University of Hong Kong ‘pursuing plan’ to open Saudi Arabia campus

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is actively pursuing plans to open a campus in Saudi Arabia, the Post has learned.

Sources disclosed the university’s expansion plans months after news reports revealed it had bought a property for the creation of a campus in Spain, marking a dual push into Europe and the Middle East.

“The university sees an opportunity in Saudi Arabia and has a plan to open a campus in Riyadh,” a source said over the weekend.

The insider said there was still no exact time frame for the plan, adding that it was still in its early stages.

Another source confirmed to the Post that the university had considered different places in the kingdom.

HKU at one point considered Diriyah, on the outskirts of the capital Riyadh, but later abandoned the idea, the second insider said.