The Faculty of Social Sciences was established in 1967, and has undergone rapid expansion and significant transformation since. The Faculty has six core Departments/Centre: Geography, Politics and Public Administration, Psychology, Social Work and Social Administration, and Sociology, and Journalism and Media Studies Centre. The Faculty is also the home to eight multidisciplinary research centres. These link scholars in the same field with experts from diversified disciplines in the University of Hong Kong and other research institutions both in Hong Kong, Mainland China and elsewhere in the world; and to provide a convenient focus for research, teaching, professional training, publication and international scholarly exchange and collaboration on specific areas of interest.

Programmes Offered
Title Abbreviation FT / PT
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical Psychology) PsyD(CP) FT / PT
Doctor of Psychology (Educational Psychology) PsyD(EP) FT / PT
Doctor of Public Administration DPA PT
Master of Arts in China Development Studies MAChDS FT / PT
Master of Arts in Transport Policy and Planning MA(TranspPol&Plan) FT / PT
Master of Expressive Arts Therapy MExpArtsTh FT / PT
Master of International and Public Affairs MIPA FT / PT
Master of Journalism MJ FT / PT
Master of Journalism – Documentary Filmmaking Specialisation MJ - DFS FT
Master of Public Administration MPA FT / PT
Master of Science in Geospatial Data Science MSc(GeoDS) FT / PT
Master of Social Sciences in the field of Behavioral Health MSocSc(BH) FT / PT
Master of Social Sciences in the field of Clinical Psychology MSocSc(CP) FT
Master of Social Sciences in the field of Counselling MSocSc(Counsel) PT
Master of Social Sciences in the field of Criminology MSocSc(Crim) FT / PT
Master of Social Sciences in the field of Educational Psychology MSocSc(EP) FT
Master of Social Sciences in the field of Gerontology MSocSc(Geron) PT
Master of Social Sciences in the field of Media, Culture and Creative Cities MSocSc(MCCC) FT/PT
Master of Social Sciences in the field of Mental Health MSocSc(MH) PT
Master of Social Sciences in the field of Nonprofit Management MSocSc(NPM) FT / PT
Master of Social Sciences in the field of Population and Policy Analysis* MSocSc(Pop&PA) FT
Master of Social Sciences in the field of Psychology MSocSc(Psy) FT / PT
Master of Social Sciences in the field of Social Data Analytics MSocSc(SDA) FT
Master of Social Sciences in the field of Social Service Management MSocSc(SSM) PT
Master of Social Sciences in the field of Sociology* MSocSc(Sociology) FT / PT
Master of Social Sciences in the field of Sustainability Leadership and Governance (Formerly known as Corporate Environmental Governance) MSocSc(SLG) FT / PT
Master of Social Work MSW FT / PT
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