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15.

The university is in the

Nearing completion

an

and

middle of a

substantial building

is

with "composite building", a

residence with 300 student places,

for the Faculty of Engineering.

maximum a

programme.

amenities centre,

accommodation space

is provided for

residential halls.

hall a

of

Accommodation

of 25% of undergraduate students in

To help students with homes where facilities for

who wish to avoid lengthy travel yet

be

hall of residence, a

study are poor or

accommodated in

cannot

the university has

increased

its emphasis on the provision of general amenities over the past few

These include study and rest rooms, games and music rooms,

years.

and restaurant facilities located at three

amenities

improve the sports facilities, a new site has been

reclaimed land at Sandy Bay on the western

Island.

centres.

To

developed on

shore of Hong Kong

16.

The Department of Extra-mural Studies offers a wide variety

professional courses and courses of general or

of vocational and

cultural interest. Evening classes held at the university, and day

and evening courses at its town centre, are attended by nearly

25,000 students each year.

At postgraduate level the university

offers facilities for

for both Master's and Doctor's degrees. Master's

degrees by coursework are available in a number of subjects and the

Philosophy degree is awarded on the basis

of

research at

Doctorates are awarded on the basis of research.

re-equipping of the university's laboratories

Master

Master's level.

With the

present

development

programme,

its

Science

and

under the

Engineering

Departments contain the latest teaching equipment. It also has one

of

Shan

in

Southeast

Asia.

The

Research

the best-equipped libraries

Fung Ping

Museum of Chinese Art is attached to the university and is also

used as teaching museum by the

a

Department of Fine Arts. projects continue through the university's various departments,

Language Centre,

Asian Studies

the Centre of Asian

<

which

focal point for multi-disciplinary research on China,

East Asia and Southeast Asia

Urban Planning.

and the Centre for Urban

the

serves" as a

Hong Kong,

Studies and

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