Bachelor of Social Sciences (Government and Laws ...

The Department of Politics and Public Administration and Faculty of Law at HKU are consistently ranked among the top in Asia and worldwide. Becoming an HKU ... logo logo logo logo Home Sitemap Privacy programmes Undergraduate Home Programmes Undergraduate BachelorofSocialSciences(GovernmentandLaws)&BachelorofLaws[BSocSc(GL)&LLB] BSS(GL)&LLBadmissionsviewbook BSS(GL)&LLBadmissionstalk ProgrammeStructure[BSS(GL)&LLB/BSS(GL)] RegulationsandSyllabuses ProgrammesDirectors PPA:Dr.Wai-HangYEELaw: Dr.EricC.IP Since1999,theBachelorofSocialSciences(GovernmentandLaws)&BachelorofLaws(BSocSc(Govt&Laws)&LLB),jointlyofferedbytheDepartmentofPoliticsandPublicAdministrationandtheDepartmentofLawatTheUniversityofHongKong(HKU),hasbroughtforthcohortaftercohortofoutstandinglawyersinpublicandprivatepractice,governmentadministrativeofficers(AOs),professors,businessprofessionals,andleadersofthenon-profitsector.Theprogramme’smissionistoeducateprincipledleaderswhowouldadvancethepublicinterestandtheruleoflawbyofferinginnovativesolutionstoproblemsconfrontingoursocietyandbeyond.​ WhyGovernmentandLaws? Governmentandlawsnaturallygotogether.Politicsgivesrisetolaws,andlawssupplytheframeworkthroughwhichpublicpolicyisdebated,made,andenforced.Themostimportantdevelopmentsinourpresentageregularlyfeaturetheintersectionofgovernmentandlaws,beitnucleardisarmament,globaltradedisputes,transnationalterrorism,regionalconflicts,humanrightsabuses,andconstitutionalreform.Itisvirtuallyimpossibleforanyoneinterestedinacareerinlaw,publicservice,internationalservice,transnationalcommerceandbusiness,andnongovernmentalorganisationstostandoutofthecrowdnowadayswithoutagraspoftheprinciplesandpracticeofgovernmentandlaws. HKUGovernmentandLawshasadistincteducationalapproach.Unlikethestand-alonelawdegree,itdrawsonmultipledisciplinessuchascomparativepolitics,politicalphilosophy,internationalrelations,andpublicadministrationtonurturetop-notchthinkerswhoarecompetentatattackinglegalandsocialproblemsfromallangles.Itprovidesitsstudentswithgreatflexibility.GovernmentandLawsstudentsenjoytheflexibleoptionofgraduatingwithanBSocSc(Govt&Laws)degreein4years,oranBSocSc(Govt&Laws)&LLBdoubledegreein5years. TheDepartmentofPoliticsandPublicAdministrationandFacultyofLawatHKUareconsistentlyrankedamongthetopinAsiaandworldwide.BecominganHKUGovernmentandLawsstudentmeanshavingaccesstoover100internationalexpertsonlawand/orpolitics,manyofwhomconductstate-of-the-artresearchintohowsocietiesshouldbeorganisedandgoverned. Top TUITIONFEES Tuitionfeesforthefirstfouryearsofstudieswillbethesameasthestandardfeesforotherundergraduateprogrammes(thefeefor2021-2022isHK$42,100peryear).Fortheoptionalyear(s)ofstudiesfortheLLB,tuitionfeeswillbesetatalevelhigherthanthestandardfees. Top ENQUIRES Weareheretoassistwithyourenquiries:[email protected] Top Copyright2022©DepartmentofPoliticsandPublicAdministration,HKU.AllRightsReserved.