Academy of Language and Culture - Department of Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies (TIIS)
The Department of Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies, currently under the Academy of Language and Culture, was established in 1990 as the “Translation Programme” and was granted full departmental status in September 2019.
Since its inception, the Department has offered a B.A. (Hons.) in Translation and an M.Phil./Ph.D. postgraduate research programme in the field of translation studies. It also launched a self-funded taught M.A. Programme in Translation and Bilingual Communication in 2008, adding an Interpreting Stream in 2016 and a Technology Stream in 2021. The Department’s curriculum is designed to train bilingual and bicultural communicators to operate in local, national and international markets in the 21st century.
The Department has eleven academic staff members and closely follows Hong Kong Baptist University’s general mission of “commitment to academic excellence in teaching, research and service”, and to the development of “whole person” education. More specifically, it is committed to providing professional training in translation and interpreting through a liberal arts university education. Students are prepared to meet the cultural, socio-political and economic needs of the local community, as well as those of a rapidly developing China.