Calendar 2005–06

296 Part 5 • Department Profiles and Programmes of Studies The University first introduced programmes at the postgraduate level with the establishment of the School of Education in 1965. In the following year, the Graduate School was formally set up to offer postgraduate programmes leading to the award of master’s degrees. In 1980, the University advanced into the realm of doctoral education. The University currently offers a total 236 postgraduate programmes, including 22 MPhil–PhD programmes, 43 doctoral programmes, 143 master’s programmes and 28 postgraduate diploma programmes. The degree programmes lead to five research degrees and 18 taught degrees. The five research degrees are Doctor of Music (DMus), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Master of Music (MMus), and Master of Philosophy (MPhil). The 18 taught degrees are Doctor of Education (EdD), Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)*, Master of Accountancy (MAcc), Master of Architecture (MArch), Master of Arts (MA), Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Chinese Medicine (MChiMed), Master of Clinical Pharmacy (MClinPharm), Master of Divinity (MDiv), Master of Education (MEd), Master of Family Medicine (MFM), Master of Nursing (MNurs), Master of Occupational Medicine (MOM), Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAcc), Master of Public Health (MPH), Master of Science (MSc), Master of Social Science (MSSc), and Master of Social Work (MSW). The Graduate School has introduced the MPhil–PhD programmes since 2004–05. Under this scheme, MPhil and PhD are regarded as two streams within one MPhil–PhD programme. Students may choose the streams according to their interests and ability, with the flexibility to transfer between MPhil stream and PhD (pre-candidacy) stream after admission. For doctoral programmes, the normal length of study for full-time students with or without a research master’s degree is 36 and 48 months respectively, while that for part-time students with or without a research master’s degree is 48 and 64 months respectively. For master’s programmes, the period of study normally ranges from one to two years for full-time study and two to three years for part-time. The postgraduate diploma programmes last one year for full-time students and one to two years for part-time students. P ostgraduate Studies * Subject to statutory amendment