As the Extension Arm of the University of Hong Kong, the School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE) provides learning opportunities for personal, professional and career advancement. We offer over 200 award-bearing programmes and over 1,000 non-award-bearing courses each year. With 700 full-time and 2,060 part-time staff members, HKU SPACE is the leading local provider in the field of continuing education. Since its establishment in 1956, enrolment has exceeded one and a quarter million. In 2001 to 2002, our annual enrolment figure exceeded 100,000 for the first time, which is equivalent to about 17,550 full-time students.
HKU SPACE is privileged to be in partnership with over 59 local and overseas academic institutions in the UK, Canada, the USA, Australia and mainland China in expanding provision of continuing education in Hong Kong. Its collaboration with other faculties of HKU is also wide-ranging and particularly close. The School will continue to explore opportunities for co-operating further with reputable institutions, both local and overseas, in order to offer a greater variety of quality programmes to students.
The information age has brought exciting new learning possibilities. In response to this, the School has developed an online learning platform based on the World Wide Web. This is the HKU SPACE Online Universal Learning (SOUL) platform, which provides students and teachers with an alternative means of communicating with each other for various teaching and learning purposes.
The HKU SPACE Community College opened in September 2000 as a response to the Education Commission's call for a more versatile and flexible educational structure. Today, the College has 3,700 students under its Associate Degree and Higher Diploma programmes. The HKU SPACE Community College represents the finest institution of its kind in Hong Kong.
The Associate Degree programmes has also been introduced to Mainland China students through collaboration with Beijing Normal University (Zhuhai Campus). From November 2002, students have enrolled in the 2-year Associate in Business Administration Degree. After completion of the programme with satisfactory results, students can apply for an overseas bachelor degree programme in the UK, US, Canada and Australia. Students who wish to further their studies in Mainland China can continue their degree programme offered by Beijing Normal University (Zhuhai Campus).
25th June 2002 marked the inauguration of the Cyberport Institute of Hong Kong of The University of Hong Kong (Cyber.i), the territory's first IT learning centre sponsored by a university and devoted entirely to IT learning. Housed in the government's flagship Hong Kong Cyberport*, the Cyber.i aims to nurture IT talents for Hong Kong, Mainland China and the Asian region so as to help make Hong Kong a leading digital city. A pilot Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology programme started in November.
On the China front, HKU SPACE has established learning centres in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hangzhou to offer courses on Marketing, Accounting, Global Business Management and e-Commerce, Business Information Technology and Public Relations.
*Located at Level 4 and Level 5 of Cyberport 1, 100 Cyberport Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, the Cyber.i has a gross floor area of 25,000 square feet with advanced built-in facilities. It is expected to be operational in mid 2003.
Last updated:
January 25, 2003 11:09 AM
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