Academic Requirements
Students in the Dual Degree Program must satisfy all of HKU’s degree and university requirements, including the Capstone requirement. Many courses will overlap with UC Berkeley requirements but will depend on the majors chosen. Some requirements will be required to complete at HKU to finish the Dual Degree.
Faculty of Arts
The Faculty of Arts is one of the finest humanities faculties in the region, internationally renowned, and ranked 1st in Asia and Hong Kong in Arts and Humanities in the QS World University Subject Rankings 2025. It admitted its first Arts students in October 1912. It has over the past century graduated leaders who are committed to making significant contributions to the development of Hong Kong, the region, and the world at large. It currently serves as an international gateway and forum for a humanistic scholarship between China and the rest of the world, producing graduates with highly developed analytical, linguistic, critical, and creative skills for leadership and success in their professional and life endeavors.
The faculty is comprised of four Schools and two Centres, including the School of Chinese, School of English, School of Humanities, and School of Modern Language and Cultures.
In the Faculty of Arts at HKU, as part of the Dual Degree Program, students have the option to choose from 16 majors available under the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Arts in Humanities and Digital Technologies Programs.
Bachelor of Arts:
- Art History
- Chinese History and Culture
- Chinese Language and Literature
- Comparative Literature
- English Studies
- Gender Studies
- General Linguistics
- Global Area Studies
- History
- Hong Kong Studies
- Japan Studies
- Korean Studies
- Music
- Philosophy
- Translation
Bachelor of Arts in Humanities and Digital Technologies:
Faculty of Social Sciences
The Faculty of Social Sciences is ranked as the second-best such faculty in Asia. Social Sciences students broaden their global perspectives by completing internships in diverse fields across different countries around the world. For example the Global Bay Areas Impact Lab Program, fosters intellectual exchange among the world’s largest Bay areas through the unique lens of social innovation.The program encourages students to step beyond their academic and physical borders to engage in both intellectual and experiential learning by participating in an intensive summer study program outside Hong Kong.
Students can choose any one of the following five majors in the Bachelor of Social Sciences to major in as part of the Dual Degree Program: