Both Architecture and Surveying nurtures professionals to become the gatekeepers of built facilities.

Architects are professionals to support Hong Kong's move to a knowledge-based economy and ensure its built environment quality befits its world-class city status. The stream curriculum aims to offer well-balanced teaching and learning with an emphasis on the technological aspects of architectural design and construction. It is designed to equip participants with the concept of full integration between architectural studies with other disciplines that produce the built environment, including building services and civil engineering, property development, surveying, property management, landscape architecture and urban planning.

Themes of Study

• Architecture studio/ project
• Technology – Technical and Environmental
• Communication
• Architecture History and Societal
• Professional Practice

Surveyors are always regarded by the general public as building economists, contract advisors, doctors and managers. The duties of quantity surveyors are to ensure a construction project is within budget and free of unnecessary contractual risks. As for the building surveyors, they uphold the standards of the building regulations by inspecting and approving the building design, examine the safety performance of existing buildings, etc. Surveyors’ legal, economic and technical knowledge in construction make them very sought after for managing a project.

Themes of Study

• Construction law and dispute resolution
• Construction economics
• Project management
• Construction technology
• Building regulations and control
• Building inspection
  
   

Entrance Requirements for Direct/Non-JUPAS Applicants

To be considered for admission, you must satisfy the General Entrance Requirements and the following major-specific entrance requirements:

• level 3 or above in HKDSE Mathematics;
• grade C or above in GCE A Level Mathematics;
• subject score of 4 or above in the IB Mathematics subject group; OR
• other qualifications equivalent to any one of the above and approved by the University.

For details of the programme’s curriculum structure, please visit the ‘Undergraduate Catalogue’.

Architecture Stream: We aim to provide a basis for continuing professional development and encourage professional specialization and higher academic study. This major is designed to prepare graduates for a multidisciplinary professional architectural practice by equipping them with a deep understanding of diverse architectural knowledge and a command of technology and integration that will enable them to serve the building industry as architects or other professionals. Graduates will become the driving force behind innovative and creative architectural designs that reflect a balance and integration of design and technology.

Surveying Stream: We aim to provide students with the necessary skills and knowledge to i) participate in real estate and infrastructure developments, ii) analyse building development proposals, iii) appraise contemporary building science and engineering techniques, iv) advise on appropriate means of procurement, v) pursue financial control of construction projects and vi) apply a multi-disciplinary approach to the management of construction processes.

The construction industry has been one of the major drivers of the economies of Hong Kong and mainland China. This trend is expected to continue in view of recent major infrastructure developments in Hong Kong.

Architecture Stream: This major aims to provide students with a sound professional and technological foundation to pursue higher professional degree studies. Given the fast pace of urbanization in the Chinese mainland and the rest of Asia, millions of people will move to cities in the coming decades. Constructing new towns and restoring old towns is an immense task. The number of architectural professionals in the Chinese mainland and throughout Asia is far from sufficient to meet the increasing social demand and expected growth as the economy improves and the property market recovers.

Surveying Stream: Surveyors will find career opportunities in many areas including real-estate development, construction, building economics, law, contracts, design, maintenance, project and facilities management and finance.

Graduates of both Surveying and Architecture streams are expected to be in high demand.

Architecture Stream:

The courses in the curriculum are built around five themes:

• Architecture Studio/ Project
• Technology – Technical and Environmental
• Communication
• Architecture History and Societal
• Professional Practice

The curriculum is structured around the Architectural Design studio sequence and supplemented by a broad spectrum of courses covering the subject areas.

The first two Architectural Design studios seek to strengthen your overall grasp of the understanding of space design and site responses. The next two seek to allow students to explore an integrated design for a building typology and responses of architecture to urbanism, respectively.  The final year comprises a Final Year Design Research Project, which enables students to integrate their knowledge and skills acquired so far, into exploring a topic of interest selected by themselves, resulting in a related architectural proposition. This takes place under the supervision of an academic staff member.

