Hong Kong Baptist University
university in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) is a public university with a Christian education heritage in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
The university was established as Hong Kong Baptist College with the support of American Baptists, who provided both operating and construction funds and personnel to the school in its early years. It became a public, non-religious college in 1983. It was granted university status and became Hong Kong Baptist University in 1994.
HKBU has five main campuses: Ho Sin Hang Campus (1966), Shaw Campus (1995), Baptist University Road Campus (1998), Kai Tak Campus (2005), and Shek Mun Campus (2006) for the College of International Education and the Hong Kong Baptist University Affiliated School Wong Kam Fai Secondary and Primary School. The first three campuses are located in the urban heart of Kowloon Tsai, while the Kai Tak Campus is located on Kwun Tong Road and the Shek Mun Campus in the Shek Mun area of Sha Tin District near Shek Mun station.
In 2005, the university and Beijing Normal University jointly established the Beijing Normal–Hong Kong Baptist University (BNBU) in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China. The college was the first higher education institution founded through collaboration between a Mainland university and a Hong Kong university.
History
The Hong Kong Baptist College was opened on 11 September 1956 on the premises of the Pui Ching Middle School, a Baptist-affiliated secondary school, with an initial enrolment of 152 students. In 1957, the government gave the college land on Waterloo Road to build a permanent campus, which was completed in 1966.
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