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Research Postgraduate Programmes


 Courses selection information

  • Course Enrolment Period: August 12, 2025 (9:00 a.m.) – August 19, 2025 (5:00 p.m.)
    Add-Drop Period:

    Semester 1: September 3, 2025 (9:00 a.m.) – September 10, 2025 (5:00 p.m.)

    Semester 2: January 16, 2026 (9:00 a.m.) – January 23, 2026 (5:00 p.m.)

  • Timetable for 2025-26 (Updated on January 26, 2026)
 

  Coursework Requirements

All 4-year PhD and MPhil students must complete all Graduate School compulsory courses and at least 50% of the Faculty/School/Departmental courses by the end of the probationary period.

 
 

  Graduation Requirements for Attending Seminar

  • Four-year PhD students must attend at least 10 seminars per academic year throughout their studies.
  • Three-year PhD and MPhil students must attend at least 5 seminars per academic year throughout their studies.

Seminar requirements by registration date:

  1. Students registered in September
    • The full seminar requirement applies in every academic year.

  2. Students registered from October to January
    • The first and last partial academic years together count as one full academic year.
    • Students must complete the full yearly requirement in the first partial academic year; the last partial academic year has no requirement.
    • Any full academic years in between: the full yearly requirement applies.

  3. Students registered from February to April
    • The first and last partial academic years together count as one full academic year.
    • In the first partial academic year, students must complete at least half of the yearly requirement:
      • 4-year PhD: at least 5 seminars
      • 3-year PhD and MPhil: at least 3 seminars
    • In the last partial academic year, students must complete the remaining seminars from the first partial academic years to reach the full yearly requirement.
    • Any full academic years in between: the full yearly requirement applies.

  4. Students registered from May onwards
    • In the first partial academic year, there is no seminar requirement.
    • The full yearly requirement applies from the following September onward.
    • In the last partial academic year, students must complete a full yearly requirement or the remaining seminars from the first partial academic years to reach the full yearly requirement.
    • Any full academic years in between: the full yearly requirement applies.
     

  Period of Study (applicable to all PhD and MPhil students to be registered in Sep 2025 and thereafter)

DegreeFull-timePart-time
Study periodProbationary periodStudy periodProbationary period
MPhil24 months12 months36 months12 months
3-year PhD36 months12 months54 months12 months
4-year PhD48 months24 months72 months24 months
 

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Clara Lian
Tel : (852) 3917 6042
Email : rpgsaas@hku.hk