hong kongCity University has recently confirmed that the “Public Policy and Politics” (commonly known as City University Politics) degree program on campus will be renamed “Public Affairs and Management” in line with international trends. Some public opinion believes that “currently being sent backFollowing the movement and the implementation of the national security law in Hong Kong, the word “politics” seems to have become a taboo.

CityU confirmed today that “CityU Politics” will use a new name from the 2024/25 academic year. The school said that similar courses in many well-known schools around the world have successively adopted “Public Affairs”, and CityU’s approach is in line with international trends.

According to the information, CityU’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences will reorganize its structure in 2022, in which the “Department of Public Policy” and the “Department of Asian and International Studies” will be merged into the “Department of Public and International Affairs”, consisting of There will be “Public Policy and Politics” degree course.

According to comprehensive media information, in addition to City University, Lingnan University and Chinese University have also renamed their departments containing the word “politics”. Lingnan University announced two years ago that the “Department of Political Science” and its undergraduate and graduate programs have been changed. Its name stands for “Department of Government and International Affairs”.

In addition, CUHK has incorporated three graduate courses including the “Department of Political Science and Administration” into the new school and named it the “School of Government Affairs and Policy Science”.

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