Our programme provides all-round training in political science. The subject is comprised of three primary specialisms including politics, public administration and international relations. The programme offers more than eighty courses and is renowned for its diversity of courses that encompasses the area of global politics. The courses cover political, economic and social issues in different parts of the world and enable students to foster an enhanced global vision and mindset for the future.
PROGRAMME CURRICULUM
Comparative politics
PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS
CAREER PROSPECTS
Our graduates are equipped with important transferrable skills such as conducting environmental scanning, delivering public speeches, writing policy briefs as well as collecting and analysing data for various purposes. Our graduates are found in different sectors in Hong Kong and overseas, including government, public sector, business, legal services, mass media and education.
Expected September 2022
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin,
Sha Tin, Hong Kong, New Territories
You are eligible to apply for admission if, by 1 September of the year in which admission is sought, you possess any of the following qualifications:
1. GCE-AL/International-AL/IB/Other high school qualifications
GCE-AL/International-AL: 3AL/ 2AL+2AS in one sitting (All grades must be obtained from examinations taken within a twelve-month period.)
International Baccalaureate Diploma
A recognised non-local qualification which qualifies them for admission to a university in the country/region where such qualification is originated (e.g. high school diploma plus SAT/ ACT and SAT Subject Tests/ AP Tests in USA, UEC/ STPM in Malaysia, ATAR in Australia, OSSD/ BC diploma in Canada, GSAT/AST in Taiwan, AISSCE (CBSE)/ ISC in India, SMA in Indonesia, etc.)
2. Post-secondary qualifications
Completed at least one year of undergraduate study at a recognised university
Completed at least one year of study leading to the qualification of associate degree/higher diploma or its equivalent
3. Mature Applicants
Mature persons aged 23 or above on 1 September in the year in which admission is sought, provided they are able to show either by publication or by other acceptable evidence that they have achieved sufficient competence in their chosen field of study to justify admission; or have shown exceptional ability in appropriate academic or professional fields.
English Language Requirements:
IELTS: 6.0
TOEFL (iBT): 80
Other English language requirements equivalent to HKDSE: Level 3 or HKALE/ HKCEE: E/Level 2.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
