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Specific English Language Areas

|  General English  |  Literature in English  |  Professional and Business English  |  Academic English  | 

|  English Language Skills Training for Corporates and NGOs  |   Professional English training for Talents under QMAS (高才通)  |  

|  English Language Assessment and Preparatory Courses  | 

At HKU SPACE, we design and offer courses to meet your goals for General English, Business English and English for the Professions. These range from 30 hours to 90 hours and cover a broad spectrum of levels.

Reasons to improve your English at HKU SPACE:

  •  Polish your interpersonal and career skills
  •  Learn to communicate ideas more effectively
  •  Interact confidently with overseas and English speaking people
  •  Fine-tune your presentations and writing to project better impressions
  •  Stay up to date by learning about current English use
  •  Sharpen your competitive edge in today's global workplace

 

English Langauge Assessments

LINGUASKILL – the NEW Cambridge English Language Benchmark Test

This is the benchmark test in support of Continuing Education Fund (CEF) reimbursements of English Language course and benchmark test fees.   This replaces the former Business Language Testing Service (BULATS) offered by the University of Cambridge. 

The Cambridge Assessment English offers organisations a quick and convenient way of checking the English Language proficiency levels of your employees – the Linguaskill Tests. 

  • Linguaskill General
  • Linguaskill Business
  • Linguaskill Test & Continuing Education Fund
  • For Individual English Language Learners
  • For Corporates
  • For Immigrants
  • For HKDSEE Candidates
  • For University Applicants
  • Linguaskill Test Report & Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)
  • Cambridge Linguaskill Test in Hong Kong

For details, please follow this link: https://hkuspace.hku.hk/collection/linguaskill 

 

Assessment Preparation Courses

 

We Study • We Practise • We Master 《活學英語 創展未來》

English Programmes

Programmes Type

Programme Type

Microcredential

Start Date

Class Schedule

Financial Assistance

Venue

Hong Kong Island

Kowloon

New Territories

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 This real-time online course aims to prepare students for their academic studies at English-speaking universities where academic writing skills are highly demanding. The course is divided into three stages in which generic academic writing skills are taught in the first stage (6 sessions), students are helped better understand college essay or project requirements in the second part (2 sessions), and personalised advice on students’ essay production is given in the third/final stage (4 sessions). Both the second and third stages are conducted in the form of a one-on-one personal / small group conference.
PT
Start 03 MAR 2026 (TUE)
Duration 12 weeks
Fee HK$5,000
University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
If you are responsible for leading learning in your organisation, whether it’s a school, college, higher education institution or as an educator in the public or private sector, this doctoral-level programme is a fantastic opportunity to study education at a deep level and relate this back to your own practice. The EdD helps you expand your knowledge and understanding of how education works and allows you to transform your own practice.

This EdD programme helps you expand your knowledge and understanding of how education works, allows you to transform your own practice, and makes an original contribution to knowledge. This doctoral-level programme is a fantastic opportunity to study education at a deep level and relate this back to your own practice.
 
PT
Start 16 JAN 2026 (FRI)
Duration 4 years to 5 years
Fee Estimated total fee for the Spring 2026 cohort: HK$271,980 (based on 4-year of study)
*See below for details.
Active Grammar 1 is a practical course that recognises the role of grammar in language and communication. It will use real examples of grammar in use in typical, everyday situations, to help you:
  •   recognise and correct common grammatical errors
  •   work out and apply grammar rules for yourself
  •   communicate correctly in both spoken and written English
  •   use a greater variety of structures with confidence

To benefit from the course, you should be prepared to participate fully in all exercise and activities.

PT
Start 07 JAN 2026 (WED)
Duration 15 weeks
Fee HK$3,700
The programme aims to equip students with the language skills in specific focused areas. Restricted but not limited to the particular skill set, the programme helps students become more fluent and confident when communicating in English.
PT
Start 07 JAN 2026 (WED)
Duration 30 weeks
Fee HK$3,700
90 hours face-to-face lectures and a minimum of 12 hours e-learning activities
(30 lessons × 3 hours each; once per week)
PT
Start 19 JAN 2026 (MON)
Duration 30 weeks
Fee HK$7,000
The Certificate in Business English Usage programme aims to help students become more accurate and fluent when communicating in English in the modern workplace. Its goal is to equip students with essential business grammar, vocabulary and all-round language skills, so that they become capable of communicating with native and non-native speakers of English in common business settings. By gaining a greater confidence and a better command of business English grammar, vocabulary, receptive and productive skills, students will be prepared to further develop a higher level of business English proficiency upon completion of the programme. This programme targets working professionals who intend to build on an introductory level of English, so as to bolster their work performance in a business environment where English is the predominant medium of communication.
PT
Start 20 JAN 2026 (TUE)
Duration 12 months
Fee HK$8,000
Pronunciation and Fluency 1 is part of the Certificate in English Language Skills (Introductory). This very practical course will give you lively realistic discussion and conversation practice.
 

Pronunciation and Fluency 1 will help you:

  • improve your English pronunciation
  • become a more fluent and confident speaker of English in different situations
  • increase your range of useful English vocabulary
  • introduce you to different native speaker accents
PT
Start 01 MAR 2026 (SUN)
Duration 15 weeks
Fee HK$3,700
90 hours (30 meetings × 3 hours each; once per week)
PT
Start 09 MAR 2026 (MON)
Duration 30 weeks
Fee HK$6,800

90 hours (30 meetings × 3 hours each; once per week)

PT
Start 09 MAR 2026 (MON)
Duration 30 weeks
Fee HK$6,700
90 hours (30 meetings × 3 hours each; once per week)
PT
Start 10 MAR 2026 (TUE)
Duration 30 weeks
Fee HK$6,500

90 hours face-to-face lectures and a minimum of 12 hours e-learning activities
(30 lessons x 3 hours each; once per week)

Application Code

Commencement 
(Application Deadline)

Day / Time Venue
2375-1804AW

14 Mar 2026
(2 Mar 2026)

Saturday,
7:00 - 10:00 pm

HPSHCC Campus, Causeway Bay
2375-1805AW

11 Mar 2026
(26 Feb 2026)

Wednesday,
7:00 - 10:00 pm
Kowloon West Campus, Lai Chi Kok
The programme aims to equip students with lower advanced level English linguistic knowledge and skills through extensive language practice and student-centred learning activities such as small group discussion, speaking, writing, reading and listening to a wide variety of semi-authentic English texts. Upon successful completion of the programme, students are expected to speak and write at a lower advanced level and be fluent and confident when communicating in English.
PT
Start 11 MAR 2026 (WED)
Duration 30 weeks
Fee HK$7,300