Hong Kong Community College (HKCC) was established in 2001 and is a subsidiary of

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is a public research university located in Hung Hom, Hong Kong near Hung Hom station. The University is one of the eight government-funded degree-granting tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. Founded ...

. HKCC offers associate degree and higher diploma programmes spanning the domains of arts, science, social sciences, business and the specialised areas of design and health studies for secondary school leavers. Initially located on the PolyU campus, HKCC now has two campuses separated from the university. With a floor area totalling over , the two campuses provide teaching and recreational facilities, including lecture theatres, classrooms, a library, a computer centre, multi-purpose rooms, halls, sky gardens, a cafeteria and communal areas. Since its establishment, HKCC has helped over 36,600 graduates matriculate into

bachelor’s degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six y ...

programmes.

History

The HKCC was first established in rented premises in 2001 and initially provided 800 self-financing sub-degree student places. On 27 June 2003, the Finance Committee of Hong Kong's Legislative Council approved a loan to the Polytechnic University to be used to construct a campus for HKCC in Hung Hom. To accommodate the growth of the college, a second campus was opened in Yau Ma Tei.

Campuses

Hong Kong Community College has two campuses: *PolyU Hung Hom Bay Campus, built in 2007 **Address: 8 Hung Lok Road, Hung Hom. (near

and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Student Halls of Residence) *PolyU West Kowloon Campus, built in 2008 **Address: 9 Hoi Ting Road,

Yau Ma Tei Yau Ma Tei is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong District in the south of the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. Name ''Yau Ma Tei'' is a phonetic transliteration of the name (originally written as ) in Cantonese. It can also be spelt as Yaumatei, ...

. (near

Charming Garden Charming Garden () is a Home Ownership Scheme and Private Sector Participation Scheme court in Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong, built on reclaimed land of the old Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter. It was jointly developed by Hong Kong Housing Authority an ...

)

Associate Degree & Higher Diploma Programmes

Associate Degree Higher Diploma

Photos of the campuses

File:HKCommunityCollege(3).JPG, Hung Hom Bay Campus File:HKCommunityCollege.JPG, Hung Hom Bay Campus File:HKCC WK Campus 2.jpg, West Kowloon Campus

Notable people

Lau Siu-lai Lau Siu-lai (; born 3 August 1976) is a Hong Kong educator, academic, activist, and politician. She is a sociology lecturer at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University's Hong Kong Community College and the founder of Democracy Groundwork and Age o ...

– legislator, HKCC lecturer *

Jimmy Sham Jimmy Sham Tsz-kit ( zh, t=岑子杰; born 29 June 1987) is a Hong Kong pro-democracy and LGBT rights activist. He served as a convener for the pro-democracy organisation Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF) until October 2020 and serves as a secre ...

– human rights activist

References

External links

* {{authority control 2001 establishments in Hong Kong Educational institutions established in 2001 Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom Universities and colleges in Hong Kong