HKU’s vision statement for 2016-2025 specifies Internationalisation as one of the 3+1 I’s supporting the University’s commitment to being Asia’s Global University, alongside Interdisciplinarity, Innovation and Impact. The University is aiming to provide all students with an [...]

Internationalisation is on the agenda of many higher education institutions around the world. A recent report entitled ‘Internationalisation of Higher Education’ commissioned by the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education has concluded that ‘there is a clear trend [...]

“Globalisation and the rise of knowledge societies have fundamentally changed the higher education landscape. Universities have a vital role to play in contributing to the future by providing a transformative global education …” (Tan 2011) “Our graduates must learn to appreciate different [...]

Internationalisation has been one of the four I’s that underpin HKU’s commitment to Asia’s Global University, along with interdisciplinarity, innovation, and impact. In dentistry, developing global citizenship and intercultural communication among students is becoming increasingly important. [...]

The Master of Education (MEd) programme in Teaching and Learning Chinese Language is one of the two HKU programmes offered jointly with institutions outside Hong Kong that lead to a HKU degree. The MEd programme offers a specialist strand, Teaching and Learning Chinese Language (T&LCL), in [...]

In line with the University’s focus on internationalisation, the Faculty of Education has transformed its curriculum at Undergraduate (our double degrees) and Postgraduate (Postgraduate Diploma in Education or PGDE) levels. Experiential and hands-on learning have always been a mainstay of the [...]

Introduction Chinese medicine, a mysterious practice of healing veiled with the profound culture, is gaining attention from healthcare workers, researchers and educators worldwide nowadays. Because of the close connection with the community and academe, it is going with the flow of [...]

Project Mingde is a charity project to build schools and facilities in underprivileged areas initiated by the Department of Civil Engineering. It aims to provide education opportunities for children in impoverished villages or disastrous areas and to let the university students contribute their [...]