Programmes by Faculty and School

The Faculty of Architecture offers a comprehensive range of Taught Postgraduate Programmes in its three departments and one division, covering breadth and depth in the professional as well as academic research fields of Architecture, Real Estate and Construction, Urban Planning and Design, Landscape Architecture and Architectural Conservation. The majority of programmes offered are being professionally accredited by local and/or overseas professional bodies. The following postgraduate programmes are currently offered by the Faculty of Architecture: Master of Architecture, Master of Architecture (Design), Master of Housing Management, Master of Landscape Architecture, Master of Science in Advanced, Architectural Design, Master of Science in Conservation, Master of Science in Construction Project Management, Master of Science in Digital Management of Built Assets, Master of Science in Real Estate, Master of Science in Sustainable Environmental Design, Master of Science in Urban Analytics, Master of Science in Urban Design and Transport, Master of Science in Urban Planning, Master of Urban Design, Master of Urban Studies and Housing Management, Postgraduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture

The Faculty of Arts is one of the flagship faculties of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and is an internationally renowned and leading humanities faculty. It is ranked 1st in Asia and 14th in the world for Arts and Humanities in the U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities 2024. It is also ranked 1st in Asia and Hong Kong in Arts and Humanities in the QS World University Subject Rankings 2024, and 4th in Asia and 1st in Hong Kong in Arts and Humanities in Times Higher Education World University Subject Rankings 2024. The QS World University Subject Rankings 2024 places the Linguistics, Modern Languages, and English Language and Literature subjects among the top 30 worldwide, with rankings of 15th, 22nd, and 27th, respectively. The Faculty of Arts' presence amongst the best institutions in the world is evidence of its exceptional record in teaching and research. The Faculty strives to attract and nurture outstanding scholars and students from around the world through excellence and innovation in teaching and learning, research, and knowledge exchange. We are dedicated to fulfilling our mission to produce graduates with highly developed analytical, linguistic, critical and creative skills, for leadership and success in their professional and life endeavours. The Faculty is committed to serving the lifelong learning needs of the community.

The HKU Faculty of Dentistry is unique in Hong Kong for dental education and is widely considered as the premier centre for postgraduate dental education and training globally. Our students receive top-tier education and have access to state-of-the-art learning facilities at the newly established specialist dental clinic - The Institute for Advanced Dentistry Multi-Specialty Clinic (IAD-MSC), which is located in Sai Wan. The IAD-MSC is a Centre of Excellence designed to manage complex and severe oral conditions. In addition to the IAD-MSC, the Faculty is equipped, with various other facilities, such as a Simulation Laboratory for dental students' self-practice, a comprehensive and advanced library holdings, and a Lounge. All of these facilities are located at the Prince Philip Dental Hospital (PPDH), which is about 5 -10 mins walk away from the University's Main Campus on Pokfulam Road. There are also many other teaching facilities and amenities for students' use on the Main Campus and the Centennial Campus, including the impressive and popular Student Learning Commons. Our professoriate and teaching staff are internationally recognized experts in their fields with diverse academic backgrounds. We also have a highly-skilled and dedicated staff, including dental surgery assistants, dental hygienists, dental technicians and laboratory technicians, to assist students with their learning. Our taught postgraduate programmes are highly esteemed and cover ten subject areas leading to the Master of Science (MSc) degrees, the Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) Degrees and professional Advanced Diploma, which build on the MDS Degree. Many of these programmes fulfil the specialist training requirements of dental specialties of the College of Dental Surgeons of Hong Kong of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. A limited number of self-financing places are available in each specialty programme, and some government-funded places may be available for local candidates. Candidates who are interested in studying the MDS degree in a specific specialty are advised to apply for admissions to the relevant curriculum. Candidates who fulfil the eligibility criteria for the government-funded places and have demonstrated academic merit may be offered a place within the government-funded quota of places. Further details of our postgraduate programmes are available on this website, http://facdent.hku.hk/. We hope the information will assist you in making a decision to further your education and career with us. Interested applicants should contact the Postgraduate Programme Director concerned for more information. We look forward to welcoming you to our Faculty and being your partner in life-long learning!

