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Career Prospects

 

IVE and HKDI Higher Diploma Programmes combine both theory and practical training to effectively enhance the interest of students, and prepare them for employment or further study. Find out more about the latest trends for each discipline, and see how you too can build your career from there.


 

Applied Science
Applied ScienceThere are growing demands for medical health, elderly care and rehabilitation due to Hong Kong’s ageing population. Moreover, people are becoming more health and beauty conscious, and have begun paying attention to their health and safety. Therefore, the demand for professionals in areas such as food safety and hygiene management, nutritional science, beauty and the pharmaceutical industry is surging.
 
Business Administration
Business Administration Business administration and financial services are the cornerstones of Hong Kong, especially in human resources management and marketing areas, which see steady demand. Amid globalisation and the burgeoning economy in China, a quick response to constant changes, an innovative thinking approach and a macro-economic perspective are the keys to facing market competition.
 
Child Education and Community Service

Child Education and Community ServiceIt all comes down to quality child education when it involves nurturing the next generation. Society is beginning to pay attention to child education, with many child care workers undergoing professional training. The pre-primary education voucher scheme has made a positive impact on the kindergarten education service. Concurrently, the ageing population in Hong Kong is also driving up demand for elderly care services.

 
Design

DesignIn line with the government’s active promotion and continued support to the design & cultural industry progressively through a variety of measures, including the funding schemes and revitalization of decommissioned factory buildings, creative industries such as advertising design, fashion design, toy design, printing and publishing and digital entertainment have a great deal of potential for further development.

 
Hotel, Service and Tourism Studies

Hotel, Service and Tourism StudiesFamed as a hot tourist spot, Hong Kong attracts a substantial amount of tourists visiting and spending here every year. The relaxation of the individual travel scheme for Mainland Chinese tourists has been attributed for the soaring demand for hotel and tourism-related businesses. Apart from sightseeing, the Meeting, Incentive, Convention and Exhibition (MICE) sector in the Asia Pacific is seeing rapid development, boosting the tourism industry. Everyone is setting their sights on the MICE sector, with the burgeoning tourism businesses such as hotels, convention centres and restaurants all wanting a piece of the action.  

 
Information Technology
Information TechnologyWith the advent of the information age, the Internet and Technology have become essential parts of our daily lives. There is a growing trend of using electronic platforms to promote and run businesses. With more industries requiring IT facilities, computerised networks, support and services each day, fields such as information systems management, data analysis, website production, multimedia web development and digital entertainment, network security and computer games development, are in need of technologically-savvy professionals to fill their ranks.
 
 
Engineering
EngineeringElectrical and Electronic Engineering
Mobile phones, computers, and the Internet have become fully integrated parts of modern life. There are soaring needs for everything from new technology, product development, to automatic intelligence in the marketplace, offering promising prospects for those who work in the areas of system networking, telecommunications, computer and information engineering, digital TV and intelligence building technology.

Mechanical, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering
Large-scaled mechanical engineering sectors such as aircraft maintenance, the automobile industry, marine engineering, ophthalmic dispensing, horological science, and jewellery design and technology are instilled into all aspects of our daily life. People entering these industries are bound to see promising careers.

Construction
Building deterioration has become a serious problem in Hong Kong, with many concerns and issues relating to the mismanagement of run-down buildings and urban renewal, resulting in an increasing demand for rehabilitation professionals. With many infrastructure development projects in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta region in progress, professionals in areas like construction, civil engineering, surveying, interior design and environmental engineering are seeing a bright future.