Higher Diploma

Programme Code:	8C125-EE
Academic Division:	Division of Science, Engineering and Health Studies
Programme Leader:	WONG, Ka-chung
WhatsApp:	67211249

Programme Code:	8C125-EE

What is this programme about?

• Why this programme?Equips you with fundamental knowledge and hands-on ability for further study and career development

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  • Equips you with fundamental knowledge and hands-on ability for further study and career development
  • Industrial training modules supported by the Industrial Centre of PolyU
  • Programme exclusive laboratory facilities

  This programme equips you with theories and practical training in electrical engineering.  It emphasizes foundation knowledge and its applications, practical skills, problem-solving skills, and professional attitude, which are all conducive to your future career development in electrical engineering in Hong Kong and its neighbouring regions.
  
  This new programme has yet to graduate its first cohort of students, so no articulation rate and employment rate are available. The average articulation rate for the other two programmes in Higher Diploma Scheme in Engineering was nearly 96% in 2022.

  HKCC Associate Degree/ Higher Diploma programmes are listed on the Qualifications Register (QR) of The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR); the qualification is recognised under the Qualifications Framework (QF) and is commensurate with Level 4 of the Generic Level Descriptors. For details of the QR and QF, please click here.
  
  This programme has 5 or more subjects included in the list of reimbursable courses under the Continuing Education Fund. For details, please click here.
  
  
• Graduate Sharing
  

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• What will I learn?Curriculum Structure
  You are required to take, in two years, 22-24 subjects in total, comprising 7-8 General Education Subjects and 15-16 Discipline-specific Subjects.

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  Curriculum Structure⁺

  You are required to take, in two years, 23–25 subjects in total, comprising 8-9 General Education Subjects and 15-16 Discipline-specific Subjects.

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  General Education Subjects

  6-7 Compulsory Subjects
  Language Subjects

  • Academic English (Science and Technology) I OR English for Academic Studies (Science and Technology) I
  • Academic English (Science and Technology) II OR English for Academic Studies (Science and Technology) II
  • Chinese Communication for College Students (Cantonese Version) ^C OR Chinese Communication for College Students (Putonghua Version) ^C OR Elementary Chinese ^{E & C ~}

  Mathematics Subjects

  • Calculus and Linear Algebra
  • Statistics and Vector Algebra
  • Foundation Mathematics^

  Essential Components of General Education (Non-credit bearing)

  • Two e-modules:

  1. Academic Integrity
  2. National Education 

  ^~ Students who are non-Chinese speakers, or whose Chinese standards are at junior secondary level or below are required to take this subject.

  2 Elective Subjects^*# (from the following cluster areas)

  • Chinese History and Culture
  • Cultures, Organisations, Societies and Globalisation
  • Human Nature, Relations and Development
  • Language and Communication
  • Science, Technology and Environment

  For the full list of more than 25 General Education subjects, please click here.

  Medium of Instruction: Most subjects are taught in English, although due to their nature and objectives, some subjects are taught in Chinese. Language subjects are taught in the language in question.
  
  E & C English and Chinese
  C        Chinese

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  Discipline-specific Subjects

  6-7 Compulsory Subjects

  • Basic Circuit Analysis and Electronics
  • Computer and Engineering Fundamentals
  • Engineering Mathematics
  • Engineering Mechanics I
  • Ethics and Professionalism
  • Multidisciplinary Engineering Project
  • Elementary Mechanics and Electricity^

  ^ This is a foundation subject.
  

  7 Discipline-specific Subjects 

  • Applied Computing for Engineers
  • Basic Principles of Electrical Engineering
  • Computer Programming
  • Electrical Services in Buildings
  • Electronic Circuits
  • Introduction to Electrical Systems
  • Smart Electrical System Design and Installation

  2 Elective Subjects 

  • Embedded System Design
  • Fundamentals of Machine Intelligence
  • Mathematics II
  • Power Electronics and Drives

  ^* Exemptions
  

  HKDSE Result	Subject Exempted
  Level 2 or above in HKDSE Mathematics Extended Module 1 or Module 2	Foundation Mathematics
  Level 3 or above in HKDSE Physics or Physics component in Combined Science	Elementary Mechanics and Electricity

  ⁺For students admitted from 2022/23
  ^#Offering of individual elective subjects is subject to resources and quota availability.
  
  Medium of Instruction: Most subjects are taught in English, although due to their nature and objectives, some subjects are taught in Chinese. Language subjects are taught in the language in question.

  E & C English and Chinese
  C        Chinese

• Where will I go after HKCC?

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  Career Prospects

  • Utility Companies
  • Electrical Services
  • Electric Apparatus Development
• Admission Score

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  Admission Score for this programme (2022/23 Cohort):

  14 (Mean); 20 (Highest)

  Click here to view admission score (2022/23 Cohort) for all programmes.