Hong Kong Metropolitan University
香港都會大學 | |||||||||||||
Former names | Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong (1989–1997) The Open University of Hong Kong (1997–2021) | ||||||||||||
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| Motto | 勵學致遠 敬慎日新 (Chinese) Transcendence through Erudition and Renewal (English) | ||||||||||||
| Type | Public, self-financing | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1989 (as Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong) 1997 (with full university status) | ||||||||||||
| Chancellor | John Lee Ka-chiu | ||||||||||||
| President | Paul Lam Kwan-sing | ||||||||||||
| Vice-president | Prof. Reggie Kwan Ching-ping (Provost) Prof. Lui Yu-hon (Resources & Development) Prof. Ricky Kwok Yu-kwong (Students & Support) | ||||||||||||
| Students | 20,024 (2024) | ||||||||||||
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| Campus | Urban | ||||||||||||
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| Affiliations | International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) JUPAS Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao University Alliance (GHMUA) Jiangsu-Hong Kong-Macau Universities Alliance (JHMUA) Federation for Self-financing Tertiary Education Alliance of Universities of Applied Sciences | ||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 香港都會大學 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 香港都会大学 | ||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Hēunggóng Dōuwúi Daaihhohk | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 香港公開大學 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 香港公开大学 | ||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Hēunggóng Gūnghōi Daaihhohk | ||||||||||||
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| Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 香港公開進修學院 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 香港公开进修学院 | ||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Hēung góng gūng hōi jeun sāu hohk yún | ||||||||||||
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Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU, previously known as the Open University of Hong Kong) is a public university in Ho Man Tin, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is the only self-financing university set up by the Hong Kong government.
The university opened in 1989 as the Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong and gained university status in 1997 as the Open University of Hong Kong, focused on distance learning. It began to offer full-time programmes in 2001 and was renamed to Metropolitan University in 2021.
HKMU has five schools and more than 13,700 students on its full-time programmes. The current president is Professor Lam Kwan Sing.