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Written by: Deng Yinglin
2020-12-11 11:54
Last update date: 2020-12-11 13:06
The Open University announced that it has completed the review and selection procedures for the new school name. The tentative name of the new school is "The Metropolitan University of Hong Kong", which will be handed over to the Education Bureau and submitted to the Legislative Council for amendments. It is expected to be several months at the earliest and one year at the latest The new school name can be used inside.
The school will hold a new school badge design competition later.
At the beginning of its establishment, the Open University mainly provided distance education. Since 2000, it started to offer full-time courses. After that, it joined the university joint recruitment. In August this year, it announced the public recruitment of new school names.
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The Open University publicly solicited proposals for a new school name in August this year, and once became a hot topic among Hong Kong people.
OUHK President Huang Yushan, Academic Vice President Guan Qingping, Vice President (Resources and Development) Lu Ruhan, and University Rename Selection Committee Secretary Liang Ruzhao, held a press conference today (11th) to announce the new name of the university as "The Metropolitan University of Hong Kong".
Huang Yushan said that the Open University Council started the renaming work about two years ago. After consulting people inside and outside the school, it collected more than 1,100 suggestions for the new school name, 49% of which came from the public and 26% from alumni and students. 22 % Is from OUHK faculty.
There are about hundreds of school name suggestions that are not repeated overall
The Open University announced the new name of the university as "The Metropolitan University of Hong Kong".
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After three rounds of selection by the committee, three choices were selected in November. After consulting with language experts, the school board discussed the three proposals and unanimously decided to adopt the "Hong Kong Metropolitan University".
Lu Ruhan, Vice President (Resources and Development) of the OUHK.
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Vice President (Resources and Development) Lu Ruhan said that the new school name was only approved by the Board of Trustees yesterday. In fact, the Legislative Council must pass the university regulations before the new school name can be used.
Until the new name is formally adopted, the university will continue to use the name "The Open University of Hong Kong".
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