Introduction

General Information

The Department of Geography and Resource Management at The Chinese University of Hong Kong is one of the top Geography departments in Asia. It is in the forefront of geography education and research. We offer a wide range of programmes from bachelor and part-time diploma to doctorate levels and have trained high calibre graduates contributing to society. Our departmental staff members are also serving as directors of three research institutes in the University, namely the Centre for Environmental Policy and Resource Management, the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, and the Joint Laboratory for Geoinformation Science.

Curriculum

The Department offers undergraduates a choice of over 40 courses. Students are required to complete a minimum of 64 units of courses (3 units per course) in the major programme. Of the 45 courses offered, students must take 13 compulsory and 11 elective courses to major in Geography.

Future Prospects

Finally, what do students do once they get their degrees? As many day-to-day problems have a geographic dimension, job opportunities for geographers are many and diverse. For example, many of our graduates have established rewarding careers in the business sector and with various government agencies. Many are also engaged in teaching at all levels of the educational system. Some pursue studies and specialize in town planning, soils science, and environmental management, for instance. Quite a number of them are involved in academic and research works.

Enrollment

The Department admits around 56 major students each academic year and has a population of about 170 major students in the Department.

Facilities

The Department of Geography and Resource Management maintains six well-equipped laboratories. They are Spatial Information and Decision Support, Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing, Geomorphology/Geology, Soils, Environment, and Climatology and Water Resources Laboratories. The Department also maintains an extensive environmental monitoring network, including an atmospheric environment monitoring station, a weather station, two streamflow gauging stations, a rainfall simulator and equipment for soil studies. In addition, a new Physical Geography Experimental Station has been established. Do you know that we also have our own reference library for student use?