Milestones

2024

  • Appointment of Espen Aarseth as Dean

2023

  • Celebration of SCM 25th Anniversary

2018

  • Celebration of SCM 20th Anniversary

2016

  • Appointment of Richard Allen as Dean

2015

  • Restructure of MAMC to the Master’s Degree in Creative Media (MACM)

2012

  • Establishment of the Bachelor’s Degree of Art and Science in Creative Media (BAS)

    • the first art + science program in Hong Kong

2011

  • SCM moves to Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre

2009

  • Establishment of the Bachelor’s Degree of Arts in Digital Media Broadcasting (BADMB)
  • Appointment of Jeffrey Shaw as Dean

2008

  • Appointment of Horace Ip as Acting Dean

2007

  • Establishment of the Special Interest Group (SIG) by BScCM students
  • Establishment of the Master’s Degree in Media Cultures (MAMC)

2006

  • Revamp of MFA to the Master of Fine Arts Degree in Creative Media (MFACM)

2005

  • The first PhD graduate
  • Establishment of the Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Creative Media (BScCM)
    • in collaboration with the Department of Computer Science

2004

  • Appointment of James Moy as Dean

2003

  • Appointment of David Tong as Acting Dean

2001

  • Establishment of the Master of Fine Arts Degree in Media Design and Technology (MFA)
  • Appointment of David Smith as Acting Director

1999

  • Conversion of the HD program to an Associate of Arts (AA) program
  • Establishment of the Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Media (BACM)

1998

  • Founding faculty:
    • Christine Choy (School Director), Richard Chen, Steve Fore, Hector Rodriguez, Linda Lai, David Yip
  • Establishment of the School of Creative Media (SCM)
    • in consultation with the School of Film of UCLA, and admission of the first cohort of students into the Higher Diploma in Media Technology program