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Established
  
1912

Founded
  
1912

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Dean
  
Professor Derek Collins

The Faculty of Arts of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is one of the oldest faculty in the University of Hong Kong, and is considered to be one of Asia's best Arts and Humanities faculties.

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History

The Faculty of Arts, along with the Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Medicine, are one of the first Faculties of the University of Hong Kong when it was established in 1912. Professor A.E. Wrottesley-Salt, elected in September 1913, was the first Dean of Arts.

Degrees offered

The Faculty comprises four Schools and three Centres:

  • School of Chinese
  • School of English
  • School of Humanities
  • School of Modern Languages and Cultures
  • Centre for Applied English Studies
  • Centre for the Humanities and Medicine
  • Centre of Buddhist Studies,
  • The Faculty offers a 4-year Bachelor of Arts program, three 5-year double-degree programs: BA - BEd in Language Education - Chinese, BA - BEd in Language Education - English and BA in Literary Studies - LLB in conjunction with other faculties of the university. It also offers various research postgraduate programs, including MA, MFA, MPhil and PhD.

    Notable alumni

  • Anson Chan, former Chief Secretary in British Hong Kong and the Hong Kong SAR government
  • Edward Chen Kwan-yiu, former President of Lingnan University of Hong Kong
  • Alex Law Kai-Yui, Hong Kong film director, screenwriter and producer
  • Mabel Cheung, Hong Kong film director
  • Eileen Chang, modern Chinese writer
  • Rafael HUI Si-yan, former Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong
  • Sir Yuet-keung Kan, Hong Kong banker, politician and lawyer
  • Li Tse-fong, Hong Kong entrepreneur and politician
  • Frederick Ma Si-hang, former Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development of the Hong Kong SAR government
  • Rita Lau Ng Wai-lan, former Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development of the Hong Kong SAR government
  • Dr Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee, Hong Kong politician, barrister, writer and columnist
  • James Wong, a Cantopop lyricist and songwriter
  • Notable professors

  • John Carroll, Associate Dean (Outreach) of the Faculty, author of A Concise History of Hong Kong
  • Adam Jaworski, Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty
  • Julia Kuehn, Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning) of the Faculty
  • Wai Ting Siok, Associate Dean (Postgraduate) of the Faculty
  • Song Gang, Associate Dean (Undergraduate) of the Faculty
  • Timothy O'Leary, Head of the School of Humanities
  • References

    University of Hong Kong Faculty of Arts Wikipedia