The School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE) is the University’s Extension Arm. Its role is to provide lifelong learning opportunities to the wider Hong Kong community for personal and career advancement through programmes of professional and continuing education. With close to 1,000 full-time staff and over 2,100 part-time teaching staff, HKU SPACE is the leading local provider in the field of lifelong education. The School also offers full time Associate Degree and Higher Diploma programmes in the Community College, as well as full time top-up Bachelor’s Degrees under the Centre for International Degree Programme.
The School conducts taught postgraduate programmes in a wide variety of subjects organized by the three Colleges (Business and Finance, Humanities and Law, and Life Science and Technology) and the Centre for Degree Programmes. Some of these programmes are collaborative efforts with departments, centres or schools within the University, while others are joint ventures with overseas universities. In the academic year 2012-2013, there were 5,684 postgraduate student enrolments, equivalent to some 877 FTEs. Most courses are at Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma and Master’s Degree levels. At doctoral level, the School currently offers the Doctor of Education (Lifelong Education), in collaboration with the University of Nottingham; and the Doctor of Social Science in the field of Human Resource Development, in collaboration with the University of Leicester.
The School’s headquarters are located in the T.T.Tsui Building on the University Main Campus. The School has a network of Learning Centres at Admiralty, North Point, Kowloon Bay and Mei Foo. The 13-storey Kowloon East Campus with a gross floor area of 15,000 square metres was commissioned in early 2007. The 19-storey HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Community College in Causeway Bay was opened in 2008.
In Mainland China, HKU SPACE offers programmes in Suzhou, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Shenzhen.
Information about the School is accessible through its web site at hkuspace.hku.hk.
Graduate Diploma in Marketing (Services)
(in collaboration with Hong Kong Institute of Marketing)
Postgraduate Diploma in Business
Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Accounting Compliance
Postgraduate Diploma in Enterprise Risk Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Fashion and luxury Brand Management (subject to approval)
Postgraduate Diploma in Finance and Law
Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Risk Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Investment Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Accounting
Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing
Postgraduate Diploma in Services and Retail Marketing (subject to approval)
Postgraduate Diploma in Social Media and Digital Marketing (subject to approval)
Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Nursing Practice (Intensive Care Nursing)
Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Nursing Practice (Clinical Pharmacology)
Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Nursing Practice (Family Mental Health Care)
Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Nursing Practice (Renal Nursing)
Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Gerontology
Postgraduate Diploma in Gastroenterology Nursing
Postgraduate Diploma in Health Services Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Perioperative Nursing
Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics
Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology
Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology (IT/IS Project Management)
Postgraduate Diploma in IT Forensics
Postgraduate Diploma in IT for the Banking and Finance Industries
Postgraduate Diploma in e-Health Informatics
Postgraduate Diploma in Green Building with Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Information Security
Postgraduate Certificate in Archival Studies
Postgraduate Diploma in Sport and Recreation Management
Postgraduate Certificate in Building Engineering
Postgraduate Certificate in Corruption Studies
Postgraduate Certificate in Public Relations and Corporate Communications
Postgraduate Certificate in Translation
Postgraduate Diploma in Arbitration
Postgraduate Diploma in Arbitration and Mediation
Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Industries Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Cultural Heritage Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Enterprise Risk Management
(in collaboration with College of Business and Finance and College of Life Sciences and Technology)
Postgraduate Diploma in Facilities Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Finance and Law
(in collaboration with College of Business and Finance)
Postgraduate Diploma in Integrated Arts
Postgraduate Diploma in Integrated Marketing Communications
Postgraduate Diploma in Music Therapy
Postgraduate Diploma in Popular and World Musics
Postgraduate Diploma in Public Relations and Corporate Communications
Postgraduate Diploma in Public Relations and Exhibition Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Translation
Postgraduate Diploma in Sport and Recreation Management
Executive Diploma in Finance and Business Management
Executive Diploma in Finance and Corporate Accounting
Executive Diploma in Finance and Strategic Marketing
University of London - Royal Holloway
Master of Finance (Part-time mode)
Curtin University of Technology
Master of Science in Accounting and Finance
University of Hull
Master of Science in Finance
University of Michigan - Dearborn
Master of Science in International Management
University of London - Royal Holloway
Master of Science in Marketing
Edinburgh Napier University
Master of Science in Marketing with Festival and Evnt Management
Edinburgh Napier University
Master of Science in Business Management (Leadership and Innovation) (subject to approval)
Edinburgh Napier University
Master of Science in Business Management (Strategy and Governance) (subject to approval)
Edinburgh Napier University
Master of Science in International Banking and Finance
Edinburgh Napier University
Master of Science in Marketing with Sales Management (Subject to approval)
Edinburgh Napier University
Master of Science in Marketing
University of Leicester
Master of Business Administration
University of Leicester
Master of Science in Finance
University of Leicester
Charles Sturt University
Master of Information Studies
Charles Sturt University
Master of Information Technology
Charles Sturt University
Master of Science in Electronic Security and Digital Forensics
Middlesex University
Master of Arts in Work Based Learning Studies (IT Project Management)
Middlesex University
Master of Physical Education and Sport Training
Beijing Sport University
Master of Science in Biomedical Science
Edinburgh Napier University
Master of Science in Clinical Pharmacy
University of Sunderland
Master of Science in Food Safety Management
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Master of Science in Human Nutrition / Master of Science in Dietetics / Postgraduate Diploma in
Dietetics / Postgraduate Diploma in Human Nutrition
University of Ulster
Master of Science in International Sport Management (Part-time mode) (subject to approval)
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
England and Wales
Manchester Metropolitan University
Graduate Diploma in Museum Studies
The University of Leicester
Master of Arts in Work-Based Learning Studies (Communication) /
Master of Arts in Work-Based Learning Studies (Creative Industries Management)
Middlesex University
Master of Arts / Master of Science in Museum Studies
The University of Leicester
Master of Science in Project Management International
The University of Greenwich
Master of Science in Facilities Management
The University of Greenwich
Master of Science in Human Resource Management and Training / Master of Science in Performance Management and Workplace Learning / Master of Science in International Relations and Workplace Learning
University of Leicester
Master of Arts in Coaching and Mentoring Practice
Oxford Brookes University
Master of Science / Postgraduate Diploma in Occupational Hygiene
The University of Greenwich
Master of Science / postgraduate Diploma in Safety, Health and Environment
The University of Greenwich
Master of Science in Real Estate
The University of Greenwich
Doctor of Social Sciences in the field of Human Resource Development
University of Leicester
Curtin University of Technology
Master of Science in International Sport Management (Full-time mode) (subject to spproval)
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
Details of the programmes are available in a general prospectus issued by the School twice yearly, in December and June. HKU SPACE staff can supervise research work in a wide variety of disciplines via registration through the appropriate department or Faculty. Those interested should contact the Deputy Director (Academic Services).