HKU offers PhD and MPhil programmes in all faculties and schools/departments. Applicants will be requested to indicate the proposed department or interdisciplinary research area in the application based on your areas of interest. The list of faculties, schools/departments and interdisciplinary research areas admitting research postgraduate students are listed below. You may also search for potential supervisor from the HKU Scholars Hub.
Note: Academic units admitting research postgraduate students are marked with # in the list.
- Faculty of Architecture
- Faculty of Architecture
Departments:
Department of Architecture #
Department of Real Estate and Construction #
Department of Urban Planning and Design # - Faculty of Arts
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Schools/Centres:
School of Chinese #
School of English #
School of Humanities #Disciplines:
Art History
Comparative Literature
Gender Studies
History
Linguistics
Music
PhilosophySchool of Modern Languages and Cultures #
Disciplines:
African Studies
American Studies
China Studies
European Studies
Global Creative Industries
Japanese Studies
Korean StudiesCentre for Applied English Studies #
Centre of Buddhist Studies #
Centre for the Humanities and Medicine*
*Applications are not accepted for admission in 2023/24 - Faculty of Business and Economics
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Faculty of Business and Economics#
Disciplines:
Accounting
Economics
Finance
Innovation and Information Management
Management and Strategy
MarketingNote: Faculty of Business and Economics will only consider applications for admission to the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programme
- Faculty of Dentistry
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Disciplines:
Applied Oral Sciences and Community Dental Care
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics
Periodontology and Implant Dentistry
Restorative Dental Sciences - Faculty of Education
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Disciplines:
Teacher Education and Learning Leadership
Social Contexts and Policies of Education
Human Communication, Development, and Information SciencesCentre:
Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning# - Faculty of Engineering
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Departments:
Department of Civil Engineering #
Department of Computer Science #
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering #
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering #
Department of Mechanical Engineering # - Faculty of Law
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Department:
Department of Law # - LKS Faculty of Medicine
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Schools/Departments/Institute:
School of Biomedical Sciences #
School of Chinese Medicine #
School of Clinical Medicine
Department of Anaesthesiology #
Department of Clinical Oncology #
Department of Diagnostic Radiology #
Department of Emergency Medicine #
Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care #
Medical Ethics and Humanities Unit #
Department of Medicine #
Department of Microbiology #
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology #
Department of Ophthalmology #
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology #
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine #
Department of Pathology #
Department of Psychiatry #
Department of Surgery #
School of Nursing #
Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy #
School of Public Health #
Bau Institute of Medical and Health Sciences Education #Note: Applicants who would like to pursue their studies in HKU-Pasteur Research Centre can approach the Departmental Research Postgraduate Advisor/Contact Person of the Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine for application instructions.
- Faculty of Science
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Schools/Departments:
School of Biological Sciences #
Department of Chemistry #
Department of Earth Sciences #
Department of Mathematics #
Department of Physics #
Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science # - Faculty of Social Sciences
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Departments/Centre/Institute:
Department of Geography #
Department of Politics and Public Administration #
Department of Psychology #
Department of Social Work and Social Administration #
Department of Sociology #
Journalism and Media Studies Centre #
Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences # - Interdisciplinary Research Area
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Data Science
Biomedical Engineering
Participating Faculties/Departments:
Faculty of Dentistry
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
LKS Faculty of Medicine
School of Biomedical Sciences
Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine
Department of Ophthalmology, School of Clinical Medicine
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine
Department of Surgery, School of Clinical MedicineNote: Depending on the research area and other considerations, PhD and MPhil students admitted under interdisciplinary research areas may be affiliated to another academic unit.