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EDUCATION
19 divisions leading to the degree of Master of Philosophy in Humanities, Science or Social Science; and Master of Business Administration, Divinity, Arts, Science or Social Work. The School of Education, which aims at providing professional training for graduates of approved universities to serve and teach in local secondary schools, offers courses leading to the Diploma in Education or the degree of Master of Arts in Education.
A total of 1,041 students graduated from the university in 1979. They included 47 Masters of Philosophy, 32 Masters of Business Administration, one Master of Arts, five Masters of Arts (Education), two Masters of Divinity, five Masters of Social Work, 243 Bachelors of Arts, 174 Bachelors of Business Administration, 230 Bachelors of Science and 302 Bachelors of Social Science.
New academic programmes offered in 1978-9 were: a minor programme in statistics; a major programme in computer science leading to the Bachelor of Science degree; a graduate programme in the English language leading to the Master of Arts degree; and a graduate programme in the teaching of English as a second language leading to the Master of Philosophy degree.
The Department of Extramural Studies offered more than 700 general, certificate, correspondence and television courses in many subjects. Most courses are conducted in Cantonese or Mandarin. The department launched two courses by newspaper in 1979 with the help of six leading Chinese and English newspapers.
The library system comprises the university library and three branch libraries at the colleges. Library holdings in 1979 were: 337,930 volumes in Oriental languages; 302,085 volumes in Western languages; and 4,078 periodical titles.
Building projects completed during the year included a lecture hall complex, a language training building, two student hostels, a staff residence, and two building extensions. In preparation for the new Faculty of Medicine, the construction of the basic medical sciences building began.
Research
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong provides faculty members with research facilities. There are four research institutes - Institute of Business Management Studies, Institute of Chinese Studies, Institute of Science Technology, and Institute of Social Studies and the Humanities. They enable staff members to keep up with the latest developments in their own fields and to contribute to them.
Various research centres set up within the four institutes concentrate on specific fields including Chinese archaeology and art, the Chinese language, comparative literature, translation, Chinese medicinal materials, food protein production, machine translation, communication studies, East Asian studies, economic research, public affairs, social research, geographical research and marine science. Most of the research programmes are multi-disciplinary in nature. The results of these programmes have led to the publication of many books, journals, monograph series and occasional papers.
During the 1978–9 academic year, the university hosted some major international con- ferences. They included a regional meeting on bureaucratic behaviour and development in Asia (co-sponsored with the International Development Research Centre of Canada); a conference on research into interpersonal interaction in pluralistic societies (in collabora- tion with the Culture Learning Institute of the East-West Centre in Hawaii); a Hong Kong conference on East-West comparative literature; and a seminar on China's modernisation and diplomacy.