Admission

Applicants are not required to seek for a supervisor before the application, we will assign a suitable supervisor to you if we consider admitting you into our Programmes. You are welcome to contact our teaching member(s) before the application if you wish to do so.

No. An application cannot be changed once it is submitted online. Please submit another application if you wish to apply for more than one programme.

Separate applications and materials have to be submitted for different programmes.  Please also note that multiple application fees should be paid.

Admission to our research programmes is highly competitive.  You need to have a strong academic qualification and meet the English proficiency requirement in order to be successful.  Reference letters will also be considered.  A well-written research proposal is also essential.

A research proposal outlining areas of interest, goals and plans has to be submitted.  It should demonstrate a good understanding of relevant theories and a feasible research plan with methodological appropriateness.

The guiding principal for a good Research Proposal is that you must have a serious question in mind that is worthy of thorough research. The proposal should be written in English and include:

• Topic of research proposal
• Project objectives
• An outline of the research background of the topic, giving an overview of some current findings in the area, with references
• Research methodology
• Project significance and value
• A list of works cited in your proposal

A research proposal outlining areas of interest, goals and plans has to be submitted.  It should demonstrate a good understanding of relevant theories and a feasible research plan with methodological appropriateness.

The guiding principal for a good Research Proposal is that you must have a serious question in mind that is worthy of thorough research. The proposal should be written in English and include:

• Topic of research proposal
• Project objectives
• An outline of the research background of the topic, giving an overview of some current findings in the area, with references
• Research methodology
• Project significance and value
• A list of works cited in your proposal

Successful applicants will have to pay the deposit two to three weeks after the admission offer is sent to you by the Graduate School. Applicants are required to indicate acceptance of admission offer online and pay the deposit by the payment due date. The offer acceptance and payment due date CANNOT be delayed under any circumstances.

According to the University’s policy, the deposit paid CANNOT be refunded.

No. Each applicant will receive only ONE offer from a postgraduate programme from the Graduate School.

​Please follow the instruction as per the Application Result and Registration Guide provided to you by the Graduate School via the Online System to do an online registration and send in your visa application materials as soon as possible after you have paid your tuition fee/deposit. Delay in online registration and visa application will disallow you to register for courses and to attend classes on time.

Invitation emails are sent automatically by the system, therefore, please ensure that all details are correctly input into the Online Application System for Postgraduate Programmes. Otherwise, your referee(s) might not receive the invitation on time.

Please remind your referee(s) to check their junk email folder too. If he/she has not received an invitation email, please send an email to english@cuhk.edu.hk, and indicate your application number and the name of the referee(s) concerned.

If you have input incorrect/missing contact information or need to update your referee(s) details, please submit a request for a change of information with the abovementioned information to english@cuhk.edu.hk.

 After the application deadline, referees can only submit recommendation forms/letters by email. The form is available at the Online Application System for Postgraduate Programmes. The recommendation form/letter must be sent by the referees’ email accounts.

First, submit an application on the HKPFS website by selecting our programme as your first choice to obtain an HKPFS application number. Next, submit an application through the CUHK online application system with the quotation of your HKPFS application number.

Please make sure that all your information (especially the choice of the programme) is the same in both the HKPFS and the CUHK systems, and the correct HKPFS application number is input in the CUHK online application system.