The Emerging University 1970-74

III Gr adua te and Professional Educa t i on A university , i n th e generall y accepte d sens e o f th e term , i s a complex organizatio n whos e function s includ e no t onl y undergraduate instruction i n th e humanitie s an d th e sciences , bu t als o meaningful graduate an d professiona l education . Graduat e educatio n in the basi c fields o f knowledg e develop s highl y qualifie d specialist : capable o f dealin g w i t h th e mos t abstrus e problem s i n thos e fields and o f advancin g knowledg e t h r oug h scientifi c an d scholarly research. Simi l ar l y , a university t r ad i t i ona l l y undertake s t o produc e several kind s o f h i gh l y qualifie d professiona l practitioner s needed to manag e an d sustai n ou r complex , technologica l society . A f o rma l associatio n o f thre e independen t undergraduat e liberal art s colleges , thoug h terme d a " un i ve r s i t y " , doe s not necessarily constitut e a viabl e universit y i n th e substantiv e sense , The associatio n does , however , provid e potentia l resource s whic h may b e integrate d an d effectivel y use d t o bu i l d th e graduat e an d professional dimensio n essentia l to th e realizatio n o f the institution' s mission a s a university . Th e emergenc e o f th e Un i ve r s i t y durin g 1970-74 i s reflecte d i n th e carefu l developmen t an d enrichmen t of the graduat e an d professiona l dimensio n o f th e educationa l programme. Indeed , thi s g r owt h an d developmen t o f The Chines e Un i ver s i ty wa s anticipate d b y th e distinguishe d me n wh o planne d the Un i ver s i t y an d wh o cause d tha t an t i c i pa t i o n t o b e legall y expressed a s a mandat e i n th e Ord i nanc e o f Establishment : to provid e w i t h th e College s regula r course s o f instructio n in th e humanitie s th e science s an d other branches of learning of a standard required and expected of a university of the highest standing ；* As mad e clea r i n othe r part s o f thi s Repor t , th e integratio n o f resources strengthen s th e p r og r amm e an d make s possibl e ne w frontiers o f education, i n thi s case , the graduate-professiona l dimension. W i t h thi s dimensio n th e Un i ver s i t y enhance s it s ab i l i t y t o attract outstandin g scholars , t o discharg e it s commi tmen t t o research an d publi c service , an d t o mee t th e impo r t an t manpowe r needs o f th e developin g Ho n g K o n g commun i t y . *See Sectio n (b ) o f th e Preambl e o f th e Ordinanc e o f Th e Chines e Universit y o f H o n g Kong. 3 0