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The Government announced today (July 4) that SCAD Foundation (Hong Kong) Limited and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (Hong Kong) have been approved to admit Mainland students to designated locally accredited non-local degree programmes. The two institutions may now start to recruit Mainland students for admission to these programmes for the 2016/17 to 2020/21 academic years.
The Secretary for Education, Mr Eddie Ng Hak-kim, congratulated the two institutions, which are both subsidiaries of world-renowned institutions in Hong Kong, on being approved to admit Mainland students. The broadening of their recruitment base is conducive to Hong Kong's position as a regional education hub.
"Over the past few years, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has been in liaison with the Ministry of Education for allowing locally accredited non-local degree programmes in Hong Kong to admit Mainland students. We are grateful for the support of the Mainland authorities concerned in finalising the arrangement," said Mr Ng.
This afternoon Mr Ng met and exchanged views with the Vice President of the Savannah College of Art and Design Hong Kong, Dr David Pugh; the Associate Dean, Executive MBA Programme - Asia for the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Mr Richard Johnson; the President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, Dr Richard Vuylsteke; and the Director of Public Affairs of the United States Consulate General in Hong Kong, Ms Darragh Paradiso. They all welcomed the new arrangement, which could serve as an impetus for the future development and competiveness of the institutions and Hong Kong.
The Savannah College of Art and Design established its campus in Hong Kong in September 2010 to provide numerous bachelor's and master's degree programmes in art and design. The University of Chicago Booth School of Business opened its Hong Kong campus in August 2014, primarily to offer its flagship Executive Master of Business Administration programme.
The full-time locally accredited non-local bachelor's degree or above programmes approved to recruit Mainland students are listed below:
SCAD Foundation (Hong Kong) Limited
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1. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Advertising
2. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation
3. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion
4. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Marketing and Management
5. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
6. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration
7. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interactive Design and Game Development
8. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design
9. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Motion Media Design
10. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting
11. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography
12. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sequential Art
13. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Effects
14. Master of Arts in Luxury and Fashion Management
15. Master of Fine Arts in Luxury and Fashion Management
University of Chicago Booth School of Business (Hong Kong)
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1. Executive Master of Business Administration
Ends/Monday, July 4, 2016
Issued at HKT 17:52
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