Hong Kong Shue Yan University - Braemar Hill Campus

As enshrined in its motto, “Cultivating virtues of benevolence; broadening horizon and knowledge”, HKSYU pursues education that promotes benevolence. In seeking to nurture learned and capable students, it is equally committed to cultivating the young into men of honour. HKSYU aims:

• To meet the actual needs of Hong Kong society by training efficient and well-balanced young people for various services in the community.
• To promote the spirit of humanity and the freedom of learning with a scientific approach and also to contribute to the development of higher education in Hong Kong.
• To demonstrate by consistent behavior the virtues of humanity and the objective attitude of men of culture.

HKSYU Mission:

• Preserve and disseminate traditional Chinese culture.
• Enable students to cultivate a whole, balanced personality including moral character and to realize their full potential as individuals, as scholars and as good citizens.
• Provide rigorous intellectual training to enable students to become independent critical thinkers.
• Combine academic theory with the acquisition of professional and practical skills to produce graduates who can immediately be of service to meet the needs of the community.

HKSYU has three faculties, 11 departments and a Graduate School which together, offer a wide variety of undergraduate, postgraduate and joint-university programmes. Students can select their degree according to their interests and needs.The Three facilities are;

• Faculty of Arts
• Faculty of Commerce
• Faculty of Social Sciences

HKSYU nurtured us as we grew and thrived. Today, we have established ourselves in different fields, and our success comes from the education we have received from the University. We wish our alumni a prosperous future, and we also hope that the young students at HKSYU today can flourish in the same way as we did in the past. Every bit of your contribution strengthens our roots – a cradle for generations of leaders to come. HKSYU promotes the spirit of humanity and the freedom to learn. It strives to nurture well-rounded young people and to equip them with professional abilities that answer the needs of society. As set out in the university’s motto, “Cultivating virtues of benevolence; broadening horizon and knowledge, our students aspire to be virtuous individuals of honour, integrity and compassion who, in their strong quest to learn, will make themselves useful in the service of knowledge and society.

Apart from offering undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, HKSYU also makes tremendous effort in research. There are 13 research centres at the University which specialize in areas from economics, psychology, communications, contemporary society, neuroscience, evidence-based practice, sustainable real estate, to business and social development. The University maintains close contact with research centres locally and abroad to facilitate academic exchange. It has also frequently published research reports in the past six years which have contributed to academia.