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- About
- Academics
- Overview
- What the World Needs
- What is Cross-disciplinary?
- Academic Structure
- Hubs and Thrust Areas
- Education Innovation
- HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School (Guangzhou)
- Academic Registry Services
- Academic Quality Manual
- Academic Calendar
- Faculty Profiles
- University Forum
- Undergraduate Programs & Courses
- Campus Life
- Research
- Knowledge Transfer
- News
Education Innovation
Pillar of Language Education
Mission
The PLE aims to build a multi-lingual and multi-cultural community of learning and practice among faculty, staff and students. To achieve this, it offers language-related credit and non-credit bearing courses, events and activities.

Areas of Activity
Credit
- (Advanced) English Language for University Study (UG)
- (Advanced) Academic English for University Study (UG)
- Communicating Your Research in English course (PG)
- Elementary/Advanced Reading and Writing of Simplified Chinese (UG)
- Elementary/Intermediate/Advanced Listening and Speaking of Putonghua (UG)
- Listening and speaking course (PG)
- Specialist sessions for the Professional Development Program (PG)
Non-Credit
- Bookable Language Lab and Workspaces on the second floor in the Library Building (all)
- Bookable video and podcast facilities (all)
- English Language Proficiency Assessment test (ELPA) (PG)
- Informal Chinese for foreigners course (staff)
- Informal Chinese for international students course (PG)
- ‘Language +’ activities (UG and PG)
- Three Minute Thesis (3MT)