China-related studies form an important element in a range of specialisations offered by the School of Humanities and Social Science at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
These specialisations include history, linguistics, literature, anthropology and philosophy.
The school is made up of the Division of Humanities and the Division of Social Science. Both divisions offer postgraduate degree programmes including Master of Arts (MA), Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Three Master programmes are based on coursework.
'Our postgraduate programmes are interdisciplinary in nature. That is why ours is called a division and not a department,' says Professor Samuel Cheung Hung-nin, the head of the Division of Humanities.
His specialisations include Chinese linguistics, Cantonese dialect and vernacular Chinese fiction.
Professor Cheung notes that the integrated curriculum facilitates a 'dialogue' among the various disciplines offered by the division including literature, linguistics, history and anthropology, and philosophy and religion.