Professor Reggie KWAN

Past Chairman

Federation for Self-financing Tertiary Education

Throughout his career, Professor Reggie Kwan has demonstrated a strong commitment to academic leadership, institutional development, and the advancement of higher education. His early academic interest focused on data compression, and later he became fascinated by e-learning and open and distance learning. His recent publications are mostly in e-learning.

Professor Kwan began his academic career in the mid-1980s in Montana, USA, where he achieved the rank of Full Professor in the late 1990s. During his tenure, he also served as Chair of the Computer Science Department at Montana Technological University from 1990 to 1998. After returning to Hong Kong, Professor Kwan joined Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU), where he served for nearly eight years until 2006. During this time, he initially led the Computing Team and later expanded his leadership to include the Mathematics Team. In 2006, he was appointed President of Saint Francis University (formerly Caritas Institute of Higher Education) and, in 2007, also assumed the presidency of Caritas Bianchi College of Careers. In 2016, Professor Kwan returned to HKMU as Vice President (Academic) and was subsequently appointed Provost in June 2019, a position he held until his retirement in November 2026.

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Professor Kwan holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Computer Science, as well as a Doctor of Education, all from Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana, USA.