Facts and Figures 1999

General Information Year of establishment 1963 (through amalgamation of 3 Colleges) Constituent Colleges Chung Chi College (founded in 1951) New Asia College (founded in 1949) United College (founded in 1956) Shaw College (founded in 1986) Faculties Faculty of Arts Faculty of Business Administration Faculty of Education Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Science Faculty of Social Science Academic Departments 61 Graduate divisions/boards/programmes 44 Undergraduate programmes offered 46 major, 33 minor, 8 part-time Postgraduate programmes offered 52 doctoral, 85 master's, 5 diploma Campus area 134 hectares Students Enrolment (as at 31.12.98) Full-time Undergraduates No. Male:Female Ratio Arts 1,263 25:75 Business Administration 1,573 32:68 Education 249 29:71 Engineering 1,577 80:20 Medicine 1,142 49:51 Science 1,506 52:48 Social Science 1,674 31:69 Total 8,984 45:55 Part-time Undergraduates Biology & Chemistry 3 67:33 Business Administration 4 0:100 Chinese & English 19 21:79 Mathematics & Statistics 3 67:33 Music 72 18:82 Nursing 144 18:82 Physical Education & Sports Science 63 54:46 Primary Education 122 18:82 Total 430 24:76 Postgraduates* Diploma programmes 1,023 39:61 Master's programmes 2,318 62:38 Doctoral programmes 375 68:32 Total 3,716 56:44 * Including 790 students enrolled in self-financed programmes and 53 students supported by competitive research grants but excluding 225 continuing students School of Continuing Studies (as at 30.6.98) General courses 20,170 Degree, diploma & certificate programmes 4,550 Distance education courses 2,592 China project 223 Total 27,535