List of vice-chancellors of the University of Hong Kong

This is a list of vice-chancellors of the University of Hong Kong .

No.	Portrait	President	Took office	Left office	Note
1		Sir Charles Eliot	1912	1918
2		G. P. Jordan	1918	1921	Acting
3		Sir William Brunyate	7 April 1921	18 February 1924
4		Sir William Hornell	18 February 1924	28 October 1937
5		Duncan Sloss	28 October 1937	1949
6		Sir Lindsay Ride	1949	1964
7		W. C. G. Knowles	1964	1965
8		A. J. S. McFadzean	1965	1965
9		Kenneth Robinson	1965	1972
10		Rayson Huang	1972	1986	Resigned and retired
11		Wang Gungwu	1986	1995
12		Patrick Cheng	1996	6 September 2000	Resigned after Pollgate
13		Ian Rees Davies	10 November 2000	2002	Acting from July 2000
14		Tsui Lap-chee	1 September 2002	31 March 2014	[1]
15		Sir Peter Mathieson	1 April 2014	31 January 2018	[2]
–		Paul Tam	1 February 2018	16 July 2018	Acting [3]
16		Xiang Zhang	17 July 2018	Incumbent	[4]

References

1. "An Invitation for tea gathering with Professor Tsui Lap-Chee (Invitation)". HKU. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
2. "The 15th President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong Professor Peter Mathieson assumes office (photos)". HKU. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
3. "HKU Provost Professor Paul Tam to be Acting President & Vice-Chancellor". www.hku.hk (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2022-09-02.
4. "The 16th President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong Professor Xiang Zhang assumes office". HKU. Retrieved 2022-09-02.

• "Succession Lists". University of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26.