香港樹仁大學升格

Yes, you're right. It'll become the first Private University here in Hong Kong this year. Plz refer to the following (news from the sun daily last year)


李國章力撐 軟硬件齊備
樹仁明年將升格大學

06/11/2005

本港首間全日制私立大學將於明年誕生。創校三十四年、一直堅持四年制學的樹仁學院，將向育統籌局申請升格為大學，該校創辦人胡鴻烈直言樹仁最快可於明年正名，成為本港首間以自負盈虧運作的私立大學。統局局長李國章昨天更首次公開「力撐」樹仁升格。他說︰「現在只等待樹仁正式提出申請，統局在收到申請後會積極協助。」可見樹仁離升格之日已不遠矣。


根據香港的高等育條例，一間院校要升格為大學，必須開辦七成以上獲統局承認的學位課程。李國章昨天出席樹仁學院宿舍文康大樓開幕禮時指出，樹仁學院獲承認的榮譽學位數目，已由去年的七個增加至現在的十個，完全符合條例的要求。他說︰「能否成為私立大學，資金是很重要的一環，希望社會能為本港的大學育多出一分力……」他稍後又稱，樹仁的基金已有足夠儲備，為樹仁升格再開大門。

升格後仍自負盈虧
胡鴻烈接受查詢時指出，樹仁在軟件及硬件兩方面已準備就緒，資金方面亦沒有問題，預計最快可於明年轉做私立大學。胡強調，樹仁即使在升格後亦不會申請加入大學育資助委員會。他說︰「樹仁會一如既往以自負盈虧的方式運作，不需要政府資助，希望社會各界可以多提供資助。」

規模媲美外國私大
於一九七一年創校的樹仁書院，現時共有文學院、商學院及社會學院共十三個學系。樹仁在一九七八年拒絕遵從政府「四改三」的建議而捨棄了政府資助，學校的發展亦因此受到一定的影響，但胡鴻烈指出，當局推行「三三四」學制後，全港大學都要在二○一二/一三學年行回頭路，將學士課程由三年改為四年，證明樹仁當年的決定沒有錯。

自本港多間大專院校成功升格後（如前浸會學院），胡鴻烈多年來仍堅持將樹仁升格的「大學夢」。近十年他積極為樹仁升格大學鋪路，逐步提升學校的硬件設施，昨天正式啟用的樹仁宿舍文康大樓共有三十層，可以為六百名學生及一百名職員提供住宿服務，連同校內的其他設施，規模已足夠媲美外國的小型私立大學。

2007-02-19 17:56:56 補充：
If you are an alumnus of Shue Yan, congratulations to you and your alma mater for the official change of title/status!HK Shue Yan University does plan on offering part-time conversion programmes for its Honour Diploma graduates to upgrade their qualifications to bachelor's degree level.

2007-02-19 17:57:36 補充：
However, these conversion programmes may not be started until the first cohort of graduates of the relevant full-time degree programmes has emerged. Hence, the first

2007-02-19 17:57:48 補充：
batch of conversion programmes to be offered will be in the disciplines of Accounting, Journalism and Mass Communication, and Chinese Language and Literature. The number of courses that each Honour Diploma graduate needs to study may vary,

2007-02-19 17:58:13 補充：
depending on the year of graduation and on the extent of difference between the study programme that he/she completed previously and that of the current degree course being offered. As a rule of thumb, the

2007-02-19 17:58:25 補充：
more recent the alumnus graduated, the less number of courses that he/she needs to complete in order to convert the award to a relevant bachelor's degree. (The above comments is based on observations of the

2007-02-19 17:58:38 補充：
conversion programme operations offered by the former Hong Kong Baptist College when it first launched its bachelor's degree programmes in the late 1980s).With regard to postgraduate studies leading to the award of a master's degree, the

2007-02-19 17:58:50 補充：
Honours Diploma of the former HKSYC is actually regarded as being equivalent to a bachelor's degree by a lot of universities overseas. Oftentimes, an Honours Diploma graduate can be admitted directly into a master's degree programme of a university in

2007-02-19 17:59:00 補充：
the United States without having to go through the trouble of studying for the conversion programme. Why waste half a year or a year on the conversion programme when one can be directly admitted for postgraduate studies leading to a higher level qualification?

If you are an alumnus of Shue Yan, congratulations to you and your alma mater for the official change of title/status!

HK Shue Yan University does plan on offering part-time conversion programmes for its Honour Diploma graduates to upgrade their qualifications to bachelor's degree level. However, these conversion programmes may not be started until the first cohort of graduates of the relevant full-time degree programmes has emerged. Hence, the first batch of conversion programmes to be offered will be in the disciplines of Accounting, Journalism and Mass Communication, and Chinese Language and Literature.

The number of courses that each Honour Diploma graduate needs to study may vary, depending on the year of graduation and on the extent of difference between the study programme that he/she completed previously and that of the current degree course being offered. As a rule of thumb, the more recent the alumnus graduated, the less number of courses that he/she needs to complete in order to convert the award to a relevant bachelor's degree. (The above comments is based on observations of the conversion programme operations offered by the former Hong Kong Baptist College when it first launched its bachelor's degree programmes in the late 1980s).

With regard to postgraduate studies leading to the award of a master's degree, the Honours Diploma of the former HKSYC is actually regarded as being equivalent to a bachelor's degree by a lot of universities overseas. Oftentimes, an Honours Diploma graduate can be admitted directly into a master's degree programme of a university in the United States without having to go through the trouble of studying for the conversion programme. Why waste half a year or a year on the conversion programme when one can be directly admitted for postgraduate studies leading to a higher level qualification?