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Waiariki Institute of Technology,(M?ori: Whare Takiura o Waiariki) based in Rotorua, is one of the largest tertiary institutes in New Zealand outside of universities. Originally developed as a centre for adult and trades education, the institute began to offer bachelor degree programmes in the early 1990s. The main Rotorua campus is set in clean, green and safe rural surroundings only ten minutes from the city centre. Regional campuses exist in Taupo, Tokoroa and Whakatane.

The largest courses (by student volume) are nursing, forestry, business, computing, tourism and hospitality. In addition to degrees offered by Waiariki, the institute also collaborates with Lincoln University, Unitec, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, The University of Waikato, Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design and Wintec on a range of qualifications.

Waiariki is somewhat unique in having an on-site marae named Tangatarua, which translates as “two peoples” and reflects the bicultural nature of the institute. Approximately 10% of Waiariki students are from overseas.

The new purpose-built Waiariki National Centre of Excellence for the Forest and Wood Industry was opened in July 2008 on Waiariki’s Mokoia Campus in Rotorua. This high tech training centre, the first of its kind for the forest and wood industry in New Zealand, features a $3 million software and simulation package that will take forestry training to the next level. Through the new centre, Waiariki’s School of Forestry, Wood Processing and Biotechnology will train people for such careers as silviculture, practical logging, wood processing and manufacturing, forest management and harvest planning.

The Institute celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2008.

Being the oldest and the only university in Hong Kong for decades, the University of Hong Kong has educated many notable people. One of them was Dr Sun Yat-sen, founding president of Republican China, who was a graduate of the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, the predecessor of HKU. Over 40 principal officials, permanent secretaries, and Executive Council/Legislative Council members of the Hong Kong SAR Government are HKU graduates. HKU graduates also form the senior management teams of many large organisations in the private sector, covering many business and professional fields.

Hornell Hall (male only)
Duchess of Kent Hall (female only)
Lee Chi Hung Hall (co-educational)

Mostly male and female with shared room types unless specified.
St. John’s College, The University of Hong Kong (mixed undergraduates and mixed postgraduates, an Anglican Foundation College, single room)
Morrison Hall (male undergraduates and mixed postgraduates)
Ricci Hall (male only, run by Jesuit Fathers, single room)
Lady Ho Tung Hall (female only, shared room)
University Hall (male only)
Robert Black College (postgraduates and visitors only)
Swire Hall
Simon K. Y. Lee Hall
Lee Hysan Hall
R.C. Lee Hall
Wei Lun Hall
Madam S.H. Ho Residence for Medical Students
Pokfield Road Residences (unsatisfactory living conditions/lack of proper maintenance)
Graduate House (postgraduates only)
Starr Hall (The largest residential hall in HKU)
Patrick Manson Student Residences
Lee Shau Kee Hall
Suen Chi Sun Hall

The HKUL Digital Initiatives, through its digitization projects, has opened up online access to local collections originally in print format. The first HKUL Digital Initiative, ExamBase, was launched in 1996 and other projects of scholarly interests were subsequently introduced. More digital projects are being developed to provide continuous access to digital content and services.It now provides open access to a number of Chinese and English academic and medical periodicals published in Hong Kong.

HKU SPACE Community College was established in March 2000. It mainly provides sub-degree programmes for Form 5 or Form 7 graduates to further their studies. There are three main streams of programmes provided, they are Higher Diploma Programmes (2- or 3-year full time), Pre-Associate Degree (1-year full time) and Associate Degree (2-year full time).

The School of Professional and Continuing Education ()
HKU SPACE was established in 1956 to provide different levels of continuing education on a wide range of subjects, for instance, Japanese language courses and Mandarin language courses. HKU SPACE runs its programmes without subsidy from the Hnog Kong Government and it has recently evolved into a community college-type institution, somewhat similar to community colleges in the US.[5]

The University of Hong Kong is a founding member of Universitas 21, an international consortium of research-led universities. HKU benefits from a large operating budget supplied by high levels of government funding compared to many Western countries. Since 1991, the Research Grants Council (RGC) has granted the University of Hong Kong a total of HK$893 million, the highest amount amongst all eight universities in the territory [1]. HKU professors were among the highest paid in the world as well, having salaries equalling or exceeding those of their U.S. counterparts in private universities. However, with the reduction of salaries in recent years, this is no longer the case.

39 academic staff from HKU are ranked among the world’s top 1% of scientists by the ISI, by means of the citations recorded on their publications. [2]

The University’s Chancellor is the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, the Honourable Donald Y. K. Tsang, GBM, JP, KBE. The Pro-Chancellor is the Honourable Dr David Li, GBS, JP, OBE. The Vice-Chancellor is Professor Lap-Chee Tsui, the Deputy Vice Chancellor is Professor R. Y. C. Wong, and the Pro-Vice-Chancellors are Professor S. P. Chow, Professor J. H. W. Lee, Professor J. G. Malpas, Professor P. K. H. Tam and Professor A. B. M. Tsui. The academic staff population is over 800.

Professor Ian Davies was the Vice-Chancellor for two years before a worldwide search culminated in the selection of Professor Lap-Chee Tsui as the new head of the University in 2002.

According to the Times Higher Education Supplement 2008 World University Rankings, HKU is ranked 26th in the world, 3rd in Asia and 1st in People’s Republic of China (PRC). HKU was also included in the 2006 Newsweek rankings of the Top 100 Global Universities.