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Hong Kong Shue Yan University

Hong Kong Shue Yan University
香港樹仁大學
HKSYU Signstone.jpg
Former names
Shue Yan College
香港樹仁學院
Motto Cultivation of Virtue 敦仁博物
Type Private; Liberal arts university
Established 1971 (as Hong Kong Shue Yan College)
2006 (granted university status)
Chairman Dr Dennis H.S. Ting
Chancellor Dr Henry Hu Hung-lick
President Dr Henry Hu Hung-lick
Vice-president Dr Chung Chi Yung (Principal), Yao-su Hu (Academics), Dr Fai-chung Hu (Administration)
Academic staff
279
Undergraduates 5,132 (2014-15)
Location Braemar Hill, North Point,  Hong Kong
Campus Braemar Hill
Affiliations ASAHIL
Website http://www.hksyu.edu/
Hong Kong Shue Yan University
Traditional Chinese 香港樹仁大學

Hong Kong Shue Yan University (HKSYU or SYU) (香港樹仁大學), founded in 1971 as Hong Kong Shue Yan College (香港樹仁學院), is an educational institute that refers to itself as the "first private liberal arts university" in Hong Kong.

The university offers 4-year degree programmes in Hong Kong. SYU was unilaterally recognized as the first and only private university in Hong Kong by the order of the Chief Executive on 19 December 2006, bypassing consultation with the Legislative Council.

Hong Kong Shue Yan College was founded on 20 September 1971 by Dr Henry H.L. Hu, then Legislative Councillor, and Dr , a prominent educationist.

In 1971, Dr Chung resigned from her post as faculty head of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of the then Hong Kong Baptist College and planned to establish a kindergarten. However, her husband, Dr Hu, suggested founding a university instead and invested his savings from his work as a barrister in it, purchasing a three-story house at , Happy Valley as campus. They were concerned that provision for tertiary education in Hong Kong was made for less than 2% of the relevant age group and also that the Cultural Revolution in mainland China would undermine traditional Chinese values.

The government of Hong Kong at the time was interested in the prospects of an independent, private liberal arts school, and granted a piece of land at Braemar Hill to construct a permanent campus in 1978. The construction was completed in September 1985, and various additions to the campus were constructed after that time.

Due to Shue Yan's refusal to follow the government's model and plan for higher education in return for government funding in the late 1970s, Shue Yan development was often restricted. Shue Yan's unrelenting position to offer four-year programmes meant that it had to operate as a truly private institution, without any government funding. Because of this, Shue Yan cannot meet the three-year university degree requirement and has to refer itself as a college rather than a university. However it provided an opportunity to access higher education for students who were unable to secure a place at a local university.


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