Bulletin Summer‧Autumn 1993

4, T h e E x p a n d i n g U n i v e r s i t y 1 9 7 8 - 8 7 A fte r m a jo r r e o r g a n iz a tio n a n d w h e n Prof. Ma L in assumed vice - chancellorship in 1978’ the U niversity was fu lly ready fo r fu rth e r expansion and diversification. A New Fac ult y o f Me d ic in e a n d a G r ow i n g Graduate School Entering in to the 1980s, the U niversity had an undergraduate en rolm ent o f around 5,000, and the num ber o f boards o f studies had increased to ove r 40. A fifth fa cu lty — the Faculty o f Medicine, was established in 1977, and after fo u r years o f intensive preparation, the new faculty adm itted its first batch o f students in 1981. M e d ic a l graduates w e re p roduced fo r the first time in 1986 and the fa cu lty g rew to fu ll strength in 1987 w ith 18 departments. Postgraduate studies con tinued to expand h o rizo n ta lly and vertically. The Graduate School launched its first doctoral programme in 1980 and b y 1987, there w ere 28 graduate divisions in the Graduate School, o ffe ring a total o f 38 master's programmes, 15 doctoral programmes and tw o d ip lom a courses. The outgoing vice-chancellor, D r. Choh-M ing Li, a n d the new vice-chancellor, D r. M a L in (1 978) S ir M u rra y MacLehose unveiling the commemorative piqu e a t the Choh-M ing L i B u ild in g fo r Basic M e dical Sciences (1982) 11