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EDUCATION
Sciences, and Master of Education. There is also provision for the research degrees of Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Philosophy, Doctor of Medicine, and Master of Surgery, as well as Higher Doctorates in Letters, Science, Social Sciences, and Laws. Certificates and diplomas are obtainable in the fields of law, education, psychology, various engineering subjects, the Chinese language, medical sciences, and management studies.
The Faculty of Medicine contributes significantly to the higher professional training of registered doctors in Hong Kong. It also provides training for teachers of pre-clinical and clinical subjects from other medical schools in Southeast Asia.
The university is well-equipped with libraries and laboratories. A total of 617 500 volumes are accommodated in the main library and in subsidiary units such as the Fung Ping Shan Chinese Library, which has a very valuable collection of works in Chinese. The Fung Ping Shan Museum of Chinese Art is attached to the university and is also used as a teaching museum by the Department of Fine Arts.
Research
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Each department pursues its own specialist research interests and in some areas these are centred on problems of particular interest to Hong Kong. These include studies in the economic relationship of Hong Kong and China and in public administration in Hong Kong. Examples of research in progress in the School of Law during 1981 were: modern Chinese law; computerisation of the law; international commercial transactions and taxation; Chinese testaments; domestic violence; sentencing; personal injuries; comparative legal systems; and international law. In the Engineering Faculty research was conducted into computer applications in electrical and electronic engineering; acoustics; solar energy; high building research; and finite analysis.
The Centre of Asian Studies continued to serve as a focal point for the academic community working on single and multi-disciplinary research projects on China, Hong Kong, East Asia and Southeast Asia and its three seminar programmes, formally instituted the previous year, facilitated group research and supplemented the university's teaching programme.
Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong was inaugurated in 1963 as a federal university in which the principal language of instruction is Chinese. It is a self-governing corporation which draws its income mainly from government grants. The university comprises three constituent colleges - Chung Chi College (founded in 1951), New Asia College (founded in 1949) and United College (founded 1956). The campus covers more than 110 hectares of land near Sha Tin in the New Territories.
The new Faculty of Medicine admitted its first class of students in 1981. The curriculum of the faculty is a five-year programme. The first two years are devoted to pre-clinical studies, followed by three years of clinical work to be conducted at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin. Apart from admitting students to the first-year pre-clinical course, the university also admitted potential medical major students in September. Potential medical major students who have successfully completed a one-year science course are eligible for admission to the first-year pre-clinical course of the medical faculty the following year. The university will confer the degree of MB ChB as from 1986.
The four faculties of arts, business administration, science and social science offer four-year undergraduate courses leading to Bachelor degrees. At the postgraduate level, the graduate school offers courses of advanced studies and research through its 21 divisions.