EDUCATION
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At the graduate level, two types of programmes in 15 divisions are offered-a two-year programme of course-work and research thesis leading to a degree of Master of Philosophy in Humanities, Science or Social Science, Master of Business Admin- istration, and Master of Divinity; and a one-year programme of course-work leading to a degree of Master of Arts, Master of Science and Master of Social Science. The School of Education, inaugurated in September 1965, offers a one-year full-time and two-year part-time postgraduate course of professional training leading to a Diploma in Education. In September 1974, there were 192 students enrolled in the university's graduate programme.
In 1974 there were 651 students who graduated from the university-36 Masters of Philosophy, 25 Masters of Business Administration, four Masters of Science, five Masters of Arts in Education, 165 Bachelors of Arts, 154 Bachelors of Science, 90 Bachelors of Business Administration, and 172 Bachelors of Social Science.
The Department of Extramural Studies of the Chinese University of Hong Kong offers more than 470 general courses in a wide range of subjects, some of which can be taken by correspondence. In addition, the department offers a number of intensive courses leading to the award of certificates. The majority of the courses are conducted in Cantonese or Mandarin.
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The university library contains about 145,450 books and journals specialising in resources for advanced studies and research. In addition, the three college libraries have a total of more than 357,090 books, and journals for undergraduate studies and general reading.
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University Research
The Chinese University of Hong Kong provides faculty members with research facilities. Three research institutes--the Institute of Social Studies and the Humanities, the Institute of Science and Technology, and the Institute of Chinese Studies-were established to enable staff members to keep up with the latest developments in their own fields and to contribute to them. Various research centres have been set up within the three institutes to concentrate on specific fields of studies.
In the University of Hong Kong, the Centre of Asian Studies continued its basic interests in Kwangtung studies in 1974. These included preparation for publication of a catalogue of the Cantonese painting collection of the Luis de Camoes Museum in Macau, and the production of a short film on the Western district of Hong Kong. The inter-disciplinary study of the ecology of Hong Kong, first started in 1973 in co- operation with the Australian National University and with special reference to energy flows and the impact of the environment on the population's cultural adjust- ment, developed fast and satisfactorily in 1974. The centre continued to publish the Journal of Oriental Studies, while publication of several bibliographical guides and monographs of various research interests was completed in 1974.
The centre's research project on the effect of culture on managerial behaviour in Southeast Asia, financed by leading business firms in Hong Kong, has been particular- ly successful. The projects on crime and punishment, and the causes of inflation in