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Appendix 2
General Education at Self-financing Institutions
(excluding affiliates of UGC-funded universities)

Student intake

In addition to Community Colleges affiliated with UGC-funded universities, there are a number
of independent institutions which offer degree programmes (see Table 1 for institutions with
significant number of intakes in 2015/16).
Table 1 Actual intakes, 2015/16 first-year-first-degree and top-up degree students
Actual intake, Actual intake,
Institution first-year-first- top-up degree
degree
Caritas Institute of Higher Education (CIHE) 283 121
Chu Hai College of Higher Education 169 --
Hang Seng Management College (HSMC) 1,071 136
Hong Kong Shue Yan University (HKSYU) 1,337 --
The Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK) 1,860 1,381
Tung Wah College (TWC) 363 118
Vocational Training Council (VTC) 761 2,172
Source: HKSAR Government press release, 1 June 2016, Annex 2 – Estimated intakes and actual intakes
of full-time locally-accredited self-financing post-secondary programmes for the 2015/16 academic year

General Education Requirements for Four-year Degree Programmes

There is considerable variation in programme structure, even within the same institution.
In general, students in four-year degree programmes are required to complete a certain
number of GE courses, usually in their first and second year of study. A brief description of GE
programmes available is provided below.

(1) Structure of GE
CIHE
The number of credits varies for different majors. As an example, students of the 4-year BBA
degree programme have to take 132 credits, 18 to 27 of which are GE credits. Students have
to take five required GE courses, and two to five elective GE courses.
[Source: http://www.cihe.edu.hk/eng/study/bachelor-of-business-administration/bba.html
and phone reply from CIHE]

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