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The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at The Chinese
University of Hong Kong is the first Computer Science department in Hong
Kong. The University has been offering computer courses since 1968. In
1970, the Joint Universities Computer Centre (JUCC) was established and
an ICL 1904A computer was installed in the University as a joint facility
for the two local universities. In line with the increased demand for
trained computer personnel, the Department of Computer Science was
established in the Science Faculty in the academic year of 1973/74. A
minor programme in Computer Science was then implemented and the response
was enthusiastic. From 1971 to 1975 the Department also offered a
one-year postgraduate diploma course in System Analysis.
The Department launched its undergraduate major programme in Computer
Science leading to the BSc degree in 1978. The Postgraduate Division was
established in 1982. In 1983, the Computer Science major programme
became the first outside the United Kingdom to be accredited by the
British Computer Society (BCS). When the Faculty of Engineering was
founded in 1991, the Department joined the new Faculty and started to
offer an undergraduate major programme in Computer Engineering leading to
the BEng degree. The name of the Department was changed to Department of
Computer Science and Engineering in 1995.
Since its founding, the Department has expanded rapidly in enrolment,
curriculum, staff, equipment, research and services to the community, in
both quality and quantity. Currently, the Department offers programmes
leading to BSc, BEng, MSc, MPhil and PhD degrees. The Department has the
most advanced computing equipment for both Computer Science and Computer
Engineering research, including a Myrinet-based PC cluster, Sun
Enterprise Supercomputers, and SGI Graphics
Supercomputer. The Department has 30 faculty members, about 300 students
in the Computer Science major programme, 130 in the Computer Engineering
major programme, 130 in the Computer Science minor programme. The
Postgraduate Division has about 55 part-time MSc students and 105
full-time research students carrying out research in a very co-operative
and friendly environment. Graduates have distinguished themselves in
professional positions and in graduate study and research all over the
world.
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