in December 2006) Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (HSUHK, founded in 2010, granted university status in October 2018) Chu Hai College of Higher Education HKCT Institute of Higher Education Tung Wah College Caritas Institute of Higher Education Centennial College Gratia Christian College Hong Kong Nang Yan College of Higher Education Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Vocational Training Council UOW College Hong Kong The publicly funded institution Statutory institution The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA, founded in 1984) – The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Ordinance (Cap.1135) Ranking Notes: UGC is the abbreviation of University Grants Committee. HKCAAVQ is the abbreviation of Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (formerly HKCAA). Programme Area Accreditation means the programme operator can operate specific programmes at designated subject areas and academic levels during specific period, granted and reviewed by HKCAAVQ. Prior notice and individual accreditation to HKCAAVQ are not required. Honour diploma (academically equivalent to higher diploma and associate degree in Hong Kong, and equivalent to bachelor's degree in some countries) was an academic award issued by colleges or institutes before they were granted full university status, such as HKBU, LU and SYU. It is no longer awarded. See also Medical education in Hong Kong Joint University Programmes Admissions System Self-financing Higher Education in Hong Kong References Further reading French, N.J., (1999). The Reform of Higher Education in Hong Kong. In C.B. Teather (ed) Higher Education in a Post-binary Era: National Reforms and Institutional Responses (pp. 158–180) London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1999. Mok, K.H. (2001). Academic Capitalisation in the New Millennium: The Marketisation and Corporatisation of Higher Education in Hong Kong. Policy & Politics, 29(3), 299–315 Postiglione, G.A. (2002). The Transformation of Academic Autonomy in Hong Kong. In M.K. Chan and A.Y. So (eds.) Crisis and Transformation in China's Hong Kong (pp. 307–321). London : M.E. Sharpe. Shive, G. (1992). Educational Expansion and the Labour Force. In G.A. Postiglione (ed) Education and Society in Hong Kong: Toward One Country and Two Systems (pp. 215–234). Hong Kong: HKU Press. Sutherland, S. (2002). Higher Education in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Research Grant Council. Tang, H.H. (2010). "Higher Education Governance and Academic Entrepreneurialism in East Asia: The Two Episodes of Hong Kong and Macau". Research Studies in Education 8: 106–124. (). University Grants Committee. (1996). Higher Education in Hong Kong: A Report by the Universities Grants Committee.