PhD & MPhil Virtual Information Week 2023 - Programme

 

General Information Session
Date Talk

16 Oct (Mon)
10-11 am

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Applying to HKU PhD and MPhil Programmes


Speaker:
Professor Billy K.C. Chow, Associate Dean, Graduate School  

17 Oct (Tue)
10-11 am

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Proposal Writing for Non Lab-based Disciplines

Speaker:
Dr. Wai Lan Tsang, Programme Director, Graduate School

19 Oct (Thu)
5-6 pm

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Proposal Writing for Lab-based Disciplines

Speaker:
Dr. Wai Lan Tsang, Programme Director, Graduate School
Faculty of Architecture
Date Talk

18 Oct (Wed)
10-11 am

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Admission Talk – Faculties of Architecture, Arts and Social Sciences

Facilitator:
Professor Dong-yan Jin, Senior Associate Dean, Graduate School

Speakers:
Professor Weifeng Li, Faculty of Architecture 
Professor Christopher M. Hutton, Faculty of Arts
Professor Gordon Brett, Faculty of Social Sciences
Faculty of Arts
Date Talk

18 Oct (Wed)
10-11 am

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Admission Talk – Faculties of Architecture, Arts and Social Sciences

Facilitator:
Professor Dong-yan Jin, Senior Associate Dean, Graduate School

Speakers:
Professor Weifeng Li, Faculty of Architecture 
Professor Christopher M. Hutton, Faculty of Arts
Professor Gordon Brett, Faculty of Social Sciences
Faculty of Business and Economics
Date Talk

19 Oct (Thu)
10-11 am

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Admission Talk – Faculty of Business and Economics and Faculty of Education

Facilitator:
Professor Billy K.C. Chow, Associate Dean, Graduate School  

Speakers:
Professor Chen Lin, Faculty of Business and Economics
Professor Xiao Zhang, Faculty of Education 
Faculty of Dentistry
Date Talk

18 Oct (Wed)
5-6 pm

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Admission Talk – Faculties of Dentistry and Medicine

Facilitator:
Professor Dong-yan Jin, Senior Associate Dean, Graduate School

Speakers:
Professor James K.H. Tsoi, Faculty of Dentistry
Professor Danny Chan, LKS Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Education
Date Talk

19 Oct (Thu)
10-11 am

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Admission Talk – Faculty of Business and Economics and Faculty of Education

Facilitator:
Professor Billy Chow, Associate Dean, Graduate School  

Speakers:
Professor Chen Lin, Faculty of Business and Economics
Professor Xiao Zhang, Faculty of Education 
Faculty of Engineering
Date Talk

17 Oct (Tue)
3:30-4:30 pm

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Admission Talk – Faculty of Engineering

Speakers:
Professor Lawrence K. Yeung
Professor Chuyang Tang 
Professor Bruno Oliveira
Professor Graziano Chesi 
Professor Ray R. Zhong 
Professor James Lam 
Faculty of Engineering 
Faculty of Law

There is no discipline specific talk for the Faculty of Law.  Prospective applicants may attend the General Information Session “Applying to HKU PhD and MPhil Programmes” scheduled on 16 Oct (Mon).  For discipline specific enquiries, please contact the Faculty of Law (lawrpg@hku.hk).

LKS Faculty of Medicine
Date Talk

18 Oct (Wed)
5-6 pm

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Admission Talk – Faculties of Dentistry and Medicine

Facilitator:
Professor Dong-yan Jin, Senior Associate Dean, Graduate School

Speakers:
Professor James K.H. Tsoi, Faculty of Dentistry
Professor Danny Chan, LKS Faculty of Medicine

19 Oct (Thu)
2:30-3:30 pm

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Experience Sharing: Supervisor and Student Pairs Discuss the Significance of Their Current Project and Time Together @ HKUMed

 

Facilitator:
Ms. Daisylyn Tan, PhD, School of Biomedical Sciences


Speakers:
Professor Michael S.Y. Huen & Miss Jung Eun Kim, MPhil, School of Biomedical Sciences
Professor Stephanie K.Y. Ma & Mr. Jia Jian Loh, PhD, School of Biomedical Sciences     

20 Oct (Fri)
2:30-3:30 pm

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Discover HKU’s Best Practices in Laboratory Animal Care and Research (LKS Faculty of Medicine)

Speakers:
Dr. Dewi K. Rowlands
Dr. Jennifer L. Go
Centre for Comparative Medicine Research
Faculty of Science
Date Talk

17 Oct (Tue)
5-5:30 pm

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The Science of Success: Unveiling the Opportunities of Research Postgraduate Studies in the Science Faculty


Speaker: 

Professor Wing Yee Lui, Faculty of Science

18 Oct (Wed)
12nn-12:40 pm

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Introduction of the Department of Chemistry: the legend and the central science

 

Speaker:

Professor Jun Yang, Department of Chemistry

18 Oct (Wed)
3-3:40 pm

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Introduction of the Department of Mathematics
 

Speaker:

Professor Zhiwen Zhang, Department of Mathematics

18 Oct (Wed)
4-4:40 pm

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Information on Research Postgraduate Programme in Department of Physics 
 

Speaker:

Professor Xiaodong Cui, Department of Physics

Faculty of Social Sciences
Date Talk

18 Oct (Wed)
10-11 am

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Admission Talk – Faculties of Architecture, Arts and Social Sciences

Facilitator:
Professor Dong-yan Jin, Senior Associate Dean, Graduate School

Speakers:
Professor Weifeng Li, Faculty of Architecture 
Professor Christopher M. Hutton, Faculty of Arts
Professor Gordon Brett, Faculty of Social Sciences
Musketeers Foundation Institute of Data Science
Date Talk

17 Oct (Tue)
2-3 pm

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Admission Talk – Musketeers Foundation Institute of Data Science

Speakers:
Professor Qingpeng Zhang 
Professor Alec W. Kirkley
Professor Yanchao Yang 

Professor Boris Babic
Musketeers Foundation Institute of Data Science  

Interdisciplinary Research Areas
Date Talk

20 Oct (Fri)
11:30am-12:30 pm

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Admission Talk – Biomedical Engineering

Speaker:

Professor Zhiqin Chu, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Student Sharing
Date Talk

16 Oct (Mon)
5-6 pm

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Student Sharing

Facilitator:

Mr. Sijuade Thakib Animashaun, PhD, Faculty of Law


Speakers:

Ms. Putrikinasih Santoso, PhD, Faculty of Architecture 
Mr. Clive Lee, PhD, Faculty of Education 
Miss Dengping Lyu, PhD, Faculty of Science              

20 Oct (Fri)
10-11 am

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Student Sharing

Facilitator:

Mr. Ken Tang, PhD, Faculty of Social Sciences


Speakers:

Mr. Nicholas Hobhouse, PhD, Faculty of Arts 
Mr. Jonathan Fok, PhD, Faculty of Engineering
Mr. Howard Chan, PhD, LKS Faculty of Medicine 

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