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 over 1,000 full-time staff and some 1,900 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 postgraduate and undergraduate programmes under the International College.
The School conducts taught postgraduate programmes in a wide variety of subjects organized by the College of Business and Finance, College of Humanities and Law, the College Life Science, the International College, and the Institute for China Business. 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 2014-2015, there were 6,592 postgraduate student enrolments, equivalent to some 1,409 FTEs. Most courses are at Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma and Master’s Degree levels. At doctoral level, the School currently offers the Doctor of Social Science programme,in the field of Human Resource Development, in collaboration with the University of Leicester.
Whilst the School’s headquarters are at the T.T.Tsui Building on the University Main Campus, HKU SPACE has a long history of operating teaching and learning facilities at convenient downtown locations to better serve the community on a territory wide basis. Its flagship premises are in the Admiralty area, comprising the 2/F and 3/F, Admiralty Centre, and 6/F, United Centre. The Island East Campus and the Fortress Tower Learning Centre are in North Point, and the Kowloon West Campus is in Mei Foo. The Community College operates its main campus in Kowloon Bay, and the HPSHCC has its campus in Causeway Bay. The Island South Campus in Pokfulam houses the Centennial College, to which HKU SPACE provides management services. Additionally, the University Main Campus in Pokfulam is available for evening classes.
In Mainland China, HKU SPACE through its Institute for China Business offers postgraduate diploma and executive programmes in Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Shenzhen.
Information about the School is accessible through its web site at hkuspace.hku.hk.
Accounting & Corporate Governance
Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting and Commercial Law
Postgraduate Diploma in Bank and Insurance Compliance
Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Compliance
Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Governance
Postgraduate Diploma in Enterprise Risk Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Accounting
Applied Finance & Investment
Postgraduate Diploma in Finance and Law
Postgraduate Diploma in Investment Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Management & Human Capital Leadership
Postgraduate Diploma in Business (Global Supply Chain Management)/ (Entrepreneurship)
Postgraduate Diploma in Wealth Management Consultancy
Marketing & Branding
Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Marketing and Innovation
Postgraduate Diploma in Digital and Social Media Marketing
Postgraduate Diploma in Services and Retail Marketing
Postgraduate Diploma in Fashion and Luxury Brand Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Marketing (Strategic Marketing and Corporate Reputation Management)
HKU SPACE Executive Academy
Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Markets and Portfolio Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Behavioural Finance
Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Management for Hospitality Services
Postgraduate Diploma in Integrated and Practicing Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Integrated Innovation for Product and Service Design
Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Strategy and Business Transformation
Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Coaching and Leadership Development
Postgraduate Diploma in Managerial Psychology
Postgraduate Diploma in Integrated Marketing Communications
Postgraduate Diploma in B2B Market Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Retail Management and Shopper Marketing
Postgraduate Certificate in Building Engineering
Postgraduate Certificate in Corruption Studies
Postgraduate Certificate in Public Order Studies
Postgraduate Certificate in Public Relations and Corporate Communications
Postgraduate Certificate in Translation
Postgraduate Diploma in Adult Training and Vocational Education
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 Digital Media
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 Photography
Postgraduate Diploma in Popular and World Musics
Postgraduate Diploma in Public Relations and Corporate Communications
Postgraduate Diploma in Public Order Studies (Corrections)
Postgraduate Diploma in Public Order Studies (Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement)
Postgraduate Diploma in Public Order Studies (Crisis Negotiation)
Postgraduate Diploma in Public Order Studies (Policing)
Postgraduate Diploma in Social Media and Communication
Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language
Postgraduate Diploma in Translation
Postgraduate Diploma in Acupuncture Studies (Special Acupuncture Therapies and their Clinical Application)
Postgraduate Certificate in Acupuncture Studies (Special Acupuncture Therapies and their Clinical Application)
Postgraduate Certificate in Acupuncture Studies (Special Acupuncture Therapies: Theory and Manipulation)
Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Nursing Practice (Enterostomal Therapy Nursing)
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 Advanced Nursing Practice (Chinese Medicine Nursing)
Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Nursing Practice (Chinese Medicine Nursing)
Postgraduate Certificate in Archival Studies
Postgraduate Diploma in Chinese Medicine (Pain Management)
Postgraduate Certificate in Chinese Medicine (Oncology)
Postgraduate Certificate in Chinese Medicine (Clinical Gynaecology)
Postgraduate Certificate in Community Nutrition
Postgraduate Diploma in Engineering Management
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 Diploma in Modern Acupuncture for Rehabilitation
Postgraduate Diploma in Network Technology
Postgraduate Diploma in Sport and Recreation Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Media & Cultural Critique
Postgraduate Diploma in Sport and Recreation Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Financial Engineering
Postgraduate Diploma in B2B Market Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Behavioural Finance
Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Coaching and Leadership Development
Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Finance and Investment Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Strategy and Business Transformation
Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Markets and Portfolio Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Global Operations and Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Innovative Marketing and Adaptive Organisation
Postgraduate Diploma in Integrated and Practicing Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Integrated Innovation for Product and Service Design
Postgraduate Diploma in Integrated Marketing Communications
Postgraduate Diploma in Managerial Psychology
Postgraduate Diploma in Organisation and Human Resource Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Shopper Marketing and Retail Management
Master of Science in International Banking and Finance
Edinburgh Napier University
Master of Science in Business Management (Leadership)
Edinburgh Napier University
Master of Science in Marketing
Edinburgh Napier University
Master of Science in Marketing with Festival and Event Management
Edinburgh Napier University
Master of Science in Marketing with Sales Management
Edinburgh Napier University
Master of Science Strategic Brand Management
The University of Hull (Subject to approval)
Heriot-Watt University MBA
Heriot-Watt University
Graduate Diploma in English and Hong Kong Law /
Common Professional Examination of England and Wales
Manchester Metropolitan University
Postgraduate 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
University of Leicester
MA 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
Graduate Diploma of Information (Exit Award of Master of Information Studies)
Charles Sturt University
Master of Information Studies
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)
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
Master of Finance (Full-time mode)
Curtin University of Technology
Master of Science in International Sport Management (Full-time mode)
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).