The College of Humanities and Social Sciences has six Departments: Applied Social Studies; Asian and International Studies; Chinese, Translation and Linguistics; English; Media and Communication; and Public and Social Administration. They offer programmes of study which are broad-based, multidisciplinary and professionally-oriented. There are over 30 programmes at various levels, including bachelor’s degree, postgraduate diploma and master’s degree. Programmes in the College are designed to meet Hong Kong society’s rising demand for policy planners, urban managers, public administrators, human service practitioners, language educators and professionals in the fields of media and communication. The College also offers research degree programmes at MPhil and PhD levels.

The College has a robust research culture and a broad research agenda focusing on language, culture, communication, society, government, public administration, social policy, and human service intervention. There are four College Research Centres: Centre for Communication Research, Governance in Asia Research Centre, The Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language Studies and Southeast Asia Research Centre, and one University Research Centre (Language Information Sciences Research Centre) under the auspicious of the College. Academic staff members of the College come from different parts of the world. They constitute a highly versatile, dynamic and multidisciplinary team of scholars with strong international links and professional expertise.