What is Major
"Major" or "Major programme" means the study requirements for a single major area of disciplinary, interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary study, accumulating not fewer than 72 credits nor more than 96 credits (144 to 150 for BSc intensive majors), as prescribed in the syllabuses for a degree curriculum.List of Majors by Faculties
Faculty of Architecture
Faculty of Arts
- American Studies (2023-24 cohort and earlier)
- Art History (2021-22 cohort and onwards)
- Arts Industries (2026-27 cohort and onwards)
- China Studies (Arts stream) (2023-24 cohort and earlier)
- Chinese History and Culture
- Chinese Language and Literature
- Comparative Literature
- English Studies
- European Studies (2023-24 cohort and earlier)
- French (2023-24 cohort and earlier)
- Gender Studies
- General Linguistics
- German (2023-24 cohort and earlier)
- Global and Area Studies (2023-24 cohort and onwards)
- History
- Hong Kong Studies
- Italian (2023-24 cohort and earlier)
- Japanese Studies
- Korean Studies
- Music
- Philosophy
- Spanish (2023-24 cohort and earlier)
- Translation
Faculty of Business & Economics
Faculty of Engineering
- Energy Engineering
- Environmental Engineering (2024-25 cohort and earlier)
- Healthcare Engineering
- Materials Engineering
- Systems Analytics
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Science
- Biochemistry
- Biological Sciences
- Biological Sciences (Intensive)
- Chemistry (2026-27 cohort and onwards)
- Chemistry (Intensive) (2026-27 cohort and onwards)
- Decision Analytics
- Earth System Science
- Ecology & Biodiversity
- Ecology & Biodiversity (Intensive)
- Environmental Science
- Food & Nutritional Science
- Geology
- Geology (Intensive)
- Mathematics
- Mathematics (Intensive)
- Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
- Molecular Biology & Biotechnology (Intensive)
- Physics
- Physics (Intensive)
- Risk Management
- Statistics
Faculty of Social Sciences
- China Studies (Social Sciences stream) (2024-25 cohort and earlier)
- Cognitive Science
- Computational Social Science (2025-26 cohort and onwards)
- Counselling
- Criminology
- Geography
- Geospatial Data Science (2025-26 cohort and onwards)
- Media & Cultural Studies
- Neuroscience
- Politics & Public Administration
- Psychology
- Social Policy and Social Development
- Sociology
- Urban Governance
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School of Future Media - Global Creative Industries (2026-27 cohort and onwards)
School of Computing & Data Science
- Computer Science (2024-25 cohort and earlier)
- Computer Science (2025-26 cohort)
- Decision Analytics
- Risk Management
- Statistics
List of Majors by Subjects
- American Studies (2023-24 cohort and earlier)
- Architectural Studies
- Art History (2021-22 cohort and onwards)
- Arts Industries (2026-27 cohort and onwards)
- Asset Management and Private Banking
- Biochemistry
- Bioinformatics
- Biological Sciences
- Biological Sciences (Intensive)
- Chemistry (2026-27 cohort and onwards)
- Chemistry (Intensive) (2026-27 cohort and onwards)
- China Studies (Arts stream) (2023-24 cohort and earlier)
- China Studies (Social Sciences stream) (2024-25 cohort and earlier)
- Chinese History and Culture
- Chinese Language and Literature
- Cognitive Science
- Comparative Literature
- Computational Social Science (2025-26 cohort and onwards)
- Computer Science (2024-25 cohort and earlier)
- Computer Science (2025-26 cohort)
- Counselling
- Criminology
- Decision Analytics
- Decision Analytics
- Earth System Science
- Ecology & Biodiversity
- Ecology & Biodiversity (Intensive)
- Economics
- Energy Engineering
- English Studies
- Entrepreneurship, Design and Innovation
- Environmental Engineering (2024-25 cohort and earlier)
- Environmental Science
- European Studies (2023-24 cohort and earlier)
- Finance
- Food & Nutritional Science
- French (2023-24 cohort and earlier)
- Gender Studies
- General Linguistics
- Geography
- Geology
- Geology (Intensive)
- Geospatial Data Science (2025-26 cohort and onwards)
- German (2023-24 cohort and earlier)
- Global and Area Studies (2023-24 cohort and onwards)
- Global Creative Industries (2026-27 cohort and onwards)
- Healthcare Engineering
- History
- Hong Kong Studies
- Human Resource Management
- Information Systems and Analytics
- Italian (2023-24 cohort and earlier)
- Japanese Studies
- Korean Studies
- Marketing
- Materials Engineering
- Mathematics
- Mathematics (Intensive)
- Media & Cultural Studies
- Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
- Molecular Biology & Biotechnology (Intensive)
- Music
- Neuroscience
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Physics (Intensive)
- Politics & Public Administration
- Psychology
- Quantitative Finance
- Risk Management
- Risk Management
- Social Policy and Social Development
- Sociology
- Spanish (2023-24 cohort and earlier)
- Statistics
- Statistics
- Systems Analytics
- Translation
- Urban Governance
* Note: Students pursuing curricula with major / minor programme(s) must complete at least one major programme from their home Faculties upon graduation. Disclaimer: The information mainly applies to students admitted in 2026-27 and thereafter. For students from different cohorts, the information is only for reference. Please check with Faculty/offering department for details. The pre-requisite requirements / conditions are subject to changes by Faculties from time to time, and students are advised to check with their Faculty Office in case of doubt.
