Catholic university in Hong Kong

The idea of establishing Catholic university in Hong Kong was first made by the late Bishop Francis Hsu, a Catholic priest in Hong Kong. Two groups in Hong Kong are currently endeavoring to achieve this goal.

Current status

Efforts by Caritas Hong Kong

Caritas Hong Kong has been working towards having its two schools, the Caritas Institute of Higher Education and Caritas Bianchi College of Careers, receive self-accreditation status from the Hong Kong government, and then have them become a constituent college of the Catholic University.[1][2] Caritas Hong Kong aims to establish a Catholic University within 10 years.[3]

Efforts by Society of Jesus, Chinese Province

On 3 June 2011, the Society of Jesus's Chinese Province announced that it has made an application to the Hong Kong government for a tract of land in Fanling, as a new home for a co-ed, Liberal Arts Catholic university that will host around 3,000 students, all of whom will live on campus, and take courses on Theology and Philosophy, among other courses. The organization has hired a retired American university president as its principal, and other executives have also been hired. Should the efforts by Society of Jesus succeed, Hong Kong might eventually have two Catholic universities. The Society of Jesus did not rule out cooperation with Caritas Hong Kong, and even stated that students from both schools could be allowed to take courses in each other's institution.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Caritas Francis Hsu College - College Motto". Caritas Francis Hsu College. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
  2. ↑ "Caritas Bianchi College of Careers". 學校歷史 (School History) (in Chinese). Caritas Hong Kong. 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
  3. ↑ "明愛9月開工管學士課程 徐誠斌獲准轉專上學院 (Translation: Caritas (is going to) offer Bachelor (degree) program of Business Administration in September. (Caritas) Francis Hsu (College) (has been) granted approval to change (its name to) (Caritas) Institute of Higher Education.)". Ming Pao (via Yahoo! Hong Kong) (in Chinese). 31 May 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2011. ...10年內發展成中國境內的私立天主教大學 (Translation: ...to become a private Catholic university in China within 10 years.)
  4. ↑ "耶穌會申粉嶺地辦大學 (Translation: Society of Jesus applies for the land in Fanling to run (a) university.)". Sina Hong Kong. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2011.