biology
- Journalism and Media Studies Centre
- Kadoorie Agricultural Research Centre
- Neuroscience Research Centre
- School of Modern Languages and Cultures
- Swire Institute of Marine Science
- The Institute of Cardiovascular Science & Medicine
- Women's Studies Research Centre