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

Civil engineering is a professional discipline which transforms our daily life, from clean water supply and waste water treatment to new town development, road and bridge construction, building structure design, landslip prevention and flooding mitigation. Modern civil engineers also concern about the sustainability of new infrastructure developments and their impacts to the society and the environment. Many innovative technologies, including artificial intelligence, sensors, drones, virtual reality, etc. have been applied to improve the planning, design, construction, maintenance and public engagement of civil engineering work.

Themes of Study

• Structural engineering, design and analysis
• Geotechnical engineering and foundation analysis
• Environmental engineering
• Transportation engineering
• Construction technology and management
• Hydraulics and hydrology

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’.

We aim to equip students with specialised advanced knowledge of civil engineering with particular edges in structural engineering, and infrastructure and urbanism. You will be able to master the analysis and design of reinforced concrete and steel structures, various foundations and retaining walls, green construction systems, and transportation systems.

Some of the subjects studied in this programme include:

• Engineering Communication
• Construction Materials, Construction Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics
• Construction Contract
• Hydraulics and Hydrology
• Environmental Engineering
• Engineering Analysis
• Engineering Surveying
• Design of Structural Elements
• Structural Analysis
• Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Structures
• Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical Design
• Integrated Building Project Development
• Final Year Project
• Building Information Modelling
• Temporary Works Design
• Urban Design and Analysis, Infrastructure Asset Management, Highway Engineering, Transportation Engineering

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 urban and infrastructure developments in Hong Kong. Civil Engineers will find career opportunities in many areas including real-estate development, construction, consulting, operation and maintenance, government departments. Graduates of this major are expected to be in high demand.

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 Pearl River Delta region 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.

This Major is accredited by The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE). Graduates are eligible for Scheme A Training in the following disciplines:

Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
College of Engineering
Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Undergraduate Catalogue
 

Architectural engineering (or building services engineering) is closely related to our living, as it deals with the design of electricity supply, lighting, heating and air-conditioning, fire-fighting system, fresh water provision, waste water discharge, and lift and escalator as required in a built facility.

With an increasing concern about health and sustainability, building service engineers also devote their expertise in designing negative pressure infectious disease wards, and smart monitoring and control systems to reduce building energy consumption, not to mention about improving the indoor environmental quality and building thermal comfort.

Themes of Study

• Building energy
• Intelligent energy management and control
• Indoor environmental quality
• Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems
• Fire engineering
• Piping design

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 senior-year (Advanced Standing II) admission, applicants are normally expected to have completed an Associate Degree/Higher Diploma in Building Services Engineering and a CGPA ≥ 3.0 in the scale with 4.3 maximum or equivalent.

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

We aim to provide students with the academic background necessary for a professional building services engineer. You will be able to manage the design, installation, testing, commissioning, maintenance and management of various building services systems.

The core courses in this major include:

• Environmental and Thermal Science
• Fluids
• Mechanics
• Mathematics
• Practical Training
• Fire and Piped Services
• Heating, Ventilating and Air-conditioning Systems
• Management
• Professional Ethics and Safety
• Electrical Engineering
• Fire Engineering
• Building Energy

The ever-increasing demand for sustainable, green, intelligent building projects in Hong Kong and throughout mainland China has created a great need for building services engineers. We are playing an extremely important role in the building industry, and you can join us!

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.

This Major is accredited by The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE).  Graduates are eligible for Scheme A Training in the following disciplines:

• Building Services Discipline
• Energy Discipline
• Fire Discipline for graduates who completed successfully CA4737 Fire Science and Modelling and CA4738 Fire Engineering Approach. (Students should refer to the “Admission Requirements of the Fire Discipline” for the top-up requirements to be fulfilled.)

We offer our students eye-opening and inspiring experiences through our Industrial Attachment Scheme and student exchange programmes with mainland universities in major cities, including Taiwan, Sydney, London, Lyngby, Singapore etc. All of our building services engineering graduates are employed in related professional building services engineering fields after graduation.

本課程旨在培訓能迎接新技術、新挑戰的建築工程專業精英，以創建更先進、更環保、更智能化的明日建築。

Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
College of Engineering
Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Undergraduate Catalogue

Surveying nurtures professionals to become the gatekeepers of built facilities. 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

For senior-year (Advanced Standing II) admission, applicants are normally expected to have completed an Associate Degree/Higher Diploma in Surveying and a CGPA ≥ 3.0 in the scale with 4.3 maximum or equivalent.

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

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. 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 this major are expected to be in high demand.

• 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.

