HKU Faculty of Arts | |
Native Name: | 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 |
Established: | 1912 |
Dean: | Professor David Pomfret |
Website: | http://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]
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]
The Faculty comprises four Schools and three Centres:[4]
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.