The University of Hong Kong is a public research university in Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Island, 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.
Motto: Sapientia et Virtus (Latin) · 明德格物 (Classical Chinese)
Motto in English: Wisdom and Virtue
Type: Public
Established: 1 October 1887 (as Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese) · 30 March 1911 (as University of Hong Kong)
Chancellor: John Lee Ka-chiu
President: Xiang Zhang
Vice-president: Gong Peng · Ian Holliday · Max Shen