University of Hong Kong Faculty of Arts

HKU Faculty of Arts
香港大學文學院
Location
Faculty of Arts General Office, Room 4.05, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong
Information
Established1912
DeanProfessor David Pomfret
Websitehttp://arts.hku.hk/

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.[1]

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.[2] Professor A.E. Wrottesley-Salt, elected in September 1913, was the first Dean of Arts.[3]

Degrees offered

The Faculty comprises four Schools and three Centres:[4]

  • 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

Notable professors

  • John Carroll, Associate Dean (Global) of the Faculty, author of A Concise History of Hong Kong
  • Adam Jaworski, Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty
  • Yang Binbin, Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning) of the Faculty
  • Wai Ting Siok, Associate Dean (Postgraduate) of the Faculty
  • Song Gang, Associate Dean (Undergraduate) of the Faculty
  • David Pomfret, Head of the School of Humanities
  • Julia Kuehn, Head of the School of English

See also

References

  1. ^ "Subject Ranking 2012-13: Arts & Humanities". Times Higher Education (THE). 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  2. ^ "University History - About HKU - HKU". www.hku.hk. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  3. ^ "Faculty of Arts - HKU - Faculty Centenary - About Us". arts.hku.hk. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  4. ^ "Faculty of Arts - HKU - About Us". arts.hku.hk. Retrieved 2016-04-30.