1. This Major 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
Undergraduate Catalogue

The BSc Architectural Studies programme educates internationally qualified architectural 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 programme provides a basis for continuing professional development, and enables either professional specialization or higher academic study, particularly for holders of associate degree or higher diploma in architectural studies looking for articulation with the corresponding full-time bachelor's degree programme.

The programme aims to offer a well-balanced curriculum with 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.

The programme aims to provide an academic environment grounded in research excellence. In order that students may reach their maximum potential, the programme balances intellectual, vocational and the practical constituent elements and seeks to foster an attitude of enquiry, confidence and professionalism.

Entrance Requirements for Direct/Non-JUPAS Applicants

For senior-year (Advanced Standing II) admission*, the minimum qualification of the candidates should be the holder of Associate Degree or Higher Diploma in Architectural Studies or related disciplines and CGPA ≥ 3.0 in the scale with 4.3 maximum or equivalent. Applicants may be required to attend an admission interview.

* For Associate Degree/Higher Diploma graduates or students with equivalent qualifications admitted to the senior year.

Admitted students will study the courses of this Major starting from the first year. Students will need to complete a combination of Major courses and Gateway Education courses in order to graduate.

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

We aim to provide a basis for continuing professional development and encourage professional specialisation and higher academic study, particularly for those with an Associate Degree or Higher Diploma in Architectural studies looking for articulation with a corresponding full-time Bachelor degree programme. 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.

This major aims to provide students with a sound professional and technological foundation to pursue higher professional degree studies.

Given the fast pace of urbanisation 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. In developed countries, particularly the US, there is one architect for every 1,500 people. In Hong Kong, the number is one for every 3,500 and on the mainland, an architect will serve more than 100,000 people on average. 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.

The courses in the curriculum are built around six themes:

• Architectural Design
• Communication
• Environment
• Technology
• Social Studies and History
• 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 field through courses on the development process of spatial ideas and an emphasis on building typology and 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.

Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering 
College of Engineering 
Undergraduate Catalogue

The Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering (ACE) at the City University of Hong Kong is unique in Hong Kong, as we offer a broad spectrum of construction-related programmes, from architecture to civil engineering, building services engineering (or architectural engineering) and surveying, within a single department. With this advantage, students are not only able to acquire professional knowledge of their chosen discipline of study (e.g. architecture), but they can also interact with students or other programmes (e.g. civil engineering) to broaden their horizon. The interdisciplinary knowledge and team working ability have made our graduates very sought after in the construction industry.

Applicants will be considered for admission to first-year studies at the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering. Students will enter a major (current major options: Architectural Engineering; Civil Engineering; Architecture and Surveying) after one year of study. The top 40% of students# will have a free choice of majors offered by the Department. The other 60% of students will be allocated a major within the Department, subject to the availability of places and the selection criteria set by individual majors.

# based on CGPA with no failed grades and completion of at least 30 credit units including College/Department required courses for the year.

Applicants seeking advanced standing entry can submit an application for the following programmes:

• BEng Architectural Engineering (admission code: 1698A)
• BEng Civil Engineering (admission code: 1699A)
• BSc Architecture and Surveying (admission code: 1707A)
• BSc Surveying (admission code: 1547A)
• BSc Architectural Studies (Top-up Degree) (admission code: BG20)

The Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering is one of the founding departments of City University of Hong Kong. The Department offers professional education at both undergraduate and postgraduate degree levels. Our programmes are academically rigorous and professionally focused. Adopting an inter-disciplinary approach, our programmes are delivered by a professional team that includes civil and structural engineers, architectural/building services engineers, construction engineers, material technologists, environmental scientists, architects, urban planners, building surveyors and quantity surveyors. Our graduates are therefore uniquely placed to serve the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry.

The AEC industry in Hong Kong is flourishing. Infrastructure and building developments, and the maintenance and refurbishment of existing facilities, have contributed to Hong Kong's growing economy. There are notable opportunities for innovations and career development. In addition to the Hong Kong market, the local AEC industry can expect to participate actively in the markets of the People’s Republic of China. The Department has established close collaborations with universities and professional bodies both locally and in Mainland China.

The introduction of four-year university education offers a platform for the implementation of a discovery-enriched curriculum. Directed towards an outcome-based teaching and learning paradigm, together with excellence in applied research, the Department pledges to succeed in its mission of "Meeting the world’s challenges – Build tomorrow, create the future".

The Department currently offers the following majors:

• BEng Architectural Engineering
• BEng Civil Engineering
• BSc Architecture and Surveying
• BSc Surveying
• BSc Architectural Studies (Top-up Degree)

Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
College of Engineering 
Undergraduate Catalogue