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Hong Kong Polytechnic
The Hong Kong Polytechnic was established in 1972, taking over the campus of the former Hong Kong Technical College which formed the basis of the polytechnic's initial development.
Since then, student and staff numbers have increased greatly. At the beginning of the academic year 1990–91, 10 200 students were enrolled on full-time and sandwich courses, 15300 on part-time courses and 700 on a distance-learning course. In mid-1990, the polytechnic had a total staff of 2 562, comprising 905 teaching, 269 senior administrative and 1 388 technical, clerical and ancillary staff.
The polytechnic has 25 teaching units grouped under six divisions. These are the Division of Applied Science and Textiles (Departments of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics, and Institute of Textiles and Cloth- ing); the Division of Business and Information Systems (Departments of Accountancy, Business Studies, Computing, Hospitality Management, and Management); the Division of Communication (Departments of Chinese, Translation and Interpretation, English, and Swire School of Design); the Division of Construction and Land Use (Departments of Building and Surveying, Building Services Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Centre of Land and Engineering Surveying); the Division of Engineering (Depart- ments of Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical and Marine Engineering, and Nautical Studies), and the Division of Health and Social Studies (Departments of Applied Social Studies, Diagnostic Sciences, Health Sciences and Rehabilitation Sciences).
A wide range of courses is offered to meet the demands of commerce, industry and the community. For 1990-91, 188 courses were offered in different modes of attendance, namely full-time, sandwich, part-time and distance learning. Successful completion of these courses leads to the awards of first and higher degrees post-graduate diploma, associateship, professional diploma, higher diploma, diploma, post-registration diploma, post-registration certificate, endorsement certificate, higher certificate, certificate and cer- tificate of proficiency.
Degree courses accepting first-year intakes in the 1990-91 academic year include: BA (Hons) in Accountancy; BA(Hons) in Business Studies; BA in Clothing Studies; BA(Hons) in Computing Studies; BA(Hons) in Fashion Design; BA in Graphic Design; BA in Hospitality Management; BA in Interior Design; BA(Hons) in Industrial Design; BA in Language and Communication; BA(Hons) in Marketing; BA(Hons) in Photographic Design; BA(Hons) in Textile and Clothing Marketing; BA(Hons) in Translation and Chinese; BEng(Hons) in Building Services Engineering; BEng(Hons) in Civil Engineer- ing; BEng(Hons) in Electrical Engineering; BEng(Hons) in Electronic Engineering; BEng (Hons) in Manufacturing Engineering; BEng(Hons) in Mechanical Engineering; BSc in Building Technology and Management; BSc in Building Surveying; BSc(Hons) in Engineering Physics; BSc in Land Management; BSc in Nursing; BSc(Hons) in Optometry; BSc in Quantity Surveying; BSc(Hons) in Textiles, and Bachelor of Social Work (Hons). The BEng(Hons) course in Electronic Engineering was offered in both the sandwich mode and part-time mode, while the Bachelor of Social Work (Hons) course was offered in both the full-time mode and part-time mode.
In the 1990-91 academic year, the polytechnic offered eight part-time postgraduate courses leading to the award of Master's degrees in Civil Engineering, Business