About
In 1956, Hong Kong Baptist College was founded by the Baptist Convention of Hong Kong as a post-secondary college committed to the provision of whole person education. In 1983, Hong Kong Baptist College became a fully-funded public tertiary institution. It gained university status in 1994 and was renamed Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU).
Today HKBU encompasses eight Faculties/Schools offering a range of undergraduate programmes, associate degree and higher diploma programmes as well as taught postgraduate programmes and research postgraduate programmes leading to the award of master and doctoral degrees. It prides itself on its dual focus on teaching and research and encourages service to society among its staff and students. Over the years, HKBU has remained committed to academic excellence and the development of the whole person, and has gained a reputation as one of Asia’s finest institutions of higher learning.
Location
Hong Kong
About
In 1956, Hong Kong Baptist College was founded by the Baptist Convention of Hong Kong as a post-secondary college committed to the provision of whole person education. In 1983, Hong Kong Baptist College became a fully-funded public tertiary institution. It gained university status in 1994 and was renamed Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU).
Today HKBU encompasses eight Faculties/Schools offering a range of undergraduate programmes, associate degree and higher diploma programmes as well as taught postgraduate programmes and research postgraduate programmes leading to the award of master and doctoral degrees. It prides itself on its dual focus on teaching and research and encourages service to society among its staff and students. Over the years, HKBU has remained committed to academic excellence and the development of the whole person, and has gained a reputation as one of Asia’s finest institutions of higher learning.
Location
Hong Kong
Featured courses
Courses Overview
Required Courses (Total: 18 units)
The programme aims to educate IT managers and professionals who possess technical and management knowledge for designing, developing, and managing IT systems. It provides a transformational experience in integrating the technological and managerial sides of IT
The programme aims to educate IT professionals and individuals with state-of-the-art technologies and practices in three timely and important themes: (1) data analytics, (2) artificial intelligence, and (3) intelligent information systems. It integrates theory and practices so that students could enhance their immediate competitiveness in the IT job market.
Featured scholarships
Every year, the top 3 students in term of cumulative GPA score will be awarded with Merit Scholarship. They will be presented with scholarships valued HK$10,000, HK$7,000 and HK$5,000 respectively.
Every year, students who are officially admitted and accept offer to the Programme, and are satisfied with the English result, academic and interview performance will automatically be considered for the Entrance Scholarship of HK$10,000 or HK$20,000.
MSc Research Scholarships are awarded to the students who perform well in the research-oriented courses and fulfil the following requirements: (i) the grade obtained in “COMP7960 MSc Research I” or “COMP7970 MSc Research II” in a semester is A or A-, (ii) the results obtained in COMP7960 or COMP7970 are of publishable quality, and (iii) the affiliation of the authors in the paper is “Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University”.
