We aim to provide a basis for continuing professional development and encourage professional specialisation and higher academic study, particularly for those with an Associate Degree or Higher Diploma in Architectural studies looking for articulation with a corresponding full-time Bachelor degree programme. The courses in the curriculum are divided into six subject areas: - Digital Design and Communication - Architectural Design - Sustainable and Green Architecture - History, Theory and Criticism - Professional Practice - Technology and Engineering. The curriculum is structured around the Architectural Design studio sequence and supplemented by a broad spectrum of core and elective courses covering the subject areas. The first two Architectural Design studios seek to strengthen your overall grasp of the field through courses on the development process of spatial ideas and an emphasis on building typology and urbanism, respectively. The final two studios, Architectural Design: Urban Interventions and Architectural Design: Tectonics Inquiry, epitomise the multidisciplinary integrative-technological approach that is fundamental to the curriculum. These studios run in conjunction with the year-long Final Year Project, which allows you to undertake in-depth research on an engineering/technological aspect related to the design studio project under the supervision of an academic staff member.

Applicants holding a 12-year school-leaving qualification or a partially completed sub-degree qualification may apply for admission to first-year studies in a Bachelor's degree programme. Applicants who have learned Chinese Language for less than 6 years while receiving primary and secondary education or learned Chinese Language for 6 years or more in schools but have been taught an adapted and simpler Chinese Language curriculum not normally applicable to the majority of students in local schools, can use the following qualifications to replace HKDSE Chinese Language level 3 to meet the entrance requirement for Chinese Language: • HKDSE Applied Learning Chinese “Attained” or above • GCEAL/AS Chinese grade E or above • GCSE/IGCSE Chinese grade C or above. Applicants whose entrance qualification is obtained in a language other than English will need a satisfactory score in TOEFL, an IELTS, or other acceptable English qualifications.