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Structure

Establishment

November 2008	Interdisciplinary Programs Office
July 2009	Division of Environment & Sustainability
April 2017	Division of Public Policy

Faculty Members

(as of July 2020)

	Regular Faculty *	Visiting / Adjunct Faculty	Total
Interdisciplinary Programs Office	2	0	2
Division of Environment & Sustainability	24	15	39
Division of Public Policy	13	1	14
Total	39	16	54

* Including teaching and research faculty

Student Enrollment

(as of Oct 2020)

Total enrollment: 655

Undergraduate Programs	Enrollment	Total
Dual Degree Program in Technology & Management (T&M-DDP)	186	308
BSc in Environmental Management & Technology (EVMT)	119
BSc in Individualized Interdisciplinary Major (IIM)	3

Postgraduate Programs	Enrollment	Total
MPhil / PhD in Environmental Science, Policy & Management (ESPM)	MPhil: 9 / PhD: 36	347
MPhil / PhD in Atmospheric Environmental Science (AES)	MPhil: 10 / PhD: 20
MSc / PGD in Environmental Science & Management (EVSM)	MSc: 111 / PGD: 3
Master of Public Policy (MPP)	121
MPhil / PhD in Public Policy (PP)	MPhil: 3 / PhD: 18
MPhil / PhD in Individualized Interdisciplinary Program (Research Area) (IIP)	MPhil: 12 / PhD: 4

IPO has led the way in many ways in Hong Kong and the region:

to establish an interdisciplinary academic unit at a Hong Kong University
to create an undergraduate dual degree program integrating technology and business knowledge
- Dual Degree Program in Technology & Management
to start an undergraduate program nurturing ecologically and economically sound future leaders to embed and advance sustainability
- Environmental Management & Technology

to offer and undergraduate program that allows students to create their own majors and curricular
- Individualized Interdisciplinary Major