FAST FACTS
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Establishment
November 2008 | Interdisciplinary Programs Office |
July 2009 | Division of Environment & Sustainability |
April 2017 | Division of Public Policy |
July 2021 | Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas |
July 2023 | Rename "Interdisciplinary Programs Office" as "Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies" |
Sep 2023 | Division of Integrative Systems and Design is migrated to AIS |
July 2024 | Division of Arts and Machine Creativity |
Faculty Members
(as of May 2024)
School / Division | Regular Faculty * | Visiting / Adjunct Faculty | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies (AIS) | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Division of Environment & Sustainability (ENVR) | 30 | 16 | 46 |
Division of Public Policy (PPOL) | 23 | 3 | 26 |
Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas (EMIA) | 10 | 3 | 13 |
Division of Integrated Systems and Design (ISD) | 14 | 4 | 18 |
Total | 82 | 26 | 108 |
* Including teaching and research faculty
Student Enrollment
(as of Oct 2024)
* Including GZ Pilot Scheme
AIS has led the way in many ways in Hong Kong and the region:
- to establish an interdisciplinary academic unit among universities in Hong Kong
- to create an undergraduate dual degree program integrating technology and business knowledge
- Dual Degree Program in Technology & Management - to start an undergraduate program nurturing ecologically and economically sound future leaders to embed and advance sustainability
- Environmental Management & Technology - to create an experiential degree learning educating technologists and innovators
- Integrative Systems and Design - to start an undergraduate program filling the global talent gap for top level green and sustainable finance experts
- Sustainable and Green Finance - to introduce a novel academic framework “Major + X” as a new degree option for undergraduates to excel in an extended major of an emerging hot topic such as Artificial Intelligence or Digital Media and Creative Arts, in addition to a traditional major program.
- to offer an undergraduate program that allows students to create their own majors and curricula
- Individualized Interdisciplinary Major