Five good reasons why studying in Hong Kong could be great for you!

1. World economy. Hong Kong stands at the gateway to the fastest growing regional economic block in the world, which economic intelligence units predict will leapfrog the United States and Germany within five years to become the world's biggest exporter. China is currently credited with 15%-20% of the world economic growth, and has shown a GDP growth above 9% pa for last 25 years. It is predicted that by 2050 China will overtake the US as the largest economy in the world.
2. Chinese language. "Learning Chinese is gaining a tool to engage in friendly exchanges with 1.3 billion Chinese people and the key to enter an important and vast market in the world.  More than 30 million people in the world are learning Chinese as a foreign language? said Ma Jianfei, deputy director of the National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (NOTCFL). According to the office, of the more than 3,000 universities in the United States, nearly 800 have opened Chinese language courses. The number of Chinese language learners there is growing the fastest compared with learners of other foreign languages.
    
3. Safety, law and order. Hong Kong is noted for its rule of law, and the safety of its streets. The University of Hong Kong has a strong human rights section in its Faculty of Law, and was the first university in Hong Kong to have an Equal Opportunities Unit.  The Students Union has established a strong tradition over the years of being an active voice in the local community on human social issues.  The friendliness of the people will always ensure a warm welcome for you, from the moment that a HKU “buddy?meets you at Hong Kong’s airport. The University puts its students first and foremost, and is widely seen as a genuinely caring university.
    
4. Exciting and vibrant city. Hong Kong ranks alongside other major cities in having an exciting, energetic and entertaining lifestyle, particular through the night! For serious partying, the restaurant and bar areas of Lan Kwai Fong and Soho are areas for a great night out, as they echo to the sounds of bands or DJs. Some of musics greatest stars have played in Hong Kong, as it tends to be an easy stopover for Asian tours by bands, artists and orchestras.  The city is noted particularly for its food, with restaurants catering for every taste. Furthermore, Hong Kong has long been the meeting point of Oriental and Western cultures, and, for many students, this makes a stay in Hong Kong one of the most interesting periods of their life.  Within an hour or two of Hong Kong are some of the most varied, friendly and culturally exciting countries of the world. Indeed, academically, HKU is a focal point for students of the region, particularly for research students.
    
5. A quality university. Hong Kong's oldest university, The University of Hong Kong, on Hong Kong Island, is one of the world’s top universities (26th in the world, according to the 2008-9 QS World University Rankings by the U.K.’s Times Higher Education Supplement). It was ranked as the best English-language university in Asia and Australia by the most recent Asiaweek magazine survey and the best in Hong Kong (THES, Education 18 etc.). It has the best Business School in the whole of Asia and Australia, according to the most recent (2005) review by the Economist Intelligence Unit (U.K.). The medium of instruction is English throughout all faculties, although a few departments and programmes, such as Chinese, Chinese Medicine, and postgraduate social work tend to teach in Chinese. Degrees from the University are highly respected in the local and international community, and particularly so in the Mainland, and are preferred by employers in Hong Kong. Over 6,500 of the current student body of around 22,000 have a nationality outside Hong Kong.

The many faces of Hong Kong