ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

The University of Hong Kong (often abbreviated as HKU, sometimes known informally as Hong Kong University) is a publicresearch university located in Pokfulam, Hong Kong. Founded in 1911, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. It is often cited as one of the most prestigious universities in Asia.

Today, the University of Hong Kong is organised into 10 academic faculties with English as the language of instruction. It exhibits strength in scholarly research and education of accounting & finance, biomedicine, dentistry, education, humanities, law, linguistics, political sciences, and social sciences. The University of Hong Kong was also the first team in the world which successfully isolated the corona virus, the causative agent of SARS.