Surveying Stream:

• Technology: Construction Methods, Building Design and Appraisal, Building Science and Engineering, Materials and Products, Energy Utilisation, Fire Safety, Building Services, Building Structures and Maintenance Technology.
• Communications: Information Systems, Professional Practice and Language.
• Economics: Tendering Strategies, Life Cycle Costing, Budgets, Development Appraisal, Measurement and Valuation of Construction Work.
• Law: Hong Kong Legal System, Law of Contract, Tort and Property, Construction Contracts, Building and Planning Control.
• Management: Principles of Management, Supervision, Organisation, Planning, Decision-Making, Property and Project Management and Computer Applications.

The College of Engineering and the Department offer work placement opportunities through internship schemes that provide students with full-time job attachments to firms not only in Hong Kong, but also in the PRC and overseas. Through such placements, students will:

• gain solid experience in a real-life work environment;
• develop problem-solving abilities and interpersonal skills;
• learn the right attitudes towards work and professionalism; and
• broaden their experience and enhance their employability.

For details, please visit the College’s Co-operative Education website.

Furthermore, to help students to broaden their educational horizons, gain language experience and enhance their awareness of different cultures, the Department, College and University offer a number of credit-bearing exchange programmes with various partner institutions around the world including universities in Australia, Canada, Europe, the US and the Asia-Pacific region.

For details, please visit the University’s outbound exchange programme website.

The Architecture Stream will seek accreditation by the Hong Kong Institute of Architects and Architects Registration Board in 2027. The former architecture programme - Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies was accredited since 2014.

Surveying Stream:

1. This Major (Surveying Stream) is accredited by:

• The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in the form of partnership
• The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS)

2. Graduates who are going to apply for entry to the APC scheme of Building Surveying Division (BSD) and Quantity Surveying Division (QSD) of The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS) have to complete the following courses:

The HKIS QSD:

• CA2126 Measurement of Building Works
• CA3214 Construction Economics
• CA4229 Land Use Planning & Applied Valuation
• CA4320 Cost Management of Building and Engineering Works

The HKIS BSD:

• CA4229 Land Use Planning & Applied Valuation (for 2017 intake onward)
• CA4623 Maintenance Technology and Management

• 100% of our graduates find jobs in related professional fields within three months of graduation.
• This major participants in an Industrial Attachment Scheme that offers students the opportunity to gain practical industrial experience.
• Under the Industrial Mentoring Scheme (Surveying), students have the opportunity to obtain advice from industrial mentors during their final two years of study.

Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
College of Engineering
Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors
Hong Kong Institute of Architects
Undergraduate Catalogue

The major aims to nurture students' cutting-edge engineering knowledge, computational, experimental and analytical techniques to plan, design, implement and improve technology-based manufacturing and operations systems. It emphasizes the technological, analytical and managerial skills of integrating different technologies in intelligent manufacturing systems.

BEng in Intelligent Manufacturing Engineering students are trained to become analytical and versatile engineering graduates with the right skill-sets to adapt to the rapid technological advancements in the world of modern enterprises, intelligent production, and boundary-less information flow and integration.

BEng in Intelligent Manufacturing Engineering graduates

• have a good understanding of today’s science, engineering and technology;
• are knowledgeable about the high-end technology and managerial skills of manufacturing system fitting the Industry 4.0;
• use systems concepts and tools to analyse processes and operational problems in enterprises, and to improve processes, operations and qualities in enterprises; and
• are equipped with analytic and quantitative skill sets to grapple with real-world problems that are associated with massive amounts of data and information in enterprises.

The programme aims to provide the best possible undergraduate education with cutting-edge engineering knowledge and techniques to plan and build technology-based manufacturing and operations systems. The programme prepares our students for successful careers in intelligent production and Industry 4.0 which are identified as a key component for Hong Kong’s future planning and growth.  Our curriculum allows students to further specialize in different areas of expertise including industrial Internet-of-Things, smart city, logistics and supply chain, robotics and automation. Our programme also has a placement component that allows students to gain real world experience, which will provide a significant edge when students look for employment after graduation.

