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At the beginning of the 1980-81 academic year there were approximately

7,200 full-time students (including sandwich programme), 3,400 part-

time day-release, 14,500 part-time evening and 200 mixed-mode

students.

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The University of Hong Kong

Substantial government

was established in 1911 with a land grant from the government and

endowments that have since been increased.

grants are also made towards the university's annual recurrent and

non-recurrent expenditure. The university offers three-year degree

courses (courses in architecture and medicine are longer) in the

medium of English. Of the 4655 undergraduates registered at the

beginning of the 1980-81 academic year, approximately 24 per cent

were in arts, 14 per cent in science, 18 per cent in medicine

(including dentistry), 17 per cent in engineering, 18 per cent in

social sciences, 5 per cent in architecture and 4 per cent in law.

There is a very strong research programme, as well as the usual

range of postgraduate courses and various certificate and diploma

courses. A Bachelor of Dental Surgery course began in 1980. The

Department of Extra-Mural Studies provides 671 courses in a wide

variety of vocational and professional fields for more than 20,000

adult students.

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The University of Hong Kong has achieved substantial growth

in student numbers over the past decade: 3,012 places (1970-71) rising

to 5,029 (1979-80), excluding extra-mural students. The current

annual growth rate, based on 1978 White Paper policy but recently

revised, is 4 per cent. At this rate student numbers would be

about 6,130 in 1983-84 and 6,895 in 1986-87: however, further

consideration is being given to the growth rate as part of the