Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

The curriculum is built on a credit-unit system, with flexibility and choices both in the selection of courses and in the sequence and pace of electives. The normative period of study is four years, and students have to complete 123 units satisfy requirements under separate categories. The overall curriculum structure is as follows:

Component	Total number of units	Year 1		Year 2	Year 3	Year 4
Component	Total number of units	Sem 1	Sem 2	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4
Chinese	6	3	3	-	-	-
English	9	4		-	-	-
IT	1	1		-	-	-
General Education	(21)
College General Education	6	3	-	-	3
General Education Foundation Courses	6	-	3	3	-	-
University General Education	9			3	6
Physical Education	2	Any time
Subtotal	-	17 – 19		-	-	-
Major	(51 – 72)
Faculty Package	9	6 – 9		0 – 3	-	-
Others	42 – 63	3 – 6		The rest
Free electives	12 – 33	Any time
Total	123	32 – 36		87 – 91

Faculty Office of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
G43, Charles Kuen Kao Building,
Science Centre, North Block, CUHK, Shatin, N.T., HKSAR
Tel: (852) 3943 6327 Fax: (852) 2603 5156
Email: sfo@cuhk.edu.hk