Professor Reggie Kwan is currently the Provost of Hong Kong Metropolitan University.

Professor Kwan was born and raised in Hong Kong and holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Computer Science, as well as a Doctor of Education, all from Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana, USA. He began his academic career in the mid-1980s in Montana, 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. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated a strong commitment to academic leadership, institutional development, and advancing higher education.

• Professor Kwan’s academic interest was Data Compression and later he became fascinated by e-learning and open and distance learning after he joined HKMU in the late 90’s. His recent publications are mostly in the area of e-learning.

B.S. [Montana State University], M.S. [Montana State University], Ed.D. [Montana State University]

• Director of the Chinese Occupational Education Association 
• Member of the Steering Committee on Implementation of Qualification Framework Credit in Higher Education and Credit Accumulation and Transfer (EDB)
• Member of the Standing Review Committee for Qualifications Assessment of HKCAAVQ
• Member of Quality Assurance Committee of Caritas Medical Centre Nursing School