General Admission Requirements

Taught Postgraduate Programmes

General Entrance Requirements for Admission to Taught Postgraduate Programme

1. A Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university or equivalent; and

2. Documentary evidence demonstrating the applicant’s English proficiency, which may include:

2.1 Graduated from an institution where the medium of instruction is English; or

2.2 A minimum of 550 (paper-based), 213 (computer-based) and 79 (internet-based) in TOEFL; or

2.3 A minimum of 6.0 in IELTS; or

2.4 A minimum of 430 in College English Test-Band 6 (CET-6) or “Pass” if the test was taken before June 2005; or

2.5 Equivalent of the above.

Applicants may consult respective Departments for the specific requirements for English proficiency of a particular study programme.

3. Non-standard Entrants

The admission of non-standard entrants to taught postgraduate programmes of the University will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the Chairman of the Graduate Studies Committee. Admission of non-standard entrants is capped at 5% of the approved intake of taught postgraduate programmes in the respective academic year.

4. Credit Transfer / Module Exemption

4.1 Credit transfer/Module exemptions may be granted for modules at the same level completed successfully at the University or in another accredited tertiary institution.

4.2 The qualification/award in relation to the credits to be transferred or modules to be exempted should normally be earned not more than eight years before admission to the University.

4.3 The maximum number of credits to be transferred or modules to be exempted at the point of joining the University is specified by the programme and shall not exceed 50% of the curriculum requirement of the admitted programme at HSUHK, i.e. taught post-graduate students are required to complete at least 50% of the curriculum requirement of the admitted progamme at HSUHK

4.4 The credit transferred will be counted towards the graduation requirements but will be excluded from the calculation of the student’s cumulative GPA (cGPA).

4.5 Each exempted module should be replaced by a module of the same credit value. The exempted module will be excluded from the calculation of the student’s cGPA

4.6 Credit transfer/module exemption will only be processed once before the commencement of the first semester following admission to the programme. Application with supporting documents should be submitted to the Registry two weeks before the commencement of the first semester after admission to the programme.

4.7 Credit transfer/module exemption will be reviewed and approved by the Programme Director.

5. Fees are chargeable for application for admission.