The University of Hong Kong is a public research university in Pokfulam, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese by the London Missionary Society and formally established as the University of Hong Kong in 1911. It is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong.
Established: 1 October 1887 (as Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese) · 30 March 1911 (as The University of Hong Kong)
President: Xiang Zhang
Motto: Sapientia et Virtus (Latin) · 明德格物 (Classical Chinese)
Motto in English: Wisdom and Virtue
Chancellor: John Lee Ka-chiu
Vice-president: Gong Peng · Ian Holliday · Max Shen