Fast Facts | Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies

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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)

Undergraduate Programs	Enrollment	Subtotal	Total
Dual Degree Program in Technology & Management (T&M-DDP)	202	417	1755
BSc in Environmental Management & Technology (EVMT)	119
BSc in Individualized Interdisciplinary Major (IIM)	6
BSc in Integrative Systems & Design (ISD)	14
BSc in Sustainable and Green Finance (SGFN)	76
Extended Major in Artificial Intelligence	1264	1338
Extended Major in Digital Media and Creative Arts	74	1338

Postgraduate Programs		Enrollment	Subtotal	Total
Taught Postgraduate Programs (TPg)	MSc / PGD in Environmental Science & Management (EVSM)	MSc: 146 / PGD: 3	433	864
	Master of Public Policy (MPP)	186
	Master of Public Management (MPM)	54
	MSc in Technology Leadership and Entrepreneurship (TLE)	44
Research Postgraduate Programs (RPg)	MPhil / PhD in Atmospheric Environmental Science (AES)	MPhil: 11 / PhD: 48	431
	MPhil / PhD in Environmental Science, Policy & Management (ESPM)	MPhil: 12 / PhD: 26
	MPhil / PhD in Individualized Interdisciplinary Program (Research Area) (IIP)*	MPhil: 15 / PhD: 266
	MPhil / PhD in Integrative Systems & Design (ISD)	MPhil: 5 / PhD: 21
	MPhil / PhD in Public Policy (PP)	MPhil: 2 / PhD: 25

* 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