HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education


The HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education is a private post-secondary education institution in Hong Kong. The School is a private subsidiary of the publicly funded University of Hong Kong. The School specializes in professional education, as well as providing degree-awarding courses in partnership with overseas universities.

History

In the early 1950s, it became apparent that there was a need for further education opportunities in the colony. The findings of the Keswick Report and the Jennings-Logan Report provided recommendations to the colonial government to establish a new department aimed at providing adult-education programmes. On 21 May 1957, HKU established the Department of Extra-Mural Studies with an enrollment of 330 students. Part of the purpose of the Department was to develop and run courses to meet the needs of the growing colony of Hong Kong. These included library studies in response to the opening of the first library in the territory, and housing management to cope with the growing housing crises which plagued the colony in the 1960s.
The Department was renamed the School of Professional and Continuing Education in January 1992. This change elevated its status with relation to its parent organisation, giving it financial autonomy, and allowing it more freedom to make decisions related to the programmes out offered.

Locations

HKU SPACE operates out of a number of small locations spread across Hong Kong, currently:
NameChinese namePhotoAddressStudent enrollmentNotes
Admiralty Learning Centre金鐘教學中心2/F & 3/F, Admiralty Centre, 18 Harcourt Road, Admiralty
CITA Learning Centre製衣業訓練局教學中心63 Tai Yip Street, Kowloon Bay
Cyberport Learning Centre數碼港教學中心Level 5, Cyberport 1, 100 Cyberport Road
Fortress Tower Learning Centre北角城教學中心1/F, 4/F, 10/F, 14/F, 19/F & 22/F, Fortress Tower, 250 King's Road, North Point
Graduate House Learning Centre研究生堂教學中心Level P6, Graduate House, No. 3 University Drive, The University of Hong Kong
HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Stanley Ho Community College Campus港大保良何鴻燊社區書院66 Leighton Road, Causeway Bay
Island East Campus港島東分校494 King's Road, North Point
Kowloon East Campus九龍東分校28 Wang Hoi Road, Kowloon Bay
United Learning Centre統一教學中心6/F & 34/F, United Centre, 95 Queensway

Subsidiaries

HKU SPACE also oversees a number of subsidiary educational organisations, such as the HKU SPACE Community College, the HKU SPACE International College, and the HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Stanley Ho Community College.