HKU

Sources

• HKU undergraduate curricula https://cdqa.hku.hk/undergraduate-curriculum.php

  HKU describes a four-year undergraduate curriculum structure with combinations of disciplinary majors, minors and electives under academic advising.

  Model elements: the major plus minor model and free electives.

• HKU Common Core Curriculum https://commoncore.hku.hk/cccurriculum/

  The Common Core is described as a series of self-selected interdisciplinary courses across five Areas of Inquiry for all undergraduates.

  Model element: free elective choice within a broad interdisciplinary structure.

• HKU Common Core requirements https://commoncore.hku.hk/requirements/

  The Common Core requirements define 36 credits with area constraints chosen by students within the undergraduate curriculum.

  Model clarification: the distributional part of the free course-choice model.

• Regulations for First Degree Curricula https://www4.hku.hk/pubunit/drcd/files/ugdr2024-25/first-degree.pdf

  The first degree regulations define the academic year, the degree curriculum and the use of major/minor programmes in undergraduate degrees.

  Formal model element: majors and minors are embedded in first-degree rules.

• UGC Common Data Collection Format: Student Enrolment https://cdcf.ugc.edu.hk/stat/

  The official UGC Common Data Collection Format table Student Enrolment (Headcount) of UGC-funded Programmes by University and Level of Study, 2025/26 (Provisional Figure) reports 19,734 Undergraduate students for HKU.

  The figure covers UGC-funded programmes. The specialist degree level does not apply to the Hong Kong model, so specialist enrollment is stored as 0.