Acting Dean :    Professor Painter, Martin John
BA MA Sus., PhD ANU

The mission of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHS) is to contribute to social development, good governance and quality of life in HKSAR and the region. The Faculty has six departments: Applied Social Studies; Asian and International Studies; Chinese, Translation and Linguistics; English; Media and Communication; Public and Social Administration. The Faculty is committed to scholarship and excellence in teaching and research in the humanities and social sciences areas.

We are one of the world’s top 100 social science universities (The Times Higher Education Supplement 2006). The Faculty has established a strong foundation for quality applied research and a good range of distinguished and professional programmes of study at both the undergraduate and the postgraduate levels. It emphasises solid professional education with a broad knowledge base in all its programmes. The six departments together offer over 30 programmes at various levels including master's degree, postgraduate diploma / certificate and bachelor's degree. The programmes are designed to meet Hong Kong society's rising demand for professionals: policy planners, urban managers, public administrators, human service practitioners, language educators and specialists in the fields of media, culture, communication, and regional and international studies. The Faculty also offers research degree programmes at MPhil and PhD levels applications of linguistics and language technology, administrative and policy sciences, and communications.

The Faculty has a robust research culture and a broad research agenda in applied research, focusing on language, culture, society, government, public administration, social policy, and human service intervention. There are four research centres: the Centre for Communication Research, the Governance in Asia Research Centre, The Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language Studies, and the Southeast Asia Research Centre. Academic staff of the Faculty are drawn from all over the world. They constitute a dynamic and multidisciplinary team of scholars with strong international links and expertise in comparative studies. Teaching and research in the Faculty are well supported by many state-of-the-art specialist facilities. These include one of the best equipped Phonetics Laboratories in Asia, a New Media Laboratory with multimedia production and desktop publishing software and hardware, and a Quality Evaluation Centre with computer-assisted telephone interview facilities.

The Faculty offers various co-curricular programmes aimed at providing a foundation for all-round development and lifelong learning. These include International Exchange Programme, Professional Internship, Summer Schools, English Immersion Scheme and First-Year Enhancement Programme.

Information of Programmes Offered in 2008/2009

Information of Course in Course Information 2008/2009