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.
- Departmental/School Coursework Requirements
- For RPG students enrolled in July 2023 or before (Updated on October 28, 2025)
- For RPG students enrolled between August 2023 and January 2025 (Updated on October 24, 2025)
- For RPG students enrolled from February 2025 onwards (Updated on November 21, 2025)
- For RPG students enrolled from February 2026 onwards (Updated on March 24, 2026)
- Graduate School Coursework Requirements
Graduation Requirements for Attending Seminar
must attend at least 10 seminars per academic year throughout their studies
must attend at least 5 seminars per academic year throughout their studies
Seminar requirements by registration date:
a. Students registered in September
The full seminar requirement applies in every academic year.
b. 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.
c. 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.
d. 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)
| Degree | Full-time | Part-time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study period | Probationary period | Study period | Probationary period | |
| MPhil | 24 months | 12 months | 36 months | 12 months |
| 3-year PhD | 36 months | 12 months | 54 months | 12 months |
| 4-year PhD | 48 months | 24 months | 72 months | 24 months |
Thesis Submission Guidelines
