Calendar 2016–17

The University 5 Part 1 Academic Structure and Policy The Chinese University of Hong Kong is a growing university offering a wide range of full-time and part-time programmes which lead to bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees, and doctorates. There are eight Faculties (Arts, Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Science, and Social Science), and 58 departments/ schools offering 58 major programmes and 68 minor programmes under the three-year curriculum, and 74 major programmes and 71 minor programmes under the four-year curriculum for undergraduate students. Postgraduate programmes including 41 MPhil–PhD programmes, 28 doctoral programmes, 160 master’s programmes, 17 postgraduate diploma programmes, and one postgraduate certificate programme are offered by the Graduate School through its 59 graduate divisions. The Senate regulates instruction, education and research. The Faculties advise the Senate through the faculty boards on the programmes of study recommended by the departments/schools, which deliver disciplinary teaching. The Colleges, in turn, support the broader development of students as whole persons in addition to the provision of residential accommodation. All teaching staff and full-time undergraduate students, with a few exception of teachers belonging to research institutes or centres, belong to both a faculty and to a college. n n Undergraduate Studies At its inception the University’s undergraduate curriculum was based on a combination of the credit unit system and the degree examination system. After a comprehensive review in the mid-1980s, the University decided to adopt a pure credit-unit-based curriculum structure. From 1991–92 onwards, greater flexibility was introduced into students’ selection of courses and pace of study. Full-time Undergraduate Studies Throughout the years the University has endeavoured to provide a wide variety of programmes to meet the changing needs of society. In 2016–17, four major and one minor programmes are introduced under the four-year curriculum: Programme Title Faculty Major/Minor Bachelor of Arts Programme in Early Childhood Education Education Major Bachelor of Engineering Programme in Energy and Environmental Engineering Engineering Major Bachelor of Science Programme in Biomedical Sciences Medicine Major Bachelor of Social Science Programme in Global Studies Social Science Major Archaeology Arts Minor Among these programmes, the Bachelor of Arts Programme in Early Childhood Education is for articulation by higher diploma holders.