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184 Part 5 • Department Profiles and Programmes of Studies Department of Electronic Engineering Tel.: 2609 8274/8249 Fax.: 2603 5558 E-mail: dept@ee.cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.ee.cuhk.edu.hk The department’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes are designed to meet the technological needs of modern industry. They cover a broad range of topics in electronics and are largely experimental in approach. Students are taught how to turn theories and concepts into working systems, circuits, devices, and new electrical materials. Research interests of the department include biomedical engineering, computer vision, image and speech processing, wireless communications, optical communications, integrated circuit design, microelectronic and optoelectronic devices and materials. The department emphasizes high quality teaching and excellence in research, and all its degree programmes are accredited by the relevant professional bodies. Department of Information Engineering Tel.: 2609 8385 Fax.: 2603 5032 E-mail: dept@ie.cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.ie.cuhk.edu.hk Established in 1988, the Department of Information Engineering is the first academic department in Hong Kong devoted to the study of information engineering (IE), with a mission to excel in its educational programmes, to nurture world class research in information engineering areas, and to promote technology transfer in support of local industry. Professors at the department are renowned researchers in the field, many with a strong industrial background. Research and education activities are supported by the many state-of-the-art research laboratories and teaching facilities in the department, which is further expanded with the completion of Phase II of the Engineering Building. The department currently offers an HKIE-accredited undergraduate BEng (Hon) programme as well as graduate programmes at the master and doctoral levels. The undergraduate programme provides solid training in engineering fundamentals as well as specializations such as telecommunications, Internet engineering, and information processing. The graduate programme consists of research-oriented courses leading to MPhil and PhD degrees and a part-time taught programme leading to an MSc. Some graduates further their studies in the MPhil and PhD programmes of top universities such as MIT, Stanford, and Oxford. Past graduates of the department have been successful in both industry and academia. Some have founded their own businesses, while others serve as senior executives, chief technology officers, and professors.