5 Sep 2025
Students' innovative smart glasses project recognised with accolades
A team of Computer Science students — Yip On-tik, Chui Tsz-ching, Lee Chak-yin and Eugene Wu Long-fung — received multiple awards for their innovative project, “Smart Glasses for Hearing Impaired in Hong Kong” in local and national innovative and techonology competitions....
3 Sep 2025
The Research Institute for Bilingual Learning and Teaching (RIBiLT), under the School of Education and Languages (E&L) at Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU), successfully hosted the Symposium on Language Development in Chinese-speaking Populations with Special Needs on 1-2 August. The aim of the symposium was to advance scholarly understanding, foster interdisciplinary collaboration, and promote effective interventions to support the language development of Chinese-speaking individuals with special needs. Conducted in a hybrid online-offline format, the symposium attracted over 130 participants, including experts, scholars and members of the public....
3 Sep 2025
HKMU students awarded HSBC Scholarships
This year, seven outstanding HKMU students have been honoured as HSBC Scholars. Four of them were invited to celebrate their achievements at HSBC Scholars Day, held on 16 July....
1 Sep 2025
Today (1 September) marks the start of the new academic year at Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU). To welcome over 4,900 new students, the University organised a wide range of orientation activities. The University also officially established the Graduate School to provide comprehensive support for postgraduate students and further promote research excellence and innovation....
29 Aug 2025
MPhil student's essay wins First Prize at national academic conference on Li Bai and Du Fu studies
Zhang Jie, a student in the Master of Philosophy programme in the School of Arts and Social Sciences, presented his latest research findings at the 8th National Academic Conference of ChengDu Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum for Master and Doctoral Students and the Academic Conference on Li Bai and Du Fu Studies (成都杜甫草堂博物館第八屆全國碩博研究生學術會議暨李杜研究學術會議). His paper, titled “The Reception and Spiritual Inheritance of Du Fu in Hong Kong Press (香港報刊的杜甫接受與精神傳承) (1949–2024)”, was awarded First Prize at the conference. ...
28 Aug 2025
Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) recently achieved its first-ever technology licensing agreement, a milestone in the University's efforts to translate research into impactful, real-world applications. A know-how licensing agreement for a non-invasive electrochemical screening technology, based on foundational research by Prof. A. L. Roy Vellaisamy, Chair Professor of Intelligent Systems in the School of Science and Technology, has been signed with a UK-based healthcare company. The technology offers a highly promising method for the early detection of prostate cancer through a simple urine test....
27 Aug 2025
The Ethics College, established by the Correctional Services Department (CSD), offers a one-year full-time Diploma in Applied Education programme (DAE) for adult persons in custody (PICs) through the Li Ka Shing School of Professional and Continuing Education (LiPACE) of Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU). The Ethics College recently held its second graduation ceremony, at which certificates were awarded to 75 PICs who had completed the programme....
26 Aug 2025
To improve teaching and learning effectiveness for the new academic year, the Office for Advancement of Learning and Teaching (ALTO) at Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) hosted its annual “Learning and Teaching Week” from 11 to 25 August. This year's theme was leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to improve teaching and learning, aiming to equip faculty and staff with the latest professional knowledge and skills....
20 Aug 2025
Jointly organised by the Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) Library, the School of Arts and Social Sciences (A&SS) and the Tin Ka Ping Centre of Chinese Culture (TKPCCC), and co-organised by the Hong Kong Library Association (HKLA) and the Hong Kong Archives Society (HKAS), the public lecture titled “Destined by Letters: The Preservation and Legacy of Eileen Chang, Stephen Soong and Mae Fong Soong's Manuscripts and Relics” was successfully held on 28 June. A selection of precious manuscripts and personal items from the three literary figures were exhibited at the event, which attracted approximately 100 attendees. The talk was part of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council's “Cultural July” programme....
20 Aug 2025
HKMU hosts International Conference on Chinese Mythology in the Digital Age
The Research Institute for Digital Culture and Humanities (RIDCH) under the School of Arts and Social Sciences at Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) successfully organised the International Conference on Chinese Mythology in the Digital Age, held on campus from 1 to 2 August. The conference examined the inheritance, evolution and innovative transformation of Chinese mythology in the digital era, attracting approximately 100 participants....
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