Vice-Chancellor's Report 1990-93

gramme in nursing, and the establishment of a Department o f Pharmacy in 1992-93 which runs a professional Bachelor of Pharmacy programme. These new departments w i l l help train nurses and pharmacists for Hong Kong, professionals whose services are in great demand here. The faculty has also recently been awarded the management o f a new department of ophthalmology and visual science, which w i ll provide patient care services for the general public as well as teach ophthalmology to medical students of both this university and the University of Hong Kong. Much preparation work has been completed and the new department is expected to begin operation in the 1993-94 academic year. Faculty of Science Turning to the Faculty of Science, we see a steady growth in both undergraduate and postgraduate intake, and the preparation of an Institute of Mathematical Sciences to be established in 1993- 94 to conduct multidisciplinary research in relevant subjects. Two new undergraduate programmes in environmental science and food science have also been prepared for student intake in 1994-95. Faculty of Social Science The Faculty of Social Science introduced eight new programmes over the last three years, two o f which are the B.S.Sc. in architectural studies and the M.Phil. in architecture offered by its new Department of Architecture, established in 1991-92 to train architects for the booming Hong Kong economy. Other new additions include five Ph.D. programmes in geography (1990-91), psychology (1990- 91), clinical psychology (1992-93 ), social welfare (1992-93) and anthropology (1992-93) respectively, and one combined M.Phil.-M.S.Sc. programme in clinical psychology (1992-93). Two more Ph.D. programmes - one in communication and the other in government and public administration - and one postgraduate diploma course in psychology w i ll be introduced in 1993-94. Academic Exchange While individual faculties are seeking diversification and improvement, the University tries to provide an environment conducive to academic exchange and a mechanism to promote international linkage activities, both 13