The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) welcomes the Chief Executive’s 2024 Policy Address which supports the development of arts and culture as well as post-secondary education, covering measures to promote the development of cultural and creative industries and to develop the Northern Metropolis University Town.
With the support from the Government, HKAPA has been committed in taking forward initiatives to nurture diversified talents, which include launching the Subsidy Scheme for Non-local Student Accommodation in October 2022 to enhance HKAPA’s role as a talent training ground and to raise the proportion of the non-local student population. Since the introduction of the Scheme, over 95 non-local students have benefited from the Scheme. HKAPA will continue its efforts in recruiting more non-local students as well as the study in establishing a new campus in the Northern Metropolis, further enhancing the cultural diversity on campus.
While celebrating its 40th Anniversary, HKAPA will continue its role as a leading tertiary performing arts institute with the highest standards to nurture new waves of talented performing artists for the region. HKAPA will also, in accordance with the Government’s policy, further strengthen its position at the centre of Hong Kong’s mission to develop itself into an international hub for post-secondary education and East-meets-West centre for international cultural exchange.
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The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA), established by The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Ordinance in 1984, is a leading tertiary institution in the performing arts in Asia. It provides professional undergraduate education and practice-based postgraduate studies. The study encompasses Chinese Opera, Dance, Drama, Film and Television, Music, and Theatre and Entertainment Arts. Its educational philosophy reflects the cultural diversity of Hong Kong with emphasis on Chinese and Western traditions, and interdisciplinary learning.
Since 2008, the Academy has attained the Programme Area Accreditation (PAA) status awarded by the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ) to self-monitor and accredit its own undergraduate and post-secondary programmes in the five programme areas of Dance, Drama, Film and Television, Music, and Theatre and Entertainment Arts. Since 2016, the PAA status has been extended to cover Master’s Degree programmes and below; and since 2023, the programmes operated by the School of Chinese Opera accredited by HKCAAVQ has also received PAA status for its post-secondary and undergraduate programmes.
Besides the main campus in Wanchai, Béthanie, the site of the Academy’s Landmark Heritage Campus in Pokfulam, has housed training facilities for the School of Film and Television since 2006.
In the QS University Rankings announced in 2024, the Academy ranks 1st in Asia in the Performing Arts category.