香港—資訊社會 - 「數碼21」資訊科技策略

8 Chapter 8Education in Information TechnologyInformation Technology (IT) ProgrammesFunded by the University Grants Committee(UGC)8.1 8.1 Among the eight UGC-funded institutions inHong Kong, six institutions are currently offering IT programmes at sub-degree, undergraduate andpostgraduate levels.8.2 8.2 From 2004/05 school year, UGC-fundedsub-degree and taught postgraduate programmeshave gradually been converted to self-financingmode. Therefore, the total student intake and totalstudent enrolment of UGC-funded IT programmes8.2 (including both full-time and part-time programmes)8.3at these two levels generally recorded decreaseswhen compared with the preceding yearsrespectively. (Tables 8.2 and 8.3)8.3 8.3 The total number of graduates (including bothfull-time and part-time students) of UGC-funded IT2 210 programmes increased from 2 210 in 1997/983 647 8.2 school year to 3 647 in 2003/04 school year.Owing to the reason stated in paragraph 8.2, the 2 398 8.1relevant number of graduates decreased to 2 398 in2007/08 school year. (Table 8.1)8.4 2 398 8.4 Among the 2 398 graduates in 2007/08 school 260 10.8%year, 260 (10.8%) were sub-degree graduates, 1 9081 908 79.6%(79.6%) were first degree graduates and 230 (9.6%)230 9.6%were graduates of postgraduate programmes. 8.1(Table 8.1)8.5 8.5 The total student intake (including bothfull-time and part-time students) of UGC-funded IT2 560 programmes increased from 2 560 in 1998/993 594 school year to 3 594 in 2003/04 school year and2 304 8.2 then dropped to 2 304 in 2008/09 school year.(Table 8.2)113Hong Kong as an Information Society 2009