EDUCATION
HKIEd has provided pre-service and in-service sub-degree teacher education courses targeted at teaching from pre-primary to secondary levels. It came under the aegis of the UGC in the 1996-97 academic year. Starting from the 1998-99 academic year, it also offers degree programme and a self-financing postgraduate programme.
PolyU, established in 1972 as the Hong Kong Polytechnic, attained full university status in 1994. It offers postgraduate, degree and sub-degree programmes under different modes of attendance in 29 academic departments and centres grouped under six faculties: Applied Science and Textiles, Business and Information Systems, Communication, Construction and Land Use, Engineering, and Health and Social Studies. It emphasises the application of knowledge and vocational training, and maintains strong links with industry and employers.
HKUST, founded in 1991, awards bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in three schools: Science, Engineering, and Business and Management. A fourth school, Humanities and Social Science, offers graduate degrees and provides general education for all undergraduates.
HKU is the SAR's oldest tertiary institution. It was founded in 1911, continuing the work of a college of medicine established in 1887, and has nine faculties: architecture, arts, dentistry, education, engineering, law, medicine, science, and social sciences, and the School of Business.
With a view to promoting lifelong learning, five UGC-funded institutions have also set up their continuing and professional education units. They offer award-bearing and professional programmes, as well as short courses, on a self-financing basis.
The student enrolment (in full-time equivalent terms) of the eight institutions in the 1997-98 academic year was:
Institution
Student Enrolment
Sub-degree
Undergraduate
Postgraduate
Total
CityU
5 509
7 308
1 324
13 691
HKBU
4 134
375
4 509
LC
2 106
15
2 121
CUHK
9 457
2095
11 552
HKIEd
4 960
4 960
PolyU
4 871
7 952
1249
14 072
HKUST
5 649
1 151
6 800
HKU
9 216
2 805
12 021
Total
14 890
45 822
9 014
69 726
155