• Academic Board

    • Academic Board

    The Academic Board regulates the academic affairs of the University subject to the financial control of the Council.

    I. Membership Composition

    (A) Ex-officio Members:
     

    Chairman

    President

     

    Vice-Chairman

    Provost &
    Vice-President (Academic and Research)

     

    Members

    Vice-Presidents;
    Associate Vice-Presidents;
    Deans of Schools;
    Heads of Departments;
    Registrar;
    Dean of Graduate School;
    University Librarian;
    Director of Student Affairs;
    Full Professors or above (not serving in the above capacities); and
    President of HSUHK Students’ Union (student member)

    (B)

    Appointed Members:

     

    Administrative or academic unit heads appointed by the President

     

    (C)

    Elected Members:

     

    1 elected academic staff member from each School (excluding all Full Professors with reference to item 9 above)

     

    (D)

    Secretary:

    Registrar

    II. Terms of Reference

    (a)

    to approve the development and offering of all sub-degree, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and courses/modules proposed by Schools, or other Units, and to make delegation of such approval power on offering of new courses/modules or their syllabus amendments, where appropriate;

    (b)

    to draw up a framework of guidelines and principles to guide the development, accreditation, operation, evaluation and review of programmes and courses/modules;

    (c)

    to plan, promote and regulate the teaching, learning and research activities in the University;

    (d)

    to approve student graduation and the conferment of academic awards of the University with the Statutes and all relevant University regulations currently in force;

    (e)

    to report to the Council on any academic matters, where appropriate;

    (f)

    to approve, monitor and review the academic standards for quality assurance of all programmes regularly with particular reference to the following aspects:

     

    (i)
    (ii)
    (iii)
    (iv)
    (v)
    (vi)
    (vii)
    (viii)
    (ix)

    student admissions and academic regulations;
    programme management and review;
    teaching and learning;
    assessment and examinations;
    research and scholarly work;
    library and learning resources;
    student services and activities;
    staff student consultation; and
    any other academic aspects as deemed appropriate;

    (g)

    to approve the establishment of academic units/centres, with resources implication to be approved by the Senior Management Committee (SMC); and

    (h)

    to exercise any other responsibilities and functions of academic governance as assigned to it by the Council.