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EDUCATION
There are four faculties: arts, science, medicine, and engineer- ing and architecture. Enrolments in each faculty, in October 1962, were 685, 256, 393 and 253 respectively. The Institute of Oriental Studies had 47 students, the education diploma and certificate courses 124, and the social study courses 23, giving a total of 1,781 undergraduate and post-graduate students. Of these 134 were part- time and 25 were external students. Four hundred and seventy- eight students (26.8 per cent) were women. Most of the under- graduates are Chinese, but several other nationalities are repre- sented, particularly from south-east Asia. With the increasing numbers qualifying for entrance from the schools, Government and the university have agreed on a programme of expansion which will raise the number of undergraduates to about 1,800 by 1966. The number of full-time teaching staff, including demons- trators, is 264. Over 65 of these are the university's own graduates. During 1962 the intermediate and final examinations for the university's degree in architecture were recognized by the Royal Institute of British Architects as conferring exemption from the corresponding examinations of the institute.
FURTHER EDUCATION OVERSEAS
The Students' Branch of the Department of Technical Co- operation and the Hong Kong Students' Office in London are responsible for helping students find places in universities and other educational institutions in Britain. The Hong Kong Students' Office also arranges for students to be met and accommodated on arrival and helps with advice on educational or personal prob- lems. Students who have completed their studies are given advice on future employment in Hong Kong. Government has appointed a committee in London to interview applicants for posts in Government service. Formerly all such interviews took place in Hong Kong and this new procedure will enable applicants to know whether their applications have been successful before they return to Hong Kong. The British Council gives advice and help to students both before leaving Hong Kong and in Britain.
From 1st October 1961 to 30th September 1962, the Education Department dealt with 454 applications for educational courses and 206 applications for nursing courses in Britain. In the same period 479 students are known to have left Hong Kong for Britain