Calendar 2018-19

The University 5 Part 1 There are eight Faculties (Arts, Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Science, and Social Science), and 59 departments/ schools offering 76 major programmes and 75 minor programmes under the four-year curriculum for undergraduate students. Postgraduate programmes including 41 MPhil–PhD programmes, 27 doctoral programmes, 150 master’s programmes, 13 postgraduate diploma programmes, and one postgraduate certificate programme are offered by the Graduate School through its 58 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 2018–19, a minor programme, Business under the Faculty of Business Administration, is introduced. General Education General Education plays a vital role in the University’s mission to provide a balanced undergraduate education for students. It equips students with the intellectual capacity for understanding critical issues, ideas, and values of humanity in modern society. It nurtures students to be educated persons capable of making informed judgment and taking up the challenges of this ever-changing world. Preparing students to be lifelong learners and engaged citizens with a global awareness, it targets their growth as whole persons rather than specialists. The General Education Programme at CUHK is composed of General Education Foundation, the four areas of University General Education and College General Education. The General Education Foundation and the four areas of University General Education are administrated by the Office of University General Education, while each constituent College tailors the College General Education programme according to its missions and traditions.