The Faculty of Education (the Faculty) was established in The University of Hong Kong in 1984, having previously been a department in the Faculty of Arts and then a School of Education. However, the University has been involved in teacher education since 1917, and to this day it remains a major provider of teacher education in Hong Kong. The Faculty is forward-looking. It has assumed an important role in educational research and professional training in the region and internationally, and has contributed significantly to education policy and development in Hong Kong. It is a major teacher-education institution and has strong expertise in policy analysis and curriculum development. It became the first institution in Hong Kong to train speech therapists and audiologists for the local community. The Faculty is committed to building its expertise and has strengthened its capacity by recruiting diverse, highly qualified scholars and students internationally. Our scholars come from many different parts of the world, including North America, Europe, Asia (Central, South, South-East and East, including Hong Kong and Mainland China) and Australasia. The Faculty has more than 100 fulltime academic staff, many of whom are very well known internationally. In addition to performing teaching duties, academic staff engage in an extensive range of research and they lead both local and international projects. Many of our colleagues sit on advisory committees contributing to the formulation of policies related to local and international education. With the diverse staff and student body, the Faculty maintains high academic and research standards, and has a reputation as an international centre of excellence.

The Faculty of Engineering is one of the founding faculties of The University of Hong Kong established in 1912, is among the largest and most comprehensive engineering faculties in Hong Kong. It has five School/Departments: Computing and Data Science, Civil Engineering, Data and Systems Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. The Faculty offers a well-rounded curriculum and high-quality education at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, significantly contributing to Hong Kong and the global engineering community by training top engineers. It attracts outstanding students from Hong Kong and beyond across a diverse range of programmes. In addition to basic research, the Faculty is committed to applied research with practical significance, collaborating on projects with local and international institutions, industries, and government bodies.

The Faculty of Law at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) traces its origins to 1969, when a Department of Law was established within the Faculty of Social Sciences. Beginning with three teachers and 40 students, the Department offered a three-year LLB degree and, from 1972, a one-year Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL). The department was Hong Kong's first law school, and its LLB and PCLL were the first local university qualifications to be recognized for admission to legal practice in Hong Kong. Formerly, all barristers and most solicitors had trained and qualified in the United Kingdom. Law had been taught at HKU in the 1920s and 1930s, but only as part of a broad-based Arts curriculum. From 1964 to 1969 the Department of Extra-mural Studies at HKU had also taught part-time courses leading to an external LLB degree from the University of London. The law school at HKU was designed to increase the supply of lawyers, train lawyers in Hong Kong law rather than just English law, and make formal legal education available without the need for students to go overseas. From a teaching department in 1969 to a Faculty today with about 2,500 students and over 80 full-time academic staff from about 17 jurisdictions, the Faculty of Law has been the training ground of many distinguished legal minds. Generations of lawyers who graduated from the Faculty now form the backbone of the legal profession and protect the Rule of Law in Hong Kong, which is crucial to the success of the territory. The Faculty is committed to academic and professional excellence in meeting the challenges of a rapidly changing environment. While the Faculty has gone a long way from its inception, it continues its efforts in international outreach, in strengthening the ties with Mainland China, and in enhancing the quality of legal education with a view to train not just good lawyers but also leaders who have a passion to serve, wherever they are. You can find more information about HKU Law at https://www.law.hku.hk/.

