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Facts About Hong Kong Baptist University

Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) is a public university located in Hong Kong. It was started by American Baptists in 1956 focusing on liberal arts with an emphasis on Christian education. HKBU is known for its academic programs in computer science, theology and philosophy, geography, and communication arts and journalism. It ranks within the 50–70 range of major university rankings worldwide.

The university is also known to be the first postsecondary school collaboration between the autonomous region and mainland China, with HKBU also administering the Hong Kong Baptist University United International College in Zhuhai, China.

The university has six faculties spread throughout its five major campuses in Ho Sin Hang, Shaw, Baptist University Road, Kai Tak, and Shek Mun. The last one houses the College of International Education and the Hong Kong Baptist University Affiliated School Wong Kam Fai Secondary and Primary School.

Degree programs are divided into the faculties for arts, science, social sciences, business, and communication. Under arts, students can pursue studies in Chinese language and literature, religion and philosophy, music, humanities and creative writing. Under science, they can focus on biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics or chemistry.

Likewise, degrees in social sciences are organized by specialty, such as education, international studies, geography, social work and sociology. For business, students can choose from law, accounting, economics, management, finance or marketing. On the other hand, film, communication studies and journalism comprise the communication degrees.

Aside from the undergraduate faculties, Hong Kong Baptist University also runs three special schools: the School of Continuing Education, Graduate School, and the School of Chinese Medicine.

The university also conducts research on the development of Chinese medicine and studies in the context of Christianity in Chinese culture and beliefs. Its library system, meanwhile, hosts a wide selection of Chinese and Western periodicals, books, news clippings and other materials. Its notable collections include the Contemporary China Research and the Archives of the History of Christianity in China. Similarly, its library archives China Through The Eyes of CIM Missionaires, a lantern slide and glass plate negative collection.

Hong Kong Baptist University was opened by American Baptists in September 1956 as a college on the campus of the mission’s secondary school in the territory. By 1983, the school started receiving government funding and, eventually, it was granted public university status in 1994.

Among the notable alumni of HKBU are Clara Wing-chung Ho (history), Douglas Robinson (philosophy), Adrian Bailey (geography), Kai-man Kwan (philosophy), and Stephen Palmquist (philosophy).