The Faculty of Art enjoys a unique reputation for bringing together eastern and western cultures and learning. It effects dialogue within the humanities and pioneers research approaches across disciplines. Its 11 departments offer a variety of major and minor programmes, all aiming at fostering understanding of the humanities and nurturing future leaders for the society. The Faculty is led by Prof. Hsiung Ping-chen, a leading scholar in the field of humanities as Dean, and staffed by world-renowned scholars and literati, including H. Samuel Cheung, David Faure, Simon Haines, Leo O. F. Lee, Leung Ki-che, Leung Yuen-sang, Poo Mu-chou, Shun Kwong-loi, Jenny F. So, So Kee-long Billy, William S. Y. Wang, Laurence K. P. Wong, Zhao Zhenkai (Bei Dao) and many others. Graduates from the Faculty are much sought after by prestigious graduate schools and employers in diversified sectors.

The Department of Fine Arts began as a two-year programme of the New Asia College at Farm Road in 1957 and has offered a four-year programme since 1959. When The Chinese University of Hong Kong was estabilished in October 1963, the Department became the first tertiary institute in Hong Ling to provide an education in visual arts. The Department's educational goal is to inherit and develop traditional Chinese culture and to integrate Chinese and Western art. Consequently, our curriculum includes courses of both traditional and contemporary Chinese art as well as Western art.

The Department aims to train art professionals on the basis of general education. Its programme is designed to give students a solid fountation so that they can pursue further artistic development in the futrure. The undergraduate programme includes courses on both art history and art practice. The former focuses on the study of the history of Chinese and Western art while the latter emphasizes the development of artistic skills. The Department also offers three postgraduate programmes, namely Ph.D. Degree Progrmme(History of Chinese Art), M.Phil. Degree Programme(History of Chinese Art), and M.F.A. Degree Programme(Fine Arts).

The Department has organized regularly artist/scholar visits and study trips to improve teaching and learning, enchance artistic exchange and broaden students' horizons. Many distinguished artists and scholars have visited the Department. Such visitors include Pu Xingyu, Huang Junbi, Xie Zhiliu, Lu Yanshao, Xu Bangda, Qi Gong, Lin Fengmian, Zhao Wuji, Zhu Degun, Jiang Zhaoshen, Lee Yihong, Michael Sullivan(US), James Leachay(US), and Olivier Debre(France). Students have travelled to Mainland China, Taiwan, and Japan with Department professors, and we are hoping to organize trips to America and Europe. Further, we often host seminars, demonstrations, and symposiums on art and art history.

The Department organizes several art exhibitions a year. The most important ones are the 'Annual Exhibition', 'M.F.A. Graduation Exhibition' and 'B.A. Graduation Exhibition'. Our alumni and students have actively participated in local and overseas art exhibitions and competitions. Many have been awarded prizes (some of these exhibitions/competitions include 'Contemporary Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition', 'Philippe Charriol Foundation Art Exhibition', and 'International Biennial of Sao Paulo'(Brazil).

Most fine arts graduates become employed in art-related jobs as artists, art educators, and art administrators, working in museums, galleries and auction houses. There are also others working in mass media, advertisement, design, literature and other commercial areas.