Curricular Structure

There are six faculties and schools offering a wide range of academic programmes with diverse disciplines ranging from the arts, business, communication, and social sciences to science and technology, Chinese medicine and sport.

The 128 academic units are distributed as follows:

University Core courses13 units
General Education courses18 units
Major courses (including Honours Project)60–67 units
Free Elective courses30–37 units
Total:128 units
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A couple of double-degree programmes requires more than four years to complete:

  • Bachelor of Chinese Medicine and Bachelor of Science (Hons.) in Biomedical Science (6 years); and

  • Bachelor of Arts (Hons.)/Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons.) and Bachelor of Education (Hons.) (5 years).
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Selected programmes feature internship components which provide opportunities for students to learn through real work experience. There are also other local and overseas internship and exchange opportunities offered by the university, not necessarily credit-bearing, for the enrichment of student learning experience.