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EDUCATION
At the postgraduate level, there are 55 academic and professional programmes leading to the degrees of Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Science, Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Philosophy, Master of Business Administration, Master of Social Work, Master of Divinity, Master of Science, Master of Arts, Master of Arts in Education and Master of Social Science, as well as diplomas in Education and Social Work.
Part-time degree programmes leading to Bachelor's degrees in Business Administration, Chinese and English, Music, Primary Education and Social Work and Master's degrees in Translation, Business Administration and Social Work as well as professional diplomas in both Education and Social Work are offered to working adults.
A new Master of Social Science Programme in Clinical Psychology was launched in 1988-9. Expansion in the fields of Education, Medicine, Electronics and Computer Science is expected in the coming years. Plans are also in hand to establish engineering studies in the near future, a new programme in Information Engineering having been already introduced during the year.
The university is strongly committed to research and other academic activities. In addition to research work conducted in the teaching departments, six research centres are operating under the Research Institutes of Chinese Studies, Science and Technology, and Social Studies.
Competition for university places is intense. Of the 28 000 candidates who sat the various public examinations held in 1988, approximately 1 550 were admitted to first year studies. Enrolment as of September 1988 totalled 7959, comprising 5 836 full-time and 681 part-time undergraduate students and 446 full-time and 976 part-time postgraduate students. Almost all students are local, and about half of them are given hostel places.
In 1987-8, the Department of Extra-Mural Studies offered more than 1 650 courses with a total enrolment of more than 56 100. In addition to general courses and those leading to the award of diplomas and certificates, the department also offered correspondence courses, courses on radio and TV and by newspapers, and self-learning courses packaged in the form of audio tapes, programmed texts and resource materials. Apart from running courses in China, the department co-operates with the University of British Columbia, Canada, in offering several diploma courses. A Bachelor of Business degree programme in Accounting was jointly organised for the first time in 1988 with the Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education, Australia. The Distance Education Unit of the depart- ment also collaborates with Radio Television Hong Kong on popular radio and TV courses, and is planning to launch more certificate and diploma courses by means of distance learning in future.
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Meanwhile, the university's campus continues to expand to cater for an increasing student number and for new programmes. The Institute of Chinese Studies acquired an extension wing, the science-based departments acquired an extra academic building by the University Mall, staff and students have a new amenities centre, and the new Shaw College built two 300-bed hostels and an amenities building complex, an administration and education building and a block of staff quarters. Building projects about to be put out to tender include the Leung Kau Kui Building (teaching facilities) at Central Campus, the Phase I Redevelopment of the Teaching Buildings Complex of Chung Chi College and a Lecture Theatre Complex under the Shaw College Development. Several other capital projects covering teaching, amenities, sports and domestic facilities are at various stages of planning and design.
The library system consists of the University Library, the Medical Library, and three branch libraries in the colleges. The total collection in 1988 was 968 400 volumes.