Under Hong Kong law, there are 22 accredited degree-awarding higher education institutions in Hong Kong.[1] The following is a list.
Only the first three categories of higher education are eligible to award bachelor's degrees or above in Hong Kong.
| Name | Type | Year established | Year granted university status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Hong Kong 香港大學 |
UGC-funded | 1887 - Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese
1911 - The University of Hong Kong (college merged in) |
1911 |
| Chinese University of Hong Kong 香港中文大學 |
UGC-funded | 1963 - Merged from Chung Chi College, New Asia College, and United College | 1963 |
| Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 香港科技大學 |
UGC-funded | 1991 - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 1991 |
| Hong Kong Polytechnic University 香港理工大學 |
UGC-funded | 1937 - The Government Trade School
1972 - The Hong Kong Polytechnic |
1994 |
| City University of Hong Kong 香港城市大學 |
UGC-funded | 1984 - City Polytechnic of Hong Kong | 1994 |
| Hong Kong Baptist University 香港浸會大學 |
UGC-funded | 1956 - Hong Kong Baptist College | 1994 |
| Hong Kong Metropolitan University 香港都會大學 |
Self-financed | 1989 - The Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong
1997 - The Open University of Hong Kong 2021 - Hong Kong Metropolitan University |
1997 |
| Lingnan University 嶺南大學 |
UGC-funded | 1888 - Christian College in Guangzhou
1903 - Canton Christian College 1927 - Lingnan University 1967 - Lingnan College, re-established in Hong Kong 1978 - registered as an Approved Post Secondary College |
1999 |
| Hong Kong Shue Yan University
香港樹仁大學 |
Self-financed | 1971 - Hong Kong Shue Yan College
1976 - registered as an Approved Post Secondary College 2006 - Hong Kong Shue Yan University |
2006 |
| Education University of Hong Kong 香港教育大學 |
UGC-funded | 1994 - Merged from 5 teacher-training institutions[which?] | 2016[2] |
| Hang Seng University of Hong Kong 香港恒生大學 |
Self-financed | 2010 - Hang Seng Management College
2018 - Hang Seng University of Hong Kong |
2018 |
| Saint Francis University 聖方濟各大學 |
Self-financed | 1985 - Established as Caritas Francis Hsu College (明愛徐誠斌書院) 2001 - registered as an Approved Post Secondary College |
2024[3][4] |
The following notation is used:
| Name | Type | Year established |
|---|---|---|
| Centennial College 明德學院 |
Private | 2011 |
| Chu Hai College of Higher Education 珠海學院[5] |
Private | 1947 - Chu Hai University in Guangzhou
1949 - Chu Hai College, re-established in Hong Kong 2004 - Chu Hai College of Higher Education 2004 - registered as an Approved Post Secondary College |
| Gratia Christian College 宏恩基督教學院 |
Private | 2015 |
| HKCT Institute of Higher Education 港專學院 |
Private | 2014 |
| Hong Kong Nang Yan College of Higher Education 香港能仁專上學院 |
Private | 1969 - Hong Kong Buddhist College
2014 - Hong Kong Nang Yan College of Higher Education 2014 - registered as an Approved Post Secondary College |
| Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong 香港高等科技教育學院 |
Public | 2012 |
| Tung Wah College 東華學院 |
Private | 2010 - Tung Wah Tertiary Institute
2011 - Tung Wah College 2011 - registered as an Approved Post Secondary College |
| UOW College Hong Kong
香港伍倫貢學院 |
Private | 2004 - Community College of City University, under the City University of Hong Kong
2019 - UOW College Hong Kong |
| Yew Chung College of Early Childhood Education 耀中幼教學院 |
Private | 2018 |
Note 1: The Open University of Hong Kong was established and financed by the Hong Kong Government from 1989 to 1993. Since then, it has been self-financed but still receives some irregular subsidies and loans from the government.
Note 2: In January 2007, the Hong Kong government offered a one-off grant of HK$200 million to establish a general development fund to support the academic development and improve the campus facilities of Hong Kong Shue Yan University.
Note 3: In August 2017, the Hong Kong government announced 6 self-funded institutions, Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Chu Hai College of Higher Education, Hang Seng Management College, The Open University of Hong Kong, Tung Wah College and Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong will be included in the Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/Sectors (SSSDP) from 2018.[6]
Note 4: In July 2017, the Hong Kong government announced that the Non-means-tested Subsidy Scheme for Self-financing Undergraduate Studies in Hong Kong will include full-time self-financing degree programmes from 15 (non-UGC funded) institutions for the cohort to be admitted in the 2017/18 academic year.[7]
These institutions are government-supported, but do not fall under the UGC.
| Name | Year established |
|---|---|
| The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts 香港演藝學院 |
1984 |
| Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education 香港專業教育學院 |
1999 - By merger of 9 technical institutes[which?] |
These institutions offer higher education programmes, but are not authorised to confer degrees.
| Name | Year established |
|---|---|
| School of Continuing and Professional Education, City University of Hong Kong
香港城市大學專業進修學院 |
1991 |
| Caritas Bianchi College of Careers 明愛白英奇專業學校 |
1971 |
| Hong Kong Art School 香港藝術學院 |
2000 |
| Hong Kong Baptist University College of International Education 香港浸會大學國際學院 |
2000 |
| Hong Kong Baptist University School of Continuing Education 香港浸會大學持續教育學院 |
1975 |
| Hong Kong College of Technology 香港專業進修學校 |
1957 |
| Hong Kong Institute of Technology 香港科技專上書院 |
1997 |
| HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Community College 香港大學專業進修學院保良局社區書院 |
2006 |
| Lingnan Institute of Further Education 嶺南大學持續進修學院 |
2001 |
| School of Continuing and Professional Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 香港中文大學專業進修學院 |
1957 |
| Hong Kong Community College of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University 香港理工大學 – 香港專上學院 |
2001 |
| HKU SPACE Community College 香港大學附屬學院 |
2000 |
| Li Ka Shing Institute of Professional and Continuing Education, The Open University of Hong Kong 香港公開大學李嘉誠專業進修學院 |
1992 |
| YMCA College of Careers 青年會專業書院 |
1995 |
| Pui Ching Academy 培正專業書院 |
2000 |
