Hong Kong Baptist University

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Hong Kong Baptist University
founding 1956
(Hong Kong Baptist College)
1994
(Hong Kong Baptist University)
Sponsorship state
place Kowloon Tong , Hong Kong
President and Vice Chancellor Roland T. Chin
錢 大 康  /  钱 大 康
Students 11,133 (2018/19)
Employee 4,035 (2018/19)
Networks IAU
Website www.hkbu.edu.hk

The Hong Kong Baptist University , or HKBU for short , ( Chinese  香港 浸 會 大學  /  香港 浸 会 大学 , Pinyin Xiānggǎng Jìnhuì Dàxué , Jyutping Hoeng 1 gong 2 Zam 3 wui 2 Daai 6 hok 6 ) was founded in 1956 by the Baptist Convention of Hong Kong was founded as the Hong Kong Baptist College with the support of the American Baptists and is the fourth oldest university in Hong Kong . Until it was recognized as a college in 1994, the name of the tertiary educational institution was Hong Kong Baptist College . The university is located in the Kowloon City District in the Kowloon Tong district on the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. HKBU is one of the nine public universities in Hong Kong.

The university library is located on the Shaw campus . The main library serves the entire HKBU staff and students and is spread over seven floors of the building. Of particular importance are the archives of Christian history in China and the contemporary Chinese research collection.

Faculties

The university has the following faculties or departments:

Web links

Commons : Hong Kong Baptist University  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roland T Chin: Message from President and Vice-Chancellor. In: www.hkbu.edu.hk. Retrieved July 25, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b FACTS AND FIGURES - 資料 及 統計數字 2018-2019. ( pdf file; 140 kB) In: www.hkbu.edu.hk. Hong Kong Baptist University, accessed July 25, 2019 (Chinese, English).
  3. ^ List of IAU Members. In: iau-aiu.net. International Association of Universities, accessed July 24, 2019 .

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