Entrance Requirements for Direct/Non-JUPAS Applicants

To be considered for admission, you must satisfy the General Entrance Requirements and have studied a science- or mathematics-based subject at a high school or post-secondary institution.

For details of the programme’s curriculum structure, please visit the ‘Undergraduate Catalogue’.

The Department of Systems Engineering (SYE) offers the BEng in Intelligent Manufacturing Engineering. This major aims to develop the abilities of our students in integrating intelligent manufacturing systems with:

1. Industrial Internet of Things,
2. Automation and Robotics,
3. Management Analytics,Artificial Intelligence, and
4. Industrial Big Data

As an outcome, our graduates will possess the practical skills in engineering sciences, design innovations, automation and data analytics, so that:

1. Our graduates can apply these skills to improve and innovate various operations of modern manufacturing enterprises in the Industry 4.0 setting;
2. Our graduates can also apply these skills to service industries and commercial enterprises, in automating their various business operations, to push for ever higher efficiency.

1. Our curriculum provides the students with systematic training in engineering sciences, design innovations, automation and data analytics, with a focus on intelligent manufacturing. Specifically:

2. The General Education and College required courses equip students with the necessary background in English, basic sciences and computer programming.The major core courses are divided into three blocks, namely, the Core Technology Block, Integration Block and Application Block –

• The Core Technology Block includes the scientific principles and applications in industrial engineering and management science, electronics and semiconductor, and advanced manufacturing technologies.
• The Integration Block emphasizes the integration of cutting-edge knowledge and applications, particularly in data analytics, intelligent manufacturing systems, automation and robotics, Internet-of-Things, and Industry 4.0.
• The Application Block provides practical opportunities and industrial experience to the students with the Engineering Workshop, Final-Year Project, Industrial Attachment and Internship.

3. Our curriculum also offers elective courses for students with choices to broaden/deepen their knowledge in areas such as electronics, manufacturing technology, and industrial systems engineering.

International Academic Exchange Programmes

For students to broaden their educational horizons, gain language experience and enhance their awareness of different cultures, the Department, College and University offer over 110 credit-bearing exchange programmes with various partner institutions around the world including universities in Australia, Canada, Europe, the US and the Asia-Pacific region.

Please visit the University's website and the Department's website for details of our outbound exchange programmes.

Industrial Placements

The College of Engineering and the Department offer work placement opportunities through various internship schemes that provide students with full-time job attachments in firms not only in Hong Kong, but also in the Pearl River Delta region and overseas. Through such placements, students will:

• gain valuable experience in a real world work environment;
• develop problem-solving abilities and interpersonal skills;
• learn the right attitudes towards work and professionalism; and
• enhance their employability.

For details, please visit the website.

Our graduates are actively engaged in improving the operations of various enterprises in Hong Kong. Among their roles are:

• manufacturing and engineering in major corporations (e.g. assistant/senior engineers, quality assurance engineers);
• management/technology consulting/entrepreneurship in Big-4 and other major management consulting firms;
• operations management/business analysis in business enterprises (e.g. management trainees, business associates, business operation trainees)
• data science and business process automation in major corporations.

View Career Profiles of our recent graduates.

This programme has been granted provisional accreditation by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE).

• Every year, over 90% of our graduates find jobs within six months of graduation.
• Department graduates are versatile and well sought-after, with about 50% finding their first jobs in the Engineering/Technical sectors and the rest in a variety of disciplines.
• Both industrial and non-industrial enterprises in Hong Kong and manufacturing companies in the Pearl River Delta region are very enthusiastic about offering jobs to our graduates. 

Department of Systems Engineering 
College of Engineering 
Undergraduate Catalogue