We offer art history training from Bachelor level up to MA, MPhil and PhD level. Our courses are open to students from all faculties and year groups, attracting a large enrollment every year.
Explore the Art History programmes at HKU now!

We offer art history training from Bachelor level to MA, MPhil and PhD level. Our courses are open to students from all faculties and year groups, attracting a large enrollment every year.
Explore the Art History programme at HKU now!

4 year curriculum

1 year curriculum

2-4 year curriculum

We are now a team of 8 full-time teaching faculty, with a wide range of teaching expertise and research areas.

The Art History Resource Centre is the hub of our community. It houses our departmental library and archives. Students are welcome to use the space during its opening hours:
Monday to Friday, 9am-1pm, 2pm-5:30pm
10.29 Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus

Online Library Catalogue

Digital Image Database

Hong Kong Art Archive

External Resources

MA in Art History 2022-2023 is now OPEN for application Our HKU Master of Arts in Art History (MAAH) programme is the first MA in Hong Kong to focus on art history. We provide advanced training in research and writing for students and specialists pursuing further academic study [...]

The project provides a temporal map tracing events from the 1930s to the present, which includes relevant social and political events that have shaped the art world including the making of museums, government policies and shifts in financial or educational sectors.