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Five departments and one Faculty working across early childhood education, special education, psychology, curriculum and school leadership.

About the Faculty

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What brings you here today?

I am finishing school

Undergraduate programmes across education and human development, with scholarships and entry routes explained.

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I am already teaching

Part-time master's degrees, PGDE and professional development designed to fit around a school timetable.

Postgraduate admissions

I want to research

Funded MPhil and PhD places, our research strengths and the supervisors behind them.

Research degrees

I am a school or organisation

Placements, school partnerships and professional development for your whole staff team.

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Our departments

Curriculum and Instruction

Curriculum design, pedagogy and subject teaching.

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Early Childhood Education

Learning and development in the early years.

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Education Policy and Leadership

Policy, governance and school leadership.

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Psychology

Developmental, educational and applied psychology.

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Special Education and Counselling

Inclusive education, counselling and support.

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It starts in the classroom

Our graduates teach in nearly every primary and secondary school in Hong Kong, and work across early childhood centres, counselling services and government. What they share is a Faculty that treats practice and research as one conversation.

Professor Leung Chi Keung
Dean, Faculty of Education and Human Development

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Faces of FEHD

Teaching that starts with the child

Early childhood specialists working with Hong Kong kindergartens.

Early Childhood Education

Reading the mind at work

Psychology research from the laboratory into the classroom.

Psychology

Every learner included

Special education and counselling across Hong Kong schools.

Special Education and Counselling

Leading a school, shaping a system

Policy and leadership for principals and administrators.

Education Policy and Leadership

of our graduates are teaching within six months

94%

Class of 2025, across all five departments. Source: FEHD Graduate Destinations Survey, 2026.

up from 89% in 2021

The Faculty in numbers

5

Academic departments

200+

Academic staff

40+

Programmes offered

1994

Founded

News and events

All news and events

A postgraduate student on the Tai Po campus

Events 20 Aug 2026

New scholarship scheme opens for postgraduate applicants

The Faculty has opened applications for a new scholarship scheme aimed at applicants to its taught postgraduate programmes, with particular encouragement given to serving teachers wishing to further their studies. The award covers part of the tuition fee for the duration of the programme.

Faculty researchers discussing a funded study

Achievements 23 Jul 2026

Faculty scholars awarded competitive research grants

Several research projects led by Faculty staff have secured funding in the latest round of competitive external research grants. The successful projects span early literacy, inclusive classroom practice and school leadership, reflecting the breadth of work carried out across the Faculty's five departments.

A school leadership team in a planning meeting

Achievements 9 Jul 2026

Department team advises on principal preparation review

A research team from the Department has been commissioned to review how aspiring principals are prepared for the role, tracking a cohort of 60 middle leaders through certification and into their first year of headship.

Impact and giving

Scholarships, school partnerships and community programmes are supported by alumni and friends of the Faculty. Every gift is directed to a named fund.

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Students working together on the Tai Po campus

Important dates

8 Oct

Postgraduate information evening

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14 Nov

Applications close for January intake

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6 Jan

Semester 2 teaching begins

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Video

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Films, lecture recordings and event highlights from across the Faculty. The film below, About FEHD 2026, is published on the Faculty's own YouTube channel.