Public policy postgraduate courses at the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) attract each year about 30 government officials and other interested professionals, programme leader Joshua Mok Ka-ho says.
CityU offers its Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in the broad fields of government and politics, public management, public policy, social and political philosophy, social policy and administration, and China studies.
Dr Mok says his Department of Public and Social Administration also offers MA and postgraduate diploma courses in Public Policy and Management.
'The majority of students are government officials, from middle- to upper-level civil servants. They are general government officials, and some are from the disciplinary forces, such as the police, immigration and customs,' he says.
CityU postgraduate courses also attract students from professional groups, such as accountants and lawyers.
'The courses are basically designed to upgrade the qualifications of people in the public sector. They aim to sharpen the participants' analytical and conceptual tools in understanding or analysing policy and management issues,' Dr Mok says.