Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
The Education University of Hong Kong
Parallel form(s) of name
- 香港教育大學
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Hong Kong Institute of Education (25 April 1994 - 27 May 2016)
- 香港教育學院 (25 April 1994 - 27 May 2016)
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
25 April 1994 - Present
History
The Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd) was renamed The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) in 2016. The Institute was founded in 1994 following the enactment of the HKIEd Ordinance in March of the same year. It was one of eight subsidized Universities under the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong.
The history of the institution can be traced back to 1853. St. Paul’s College introduced the first formalised program of in-service teacher training. On 25 April 1994, under the recommendation made by the Education Commission Report No 5., HKIEd was formally established by the merger of four colleges and one institute that were governed by the Education Department of Hong Kong Government.
• Northcote College of Education, established in 1939
• Grantham College of Education, established in 1951
• Sir Robert Black College of Education, established in 1960
• Hong Kong Technical Teachers’ College, established in 1974
• Institute of Language in Education, established in 1982