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.
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.
The Faculty comprises four Schools and three Centres:
School of ChineseSchool of EnglishSchool of HumanitiesSchool of Modern Languages and CulturesCentre for Applied English StudiesCentre for the Humanities and MedicineCentre 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.
Anson Chan, former Chief Secretary in British Hong Kong and the Hong Kong SAR governmentEdward Chen Kwan-yiu, former President of Lingnan University of Hong KongAlex Law Kai-Yui, Hong Kong film director, screenwriter and producerMabel Cheung, Hong Kong film directorEileen Chang, modern Chinese writerRafael HUI Si-yan, former Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong KongSir Yuet-keung Kan, Hong Kong banker, politician and lawyerLi Tse-fong, Hong Kong entrepreneur and politicianFrederick Ma Si-hang, former Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development of the Hong Kong SAR governmentRita Lau Ng Wai-lan, former Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development of the Hong Kong SAR governmentDr Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee, Hong Kong politician, barrister, writer and columnistJames Wong, a Cantopop lyricist and songwriterJohn Carroll, Associate Dean (Outreach) of the Faculty, author of A Concise History of Hong KongAdam Jaworski, Associate Dean (Research) of the FacultyJulia Kuehn, Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning) of the FacultyWai Ting Siok, Associate Dean (Postgraduate) of the FacultySong Gang, Associate Dean (Undergraduate) of the FacultyTimothy O'Leary, Head of the School of Humanities