As one of the world's premier science faculties, the Faculty of Science boasts a long history of excellence in basic research across a broad spectrum of research expertise. We have about 150 renowned scientists, 500 postgraduate students and comparable numbers of postdoctoral researchers and research staff. In recent years, the Faculty has also placed increasing emphasis on and achieved remarkable progress in applied and strategic areas of research. The goal of the Faculty is to train the next generation of scientists and scientifically aware graduates and through its teaching and research to add significantly to scientific knowledge and practice. The Faculty comprises the School of Biological Sciences and five Departments, namely, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics and Actuarial Science. Five of our Faculty members are members of Chinese Academy of Sciences (accumulated number) and many are recipients of national and international awards and fellowships. We have a State Key Laboratory in Synthetic Chemistry and three Areas of Excellence in research funded by the Research Grants Council, they are in the areas of Theory, Modeling and Simulation of Emerging Electronics, Chemical Biology Approach to Molecular Medicine and Molecular Functional Materials. We also have five interdisciplinary research units: The HKU-TCL Joint Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence, The HKU-UCAS Joint Institute of Theoretical and Computational Physics, The Institute of Mathematical Research, the Laboratory for Space Research, and The Swire Institute of Marine Science.

The Faculty of Social Sciences was established in 1967, and has undergone rapid expansion and significant transformation since. The Faculty has six core Departments/Centre: Geography, Politics and Public Administration, Psychology, Social Work and Social Administration, and Sociology, and Journalism and Media Studies Centre. The Faculty is also the home to eight multidisciplinary research centres. These link scholars in the same field with experts from diversified disciplines in The University of Hong Kong and other research institutions both in Hong Kong, Mainland China and elsewhere in the world; and to provide a convenient focus for research, teaching, professional training, publication and international scholarly exchange and collaboration on specific areas of interest.

The HKU Business School takes an entrepreneurial approach to meeting the challenges and embracing the opportunities of a rapidly changing global economy and business environment by drawing together the strengths of six academic areas, namely Accounting and Law, Economics, Finance, Innovation and Information Management, Management and Strategy and Marketing.

The University of Hong Kong's Medical Faculty is the oldest faculty in tertiary-education in Hong Kong. Its origins go back to 1887, when the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese was founded by the London Missionary Society. Besides training doctors and nurses, the Faculty has always been at the forefront of medical research and development of new clinical services for the benefit of humankind. The Medical Faculty is the largest in the University, hosting a community of over 5,000 students and professoriate staff. It is one of the most technologically advanced medical institutions in the region. The Faculty is committed to serving the lifelong-learning needs of the community. Its departments have dedicated efforts in developing high-quality taught postgraduate programmes, and have on-going dialogues with target groups including clinicians, nurses, healthcare professionals and biomedical graduates to explore their interests and needs for professional developments. The Faculty offers 8 full-time undergraduate programmes, 5 research postgraduate programmes and 12 taught doctors/masters and postgraduate diploma programmes. Further details about the Faculty can be found at http://www.med.hku.hk/ .

To meet the growing importance of computing and AI literacy in the 21st century, HKU recognises the need to equip students with the necessary skills to succeed in an increasingly technology-driven world. The newly established School of Computing and Data Science (SCDS) at The University of Hong Kong encompasses the existing Department of Computer Science and the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science. We have about 60 renowned scientists and 800 postgraduate students and offer 14 academic programmes. The School, through a cross-faculty integration, will create a powerful synergy between computational technology, mathematical modelling and statistical reasoning that have become the cornerstones of modern data science and artificial intelligence. By combining the complementary strengths of computer science and statistics curricula, students graduating from the school will have strong analytical and computational skills. The School will also serve as a thriving hub for interdisciplinary academic and research collaborations, fostering partnerships with all other faculties that leverage the potential of modern data science and AI. The taught postgraduate programmes offered by the School will provide students with the latest knowledge and skills in computing & data science technologies and prepare them for the demands of the industry and job market. The programmes will cover various topics, including but not limited to data science, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, statistics and software engineering301. The School works closely with industry partners to ensure that the programmes are up-to-date and relevant to the current demands of the industry. The school aims to produce well-equipped graduates who can contribute significantly to advancing knowledge and innovation.