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EDUCATION
The teaching hospital is the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin, supported by facilities at the United Christian Hospital and Lek Yuen Health Centre, Sha Tin. In addition to students in the first-year pre-clinical course, the university has also been admitting potential medical students since September 1981. Potential medical major students who have successfully completed a one-year science course are eligible for selection to the Faculty of Medicine's first-year pre-clinical course the following year. The university will confer its first Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees in 1986.
At the postgraduate level, a total of 37 academic and professional higher degree pro- grammes and a Diploma in Education are now offered by the university's graduate school. Higher degrees offered include Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Philosophy, Master of Business Administration, Master of Social Work, Master of Divinity and Master of Art.
To provide an opportunity for working adults to receive university education, the university continued to offer four part-time undergraduate courses, namely, Chinese with English, music, business administration and social work. With the exception of the day- release social work programme, all part-time undergraduate classes are held on the Sha Tin campus in the evening. The university also offers part-time courses leading to the Diploma in Education, Master of Business Administration, Master of Social Work and Doctor of Philosophy. Two new programmes were launched in 1983: the Master of Philosophy programme in Music and the part-time Master's programme in Basic Medical Sciences.
The undergraduate enrolment in September totalled 4 719 and consisted of: arts 1035, business administration 874, medicine 221, science 1 349, and social science 1 240. There were also 194 students enrolled in the four part-time undergraduate programmes. In addition, 708 students were enrolled in the graduate programmes. These included 332 reading Diploma in Education courses and 32 overseas students and scholars enrolled in the international Asian studies programme. Of the 18 726 candidates who sat for the 1983 Hong Kong Higher Level Examination, some 4 661 fulfilled the entrance requirements. Of these, 1 229 were admitted to the university for the 1983-4 academic year.
In the 1983-4 academic year, the Department of Extramural Studies offered more than 1 000 courses with a total enrolment of more than 30 000. The courses were conducted in Cantonese, Putonghua (Mandarin) and English, some leading to the award of diplomas and certificates. In recent years, the department has been active in the promotion of 'distance education'.
Building projects completed during the year included an extension to the Science Centre Complex and the furnishing of additional animal houses for the sciences departments. Several blocks of staff quarters, an academic building, an extension to the administration building, a transport and security depot and various facilities for the disabled were being constructed, with further academic buildings and hostels planned. The library system consits of the main university library, the medical library, and three branch libraries in the colleges. The total collection in 1983 was 798 185 volumes.
In addition to research programmes conducted in individual departments, the university has three research institutes: the Institute of Chinese Studies, the Institute of Science and Technology, and the Institute of Social Studies. They promote inter-disciplinary research in their respective faculties, and provide facilities for faculty members to keep abreast of, and contribute to, developments in their own fields.
Hong Kong Polytechnic
The Hong Kong Polytechnic developed from the former Hong Kong Technical College and was formally established in 1972. Nearly all of the polytechnic's financial support comes from the government through the UPGC.