Departments can set up a department abbreviation via CF158 for using Departmental SharePoint Workspace and email group for staff.
- A department can choose her department abbreviation.
- The maximum length of a department abbreviation is 5 characters.
- After ITS sets up an abbreviation, the applied Departmental SharePoint Workspace and/or email group for staff will be created and the applicant will be informed of the completion by email
The following is a list of department abbreviations that has been set up and please fill out the same abbreviation in CF149 to apply for using the Auto-updated Mailing List (AML):
| Department name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Architecture Faculty | foa |
| Arts Faculty | foart |
| Asia Case Research Centre | acrc |
| Asia Global Institute | agi |
| Business & Economics Faculty | fbe |
| Centre for Applied English Studies | caes |
| Centre for Genomic Sciences | grc |
| Centre for Sports and Exercise | cse |
| Centre of Buddhist Studies | cbs |
| Centre on Behavioral Health | cbh |
| Centre for Civil Society and Governance | ccsg |
| Common Core Office | cco |
| Ctr for Enhance’t of Teaching & Learning | cetl |
| Ctr for Information Tech in Education | cite |
| Ctr of Dev & Resources for Students | cedar |
| Dental Faculty | dent |
| Dental Faculty – Clinical Research Ctr | crc |
| Dental Faculty – External Relations and | denke |
| Dental Faculty – IAD – Multi-Specialty | iadal |
| Dept of Anaesthesiology | anaes |
| Dept of Architecture | arch |
| Dept of Chemistry | chem |
| Dept of Civil Engineering | civil |
| Dept of Computer Science | cs |
| Dept of Diagnostic Radiology | diara |
| Dept of Earth Sciences | easc |
| Dept of Electrical & Electronic Engg | eee |
| Dept of Family Med & Primary Care | fmpc |
| Dept of Geography | geog |
| Dept of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering | imse |
| Dept of Law | lawdp |
| Dept of Mechanical Engg | mech |
| Dept of Medicine | udmed |
| Dept of Obstetrics & Gynaecology | og |
| Dept of Ophthalmology | ophth |
| Dept of Orthopaedics & Traumatology | ortho |
| Dept of Pharmacology & Pharmacy | pharm |
| Dept of Physics | phys |
| Dept of Politics & Public Administration | ppa |
| Dept of Prof Legal Education | pcll |
| Dept of Psychology | psyc |
| Dept of Soc Work & Social Administration | swsa |
| Dept of Sociology | soci |
| Dept of Statistics & Actuarial Science | saas |
| Dept of Surgery | srg |
| Development & Alumni Affairs Office | daao |
| Dr. Li Dak-Sum Research Centre | ldsrc |
| Education Faculty | faced |
| Electron Microscope Unit | emu |
| Engineering Faculty | engg |
| Equal Opportunity Unit | eou |
| Estate Office (Sustainability Unit) | eo |
| Estates Off (Budgets and Finance Unit) | eo |
| Estates Off (Customer Services Unit) | eo |
| Estates Off (Housing Management Unit) | eo |
| Estates Off (Information Technology Unit) | eo |
| Estates Off (Management) | eo |
| Estates Off (Mtce & Operations Unit) | eo |
| Estates Off (Procurement Unit) | eo |
| Estates Off (Project Division) | eo |
| Estates Off (Security & Parking Unit) | eo |
| Estates Off (Staffing & OA Unit) | eo |
| Estates Office – Res Space (Cus Qtr) | eo |
| Finance & Enterprises Office | feo |
| General Education Unit | gened |
| Graduate School | gsch |
| Graduate School of the Research Services | grsc |
| HK Institute for Humanities & Soc. Sci. | ihss |
| HK Putonghua Edu & Assessment Ctr | peac |
| HK University Press | hkup |
| HKJC Ctr for Suicide Research & Preventn | csrp |
| Human Resources Office | hr |
| Information Technology Services | its |
| Internal Audit Office | iao |
| Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole | jpe |
| Jockey Club Student Village III | jcsv3 |
| Journalism and Media Studies Centre | jmsc |
| JUPAS Office | jupas |
| Centre for Comparative Medicine Research | lau |
| Law Faculty | law |
| Lee Shau Kee Hall | lskh |
| LKS Medical Faculty | lksfm |
| Mdm SH Ho Residence for Medical Students | rms |
| MIU of the President’s Office | miu |
| Morrison Hall | mh |
| President’s Office | vco |
| RC Lee Hall | rclee |
| Registry – Curr Dev and QA Section | cdqa |
| Registry – Scholarships Office | scho |
| Registry (CPAO) | cpao |
| Registry (General Services) | gs |
| Registry (Research Services) | rss |
| Registry – Academic Liaison Office | alo |
| Registry – Academic Advising Office | aao |
| Registry – Admissions Office | ao |
| Restaurant at JockeyClub Stud Village II | jcsv2 |
| Robert Black College | rbc |
| Safety Office | hkuso |
| Sau Po Centre on Ageing | coa |
| School of Biological Sciences | sbs |
| School of Biomedical Sciences | sbms |
| School of Business | busi |
| School of Chinese | soc |
| School of Humanities | soh |
| School of Modern Languages & Cultures | smlc |
| School of Nursing | son |
| School of Public Health | sph |
| Science Faculty | sci |
| Simon KY Lee Hall | skylh |
| SMARTER@HKU Programme Management Office | spmo |
| Social Sciences Faculty | foss |
| Starr Hall | starr |
| Suen Chi Sun Hall | scsh |
| Sustainability Office | susto |
| Swire Hall | swire |
| The Kadoorie Institute | ki |
| The Swire Institute of Marine Science | swims |
| University Archives | hkua |
| University Health Service | uhs |
| University Libraries | lib |
| University Museum and Art Gallery | umag |
| Wei Lun Hall | wlh |