Hwa Chong Institution
| Hwa Chong Institution | |
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| Location | |
661 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 269734 | |
| Coordinates | 1°19′36″N 103°48′13″E / 1.326540°N 103.803491°E |
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| School type | Independent Boys (secondary) Co-educational (junior college) |
| Motto | 自强不息 (Tireless self - improvement with tenacity, innovation and passion) |
| Established | 1 January 2005 |
| Principal | Lee Peck Ping |
| Enrollment | ~4000 |
| Campus size | 29 hectares (0.29 km2) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color | Red Yellow White |
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| Website | hci.edu.sg |
Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) is an independent secondary educational institution in Bukit Timah, Central Region, Singapore. It was established in 2005 by the merger of The Chinese High School (1919–2005) and Hwa Chong Junior College (1974–2005).
HCI provides secondary education for boys only from Years 1 to 4, and pre-university education for both boys and girls in Years 5 and 6. Since 2005, HCI and its affiliated school Nanyang Girls' High School have offered a six-year Integrated Programme (IP), which allows students to skip the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level (O-Levels) examinations and proceed to take the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level (A-Levels) examinations at the end of Year 6. HCI operates under the Special Assistance Plan (SAP) and offers the IP and the Gifted Education Programme (GEP). Its name "Hwa Chong" ("Hua Zhong" or "华中") is an abbreviation of The Chinese High School's Chinese name, "Hua Qiao Zhong Xue" or "华侨中学".