Wah Yan College, Hong Kong also referred to by its acronym WYHK, is a Catholic all-boys grant-in-aid secondary education institution run by the Society of Jesus in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

Clement Tsui, S.J., who is an alumnus of the school and a Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, and serves concurrently as Rector of Wan Yan College Chapel,[3] located within the campus under the parish of St. Margaret's Church near Leighton Hill.

The school was founded by Peter Tsui Yan Sau on 16 December 1919 on the 3rd and 4th floors of 60 Hollywood Road, which houses the Kung-Lee sugar cane juice store (公利真料竹蔗水) and is listed as a Grade II Historic Building.

As the number of students rose, the school moved to a new campus at 2 Robinson Road (the present site of Bishop Lei Int'l House and Raimondi College) after Lunar New Year 1921.

That same year the first Irish Jesuit Fr John Neary came to Wah Yan and taught religious studies.

In 1932 the school was transferred to the Society of Jesus, after a long series of negotiations between the original administration and the Jesuit fathers.

The transfer was completed on 31 December, and Fr Gallagher, S.J., replaced Lim Hoi Lan as the headmaster.

On 27 September 1955 the new campus was formally opened by Sir Alexander Grantham, then Governor of Hong Kong.

However, the initial plans were aborted due to lack of funds and local law restrictions on architecture.

In 2001 the Education and Manpower Bureau planned to upgrade all existing schools in Hong Kong to millennium standard, and the college successfully applied for part of the necessary funds for redevelopment.

The School Development Project (SDP) was formally launched on 26 January 2003, and works were officially started on 25 May 2003 with the demolition of the old music room block.

Phases 1 and 2 (New Annex) have already been completed and were formally opened on 31 January 2006 by Mr Donald Tsang, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong.

[7] The campus at 281 Queens Road East, Wan Chai has an area of about 20,000 m2 (220,000 square feet), located on a small hill known as Mount Parish.

[10] It was designed by the late Professor Gordon Brown, the founder of the Architecture Faculty of Hong Kong University.

Since the academic year of 2009–2010, the school has provided a new curriculum for senior students alongside the planned educational reform by the Hong Kong Government.

To assist such students, teachers of the Careers and Further Studies Committee write reference letters and testimonials.

[14][15] 7 x 5** "Top Scorers" are candidates who obtained perfect scores of 5** in each of the four core subjects and three electives.

The maximum number of Group B activities that a student may join is left to the discretion of the teacher advisers and parents concerned.

It is led by current students, with the approval of the School Authorities (the School Authorities refer to the Principal, Assistant Principals, the teacher advisers and the ECA Committee of Wah Yan College, Hong Kong) through yearly Student Association election.

The primary function of the SA is the organisation and co-ordination of all students; and arrangement of extra-curricular activities in the school.

[18] The Prefects' main duties include maintaining discipline at school and promoting harmony among students.

[19] There are 1–2 development workshops each school year, aiming to enhance the readiness and qualities of prefects.

The Wah Yan College Alumni Association also offer students and graduates scholarships for local or overseas studies.

One of them will also be selected as the Student Ambassador who will visit an overseas chapter of the Alumni Association together with the representative from Wah Yan College Kowloon during the summer vacation preceding secondary 6.

The school song was composed around 1960 by Sr. Carmela Santos, a Sister of St Paul de Chartres (SPC) originally from the Philippines.

[21] The seal of the school is divided into four quarters by a cross in red, set on a blue background.

The school administration spent nearly three years exploring the idea of joining the "Direct Subsidy Scheme", including a rigorous nine-month consultation of stakeholders.

This consultation showed strong support for the scheme among parents and alumni while teachers were evenly split on the issue.

[35] One 20-year-old student was arrested in connection with the incident and charged with possession of firearms and public order offences.

He attempted to flee to Taiwan but was later caught by the Chinese Public Security officers in the South China Sea along with 11 other people prosecuted by Hong Kong authorities for offences under the Hong Kong National Security Law.