Organisation profile

The Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health (SPEH) strives to excel in research, teaching & learning and service. It offers two undergraduate programs, namely Physical Education and Recreation Management, and Sport and Recreation Leadership. The SPEH also offers a master program in Sport and Leisure Management, and a research post-graduate program in sports science and recreation management. In addition, the SPEH offers Physical Education Courses in the General Education Program. It also manages the university sport teams in participation in intercollegiate sport competition organized by the University Sports Federation of Hong Kong as well as the sport facilities at Kowloon Tong Campus. The SPEH is a research-intensive department, actively involved in bidding and implementing externally funded competitive research projects such as the General Research Fund (GRF), the Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF), and the Public Policy Research Funding Scheme (PPR). Each year, the SPEH produces many high-quality research publications in high impact factor international peer-reviewed journals. Building on the external funding success, the SPEH facilitates sport, exercise, and health related interdisciplinary research collaborations and PhD programs, as well as creating numerous post-doctoral and research assistant opportunities.