Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU), formerly The Open University of Hong Kong, is not only a provider of quality higher education, but also a well-managed self-financing entity. Over the past three decades, HKMU has evolved from primarily a distance learning institution to become a comprehensive university providing full-time undergraduate and postgraduate programmes as well as part-time programmes. Through nurturing talent to meet our society’s needs, we have made longstanding contributions to the advancement of Hong Kong’s economy. Today, we are the largest self-financing university in Hong Kong, grooming more than 140,000 graduates and ranks sixth among local universities in terms of full-time undergraduate number.

Established by the Hong Kong Government in 1989 as a provider of distance education, HKMU began offering full-time programmes in 2001. Over the years we have grown into a leader in open and flexible education in the Asia Pacific region, and our full-time face-to-face programmes for qualified secondary school leavers are on par with other established universities across Hong Kong. HKMU today is a young, dynamic, full-fledged university.

Our Vision

To be a leader in providing open and flexible education to all, and to excel as a provider of quality higher education.

Our Mission

To advance learning, knowledge, and research that meet students’ learning aspirations and society’s talent needs, focusing on practical and professional programmes. As a multi-mode university, we use innovative teaching and education technology to offer world class education, guided by our core values of fairness, integrity, perseverance, and innovation.

Study at HKMU means you will learn industry knowledge, develop new skills and explore interesting fields through our professional and versatile curriculum as well as abundant multi-faceted experiential learning opportunities. At HKMU, we are empowering individuals to innovate and invest for a better future.

We have 2,000-3,000 local and overseas internships for our undergraduate students every year.  Among the internship options are two tailor-made programmes in Vietnam and Shanghai launched in collaboration with the Hong Kong Young Industrialists Council and Hong Kong-Shanghai Youth Association respectively. Other example is our Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration’s partnership with the Federation of Hong Kong Hotel Owners to provide internships for students of the Hospitality Management programme.

We organize a wide selection of overseas exchanges and study tours to furnish students with the opportunities to live and learn with people from various cultural backgrounds. Some opportunities are open to all while some are for students of specific Schools or programmes. For example, School of Education and Languages has arranged its students to take the summer English Language and Cultural Immersion Porgramme at the University of Warwick. Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration has launched for all its full-time undergraduate students a compulsory Global Immersion Programme, under which short placements at prestigious universities in countries such as the UK, the US, Australia and Japan for study and sightseeing are arranged.