Offered to students concurrently with S4-S6 study which prepares for HKDSE

Directly admit to HDAI-ICT or other Higher Diploma in CIHE upon successful completion of DPICT

Directly admit to BScAI or BScDET upon successful completion of HDAI-ICT

Promotes Vocational, Professional, and Moral (VPM) practices to enhance the learning experience.

Opportunity to become AI and/or Metaverse professional with high pay jobs locally, in Mainland China, or in any other countries

Courses concurrent with S4-S6 courses for DSE

18 QF Credits	30 QF Credits	18 QF Credits	18 QF Credits	18 QF Credits	18 QF Credits
90 contact hours	150 contact hours	90 contact hours	90 contact hours	90 contact hours	90 contact hours
Practical ICT and Impacts	Creative Programming or Practical Digital Media and Network Communication	Practical English	Practical Chinese or Practical Chinese (for non-Chinese Speaking students only)	Social and Whole Person Development	Elective: Practical Mathematics or Healthcare Practice

Caritas Chong Yuet Ming School
明愛莊月明中學

Caritas Fanling Chan Chun Ha Secondary School
明愛粉嶺陳震夏中學

Caritas Ma On Shan Secondary School
明愛馬鞍山中學

Caritas St. Joseph Secondary School
明愛聖若瑟中學

Caritas Tuen Mun Marden Foundation Secondary School
明愛屯門馬登基金中學

Caritas Wu Cheng-Chung Secondary School
明愛胡振中中學

Caritas Yuen Long Chan Chun Ha Secondary School
明愛元朗陳震夏中學

Collaborating Caritas school

Caritas Institute of Community Education

Caritas has established collaboration relationship with ICT and AI companies, which support with:

The gifts of human intelligence have enabled many innovations and tools in IT, AI, and metaverse that continues to improve and affect human lives tremendously. Yet these powerful tools may also be misused such as in addiction, in pornography, in the culture of death, and in fierce competitions to prosper at the expense of defeating others. Authentic Catholic teaching encourages to live out Christian faith of love, care and helping each other in the use of high-tech in one's profession in life in serving other people and the common good of the society.

Professor H. Anthony CHAN, IEEE Fellow

Both BSc (Honors) in Artificial Intelligence and BSc (Honors) in Digital Entertainment Technology (Metaverse) are in fast growth areas with many jobs and career options. Students will be equipped with fundamentals in computing and information science, and will learn AI or metaverse from basic concepts, technologies, and applications in many fields. The expertise of our staff spans diverse and important areas including machine learning, deep learning, digital entertainment, multimedia, data science, design, Internet, communication network, standards, and ICT industry. Being active in research in these areas, our staff pay attention to ease of understanding and care for students in teaching.

Computing and information technologies are the enables to become a professional to innovate, create and design new and more useful products and services to improve daily life. New technologies in artificial intelligence, multimedia, virtual reality, and cloud have arisen, and newer technologies will continue to emerge. It is interesting to acquire and appreciate such new knowledge with opportunities to innovate as such a professional in demand globally.

I have enjoyed such an exciting career myself, having worked in both industry and academia overseas and having changed area of expertise multiple times as needs in industry changes. I intend to nurture students with understanding of the industry and with capability to take up new challenges to contribute to the society professionally and ethically.

My motto: I do not possess anything; all I have is only borrowed from God so that I may serve others.

On completion of the DPICT Programme, students will achieve the following objectives:

1. Enable students to comprehend the fundamental concepts, principles and theories of ICT in vocational contexts;
2. Enable students to acquire the basic skills for developing a career in the ICT industry;
3. Develop students’ basic verbal and written language abilities in various vocational contexts;
4. Develop students’ basic knowledge to analyze contemporary issues with respect to personal and national perspectives;
5. Enable students to command basic competence to solve problems encountered in daily life, further study and future workplace, both individually and in collaboration with others; and
6. Raise students’ interest in the ICT and related disciplines to facilitate their further study and career planning.

Upon completion of DPICT and then HDAI-ICT

The higher diploma in AI and ICT programme with the up-to-date and essential discipline-based courses (including AI, data analysis, cloud, web development, networking and programming) plus the flexibility to choose from varied additional courses, will enhance career readiness of students in the fast-developing AI age when jobs in the computer science sector are increasingly expected to be well-trained in multidisciplinary applications. On completion of the Programme, graduates will be competent to purse a broad range of jobs including programmer, web page developer, database developer and system analyst.

1. Software development: Average Python developer salary in the USA is US$120,000 per year. All students in Year 1 begin learning Python, which is relatively much easier to learn and is yet the most popular computing language in the global job market.
2. Artificial intelligence and machine learning: As ICT development professionals using AI are increasingly in demand, the HDAI-ICT graduates will indeed be in demand in the global job market.

Graduates, having met the minimum GPA requirement of 2.0, are also prepared for further studies, such as the BScDET or BScAI programme.

1. Top-up to BSc(Hons)AI: Students wishing to articulate to Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Artificial Intelligence are guided by one's advisor in a study plan with good match to the first 2 years of the BSc(Hons.)AI programme to enable smooth transition to the degree programme upon completion of the Higher Diploma.
2. Top-up to BSc(Hons)DET: Students wishing to articulate to Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Digital Entertainment Technology (Metaverse) are guided by one's advisor in a study plan with good match to the first 2 years of the BSc(Hons.)DET programme to enable smooth transition to the degree programme upon completion of the Higher Diploma.

School of Computing and Information Sciences:

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