Important Academic Dates
First Semester |
Second Semester |
Summer Semester* |
| Course Selection Period: 5 – 11 Aug 2025 (Current) 19 – 25 Aug 2025 (Freshmen) |
Course Selection Period: 19 Jan – 2 Feb 2026 (All) |
Course Selection Period: 15 – 22 Jun 2026 |
| First Day of Teaching: 1 Sep 2025 |
First Day of Teaching: 19 Jan 2026 |
First Day of Teaching: 29 Jun 2026 |
| Add/Drop Period: 1 – 15 Sep 2025 |
Class Suspension Period: 17 Feb – 23 Feb 2026 |
Last Day of Teaching: 22 Aug 2026 |
| Reading Week: 13 – 18 Oct 2025 |
Reading Week: 9 – 14 Mar 2026 |
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| Last Day of Teaching: 29 Nov 2025 |
Last Day of Teaching: 2 May 2026 |
*Final year students are not allowed to select courses in Summer Semester.
Writing Guidelines
Policies on Plagiarism
To plagiarize is to copy writing or ideas from someone else without acknowledging that person as your source. Plagiarism is a serious offense, equivalent to cheating or stealing. Students caught plagiarizing usually fail the plagiarized assignment and may fail the course. They can also be referred to the faculty or university for disciplinary action. Students often commit plagiarism unintentionally due to their failure to correctly use footnotes or endnotes in their written work. Learn to keep track of your sources, use quotation marks to indicate any phrase, sentence, or special term taken from other writers, and include footnotes or endnotes, as well as a bibliography, to give credit for all your sources.
The University is committed to upholding the highest standards of academic integrity, and has in place a Policy on Student Plagiarism in Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate Curricula.
Inclusive Language
The University of Hong Kong and the School of Humanities is committed to creating, promoting and maintaining an environment for staff and students which provides equality of opportunity and is free of any discrimination or harassment. We encourage all students to adopt the principles of inclusive language in their academic work, whether written or spoken. Inclusive language helps to reduce discrimination by promoting a balanced and considerate engagement with social diversity. It avoids words and phrases that stereotype, marginalise and demean social groups.
The department requires every student essay to include this signed statement:
“I certify that I am the author of this essay and I have not copied any writing or ideas from any other source, whether published or unpublished, except those that are cited in the footnotes.”
University Support
Academic Advising
HKU offers various kinds of academic advisings to support students in clarifying their academic, career and life goals, and provide guidance in developing their academic goals and study plan.
Student Development
CEDARS provides provide comprehensive student services on housing, financial support, visa matters, employment preparation, professional counselling, SEN support, as well as a spectrum of co-curricular learning and service opportunities.
Equal Opportunities
The Equal Opportunities Unit handles discrimination/ harassment complaints and enquiries. It also works with CEDARS to provide SEN support and counseling services.
Learning and Research Services
HKUL provides a wide range of tools and resources to support the entire HKU community with their teaching and learning, as well as researching.
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