EDUCATION
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60 Bachelors of Commerce, 117 Bachelors of Social Science, and 108 Bachelors of Science.
In the matriculation examination held in the summer of 1970, a total of 5,114 candidates sat and 1,798 passed. The total number of freshmen for the academic year 1970-1 is 610.
The Graduate School of the university was established in Septem- ber 1966, and admits students for two years of postgraduate studies in arts, science, business administration, and social science leading to a Master's degree. Up to October 1970, 84 students had been awarded Master's degrees. There were 82 students in the School in September 1970. A Division of Sociology has been instituted in the academic year 1970-1, bringing the total number of divisions to eight.
The School of Education, inaugurated in September 1965, offers a one-year full-time and a two-year part-time postgraduate-course of professional training leading to a Diploma in Education. A total of 24 students obtained the Diploma in Education in 1970.
The Lingnan Institute of Business Administration was inaugurated in September 1966. The institute provides facilities for graduate study and research in the broad area of business administration, and offers a two-year curriculum leading to the degree of Master of Business Administration.
The Department of Extra-mural Studies of The Chinese University of Hong Kong offered 422 courses and had an enrolment of 9,955 during 1969–70. In addition to general courses, departmental certifi- cate programmes in Chinese literature, general banking administra- tion, personnel management, three-dimensional design, basic systems analysis, graphic design, librarianship, advanced translation, and the teaching of modern mathematics in secondary schools were provided in the autumn of 1970. The majority of the courses are conducted in Cantonese or Mandarin. The department also offers correspondence courses in English and Chinese writing, English and Chinese language and literature, and business administration.
THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE
The Technical College has transferred its lower-level technician and craft courses to the Morrison Hill Technical Institute. The
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