香港博士研究生奖学金计划 (HKPFS)

Applicants are not required to seek for a supervisor before the application, we will assign a suitable supervisor to you if we consider to admit 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 and mailed for different programmes.  Please also note that multiple application fees should be paid.

Admission to our research programmes are highly competitive.  You need to have a good academic standing 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 be long enough to 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 careful, thorough research. That is, you must be able to state a proposition (or series of related propositions) which is worthy of detailed research and analysis.

The proposal should be written in either English or Chinese and include:

• Topic of research proposal
• Project objectives (A clear statement of aims of the research you wish to investigate)
• An outline of the research background of the topic, giving an overview of some current findings in the area, with references
• Research methodology (The methods you intend to apply to the research questions)
• A brief summary
• Project significance and value (Why it is a worthy and/or topic)
• A list of works cited in your proposal

We accept ONLY TOEFL or IELTS score as a proof of English proficiency for applicants without a degree from a university in Hong Kong or taken a degree programme of which the medium of instruction was English. Other means are not accepted. The TOEFL/IELTS score must be valid at the time of application and fulfilling admission offer of our programme (TOEFL/IELTS score are considered valid for two years from the test date.). All TOEFL or IELTS score report must reach our office before the application deadlines. If the original score report is not yet available before the deadline, applicants may first send us a photocopy of the score report before the deadlines and submit the original score report later as soon as possible.

If you send your materials by courier, you may check the delivery status with the courier directly.  Due to a large number of applications we receive, enquiries regarding receipt of documents will NOT be processed. Instead, we will actively contact the applicants for any missing or further documents if necessary.

To ensure all your supporting documents are received, you are strongly encouraged to upload full set of valid materials via the University’s online application system.

Applicant may be invited for interview. The interview will a face-to-face meeting or by video conferencing.

Application results will be announced in several rounds from February to June.  Successful applicants will receive a verbal notification as soon as the selection process is completed.  Applicants can login the Graduate School’s “Online Application System for Postgraduate Programme” to check their status (via “view application result”). Applicants may consider their applications unsuccessful if they do not hear from us thereafter.

Successful applicant will have to pay the deposit two 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.