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15.
The university is in the
Nearing completion
an
and
middle of a
substantial building
is
with "composite building", a
residence with 300 student places,
for the Faculty of Engineering.
maximum a
programme.
amenities centre,
accommodation space
is provided for
residential halls.
hall a
of
Accommodation
of 25% of undergraduate students in
To help students with homes where facilities for
who wish to avoid lengthy travel yet
be
hall of residence, a
study are poor or
accommodated in
cannot
the university has
increased
its emphasis on the provision of general amenities over the past few
These include study and rest rooms, games and music rooms,
years.
and restaurant facilities located at three
amenities
improve the sports facilities, a new site has been
reclaimed land at Sandy Bay on the western
Island.
centres.
To
developed on
shore of Hong Kong
16.
The Department of Extra-mural Studies offers a wide variety
professional courses and courses of general or
of vocational and
cultural interest. Evening classes held at the university, and day
and evening courses at its town centre, are attended by nearly
25,000 students each year.
At postgraduate level the university
offers facilities for
for both Master's and Doctor's degrees. Master's
degrees by coursework are available in a number of subjects and the
Philosophy degree is awarded on the basis
of
research at
Doctorates are awarded on the basis of research.
re-equipping of the university's laboratories
Master
Master's level.
With the
present
development
programme,
its
Science
and
under the
Engineering
Departments contain the latest teaching equipment. It also has one
of
Shan
in
Southeast
Asia.
The
Research
the best-equipped libraries
Fung Ping
Museum of Chinese Art is attached to the university and is also
used as teaching museum by the
a
Department of Fine Arts. projects continue through the university's various departments,
Language Centre,
Asian Studies
the Centre of Asian
<
which
focal point for multi-disciplinary research on China,
East Asia and Southeast Asia
Urban Planning.
and the Centre for Urban
the
serves" as a
Hong Kong,
Studies and
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