degree-awarding
1.Hong Kong has 11 degree-awarding higher education institutions, eight of which are funded through the UGC.
2.The Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation validates courses and programmes offered by Hong Kong's non-university, degree-awarding institutions.
3.It became a publicly funded post-secondary college in 1979 and was upgraded to a degree-awarding institution in 1992.
4.As a first step we will develop the Hong Kong Institute of Education into a degree-awarding teacher training institute.
6.Two other degree-awarding tertiary institutions are not funded by the UGC. They are the publicly-funded Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the self-financing Open University of Hong Kong.
7.It became a publicly funded post-secondary college in 1979 and was upgraded to a degree-awarding institution in 1992. In 1999, Lingnan College was retitled Lingnan University on commencement of its new ordinance.
8.Three other degree-awarding tertiary institutions are not funded by the UGC. They are the publicly funded Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) and the self-financing Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK) and Hong Kong Shue Yan College (HKSYC).
9.One of its major roles is to review the non-university degree-awarding institutions of Hong Kong and validate the individual programmes of those who have not acquired self-accreditation status to ensure that the degrees offered meet internationally-recognised standards.
