Type Public Campus Rural Phone +852 3943 1406 Number of students 150 | Established 2006 Address Hong Kong, 大學道香港中文大學晨興書院 Founded 2006 | |
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Motto in English Scholarship, Virtue, Service Master Prof. Sir James Mirrlees Location Ma Liu Shui, Shatin, Hong Kong Motto 博學 進德 濟民 (Scholarship, Virtue, Service) | ||
Morningside College (Chinese: 晨興書院) is one of the nine colleges of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).
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History
Morningside College was established in 2006 with generous and imaginative donations from the Morningside Foundation and the Morningside Education Foundation. The Scottish economist and winner of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Professor Sir James Mirrlees, was appointed the founding Master that same year. The fully residential College accommodates 300 students with communal dining three nights per week during term time. The College admitted its first cohort in 2010.
Motto
The motto of the College is Scholarship, Virtue, Service.
Campus location
Morningside is located between the central campus and Chung Chi College, next to the Sports Centre at the eastern end of the University, directly beside S. H. Ho College. The College is set against the contour of the hills commanding a full view of Tolo Harbour and is within walking distance of the University Mall, Library and University Station.