Hong Kong: A Gateway to Asia

By Dr. Glenn Shive

Hong Kong is a great place for American students to experience Asia and witness history in the making. Because Hong Kong is a part of yet still separate from the People's Republic, it offers a distinctive "inside-yet-outside" perspective on how China is changing as it integrates into the emerging global system-all in an open intellectual environment where academic freedom prevails.

Undergraduates with little or no Asian language training can benefit fully from the rich academic and cultural offerings of Hong Kong's universities because English is the major language of instruction. All universities offer 35 to 50 different academic programs at the bachelor's and master's degree levels.

For more information about the universities of Hong and Kong and U.S.-based scholarship programs, contact the Hong Kong-America Center (www.cuhk.edu.hk/hkac).

Relevant Web Sites

University Programs:

• Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong (www.cuhk.edu.hk/oal)
• City Univ. of Hong Kong (www.cityu.edu.hk)
• Hong Kong Baptist Univ. (www.hkbu.edu.hk)
• Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ. (www.polyu.edu.hk/~aeco)
• Univ. of Hong Kong (www.hku.hk)

General Information on Tertiary Education in Hong Kong:

• University Grants Committee (www.ugc.edu.hk)
• Higher Education Resources Organizer (www.cityu.edu.hk)
• Hong Kong-America Center (www.cuhk.edu.hk/hkac).

Portals for Hong Kong Study Abroad Programs:

• www.iiepassport.org/webapp/controller/PassportSearchForm
• www.iie.org/pgms
• www.iiehongkong.org
• www.studyabroad.com/content/portals/Hong_Kong_port.html

Scholarships for Study in Hong Kong:

• www.iie.org/gilman
• www.iie.org/pgms/freeman-asia
• www.blakemorefoundation.org
• www.rotary.org

General Information for Hong Kong:

• American Consulate General Hong Kong (www.usconsulate.org.hk)
• Hong Kong Tourism Board (www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/index.jsp)
• Hong Kong Government Information Centre (www.info.gov.hk/eindex.htm)

DR. GLENN SHIVE is Director of the Hong Kong-America Center, created to promote exchange with colleges. The U.S.-Hong Kong-America Center, The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong; www.cuhk.edu.hk/en.