About EdUHK

The Education University of Hong Kong  (EdUHK) (www.eduhk.hk) is one of the eight University Grants Committee (UGC)-funded institutions in Hong Kong. It was granted “Self-Accrediting” status in 2004 by the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAQA), and is the largest provider of teacher education in Hong Kong, with its main campus at Tai Po, and satellite campus at Tseung Kwan O.

EdUHK has 3 faculties (Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Education and Human Development and Faculty of Humanities), a Graduate School and 17 departments offering multi-disciplinary programmes from certificate to doctoral level. Above 10,000 students are serviced by more than 400 academic and teaching staff, of which 90% hold earned doctorates.

EdUHK has the only academic department focusing on cultural and creative arts education in Hong Kong. The Department of Cultural and Creative Arts (CCA) (http://www.ied.edu.hk/cca) aims to nurture skilled, knowledgeable and caring students who specialize in musical arts, visual arts or interdisciplinary arts, empowering them to achieve academic and artistic excellence in transformative roles as innovative educators, enterprising arts practitioners, creative thinkers and cultural leaders in the 21st century.