Learning Organisation Survey (by Corrine)

Organisation: City University of Hong Kong

Organisational Background

The organization I am going to study is the City University of Hong Kong (CityU). It was founded as the City Polytechnic of Hong Kong in 1984, and then assumed full university status 10 years after. During the past quarter of a century it has grown from relatively humble beginnings to become a high-ranking world university with a talented team of international and local scholars and an energetic campus community.

CityU offers professional education that prepares its students for the challenges and exciting opportunities opening up in Hong Kong, the Asia-Pacific region and throughout the world in business, science and engineering, energy and environment, law, creative media and social sciences. Through its extensive links with relevant industries, CityU provides real-life opportunities for students to work with and learn from professionals in the workplace, from bachelor degrees and postgraduate studies to associate degrees and continuing education.

The University has a steady rise in world rankings in the past few years. It dramatically improves its standing in world university ranking exercises. It is currently ranked 15^th in Asia and 129^th in the world, according to the 2010 University Rankings published by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). It is ranked No. 1 in the Greater China region for mathematics and computer science in 2010 and has been No. 1 in Hong Kong in engineering research papers for three consecutive years, according to a survey by the Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan.

Organisational Structure

City University of Hong Kong, occupying 15.6 hectares, comprises 7 colleges/schools, named as the College of Business, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, School of Creative Media, School of Energy and Environment, School of Law, and the Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies. There are 20 academic departments and 23 research institute/centres in total. There are altogether 924 full-time academic staff in the University.

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