Apart from cultivating students’ interest in Science, Technology and Mathematics, and developing among them a solid knowledge base, the programme aims to strengthen students’ ability to integrate and apply knowledge and skills across different STEM disciplines, and to nurture their creativity, collaboration and problem solving skills, as well as to foster their innovation and entrepreneurial spirit as required in the 21st century. Through the promotion on knowledge of STEM in schools, it aims to nurture a versatile pool of talents with different sets and levels of skills to enhance the competitiveness of Hong Kong. In order to further enhance and consolidate the knowledge of STEM among the youths on the tertiary tier, the Science (STEM) degree programme is proposed.
The flexibility of the proposed Science (STEM) degree programme allows the students to build their own degree from a wide range of STEM courses and study routes, including science, technology, engineering and mathematics – this means the students can build a qualification that’s unique to them and suitable for their career development. A minor study is also an option if the students select a pre-defined cluster of elective courses.
