Equipped with modern facilities and staffed by a team of devoted teachers who are active in research, the Department is internationally known as a centre of excellence in chemistry. The enrolment of graduate students has steadily increased over the past few years due to the strong government support of both basic and applied research and the remarkable success rate of our faculty members in competitive grant applications. The Department offers MPhil-PhD programme which involve course work and a thesis embodying the results of original research.
MPhil Stream
Students are required to complete a minimum of 40 units for graduation, including a minimum of 12 units of lecture courses, 4 units of seminar courses and 24 units of thesis research courses. It normally takes two years to complete the programme.
For completion of the programme, students must submit a thesis based on their research for examination and pass a final oral examination.
PhD Stream
Students must pass the candidacy examination within 24 months from first entry.
Students are required to complete a minimum of 78 units for graduation, including a minimum of 12 units of lecture courses, 6 units of seminar courses and 60 units of thesis research courses. It normally takes three years to complete the programme.
Students entering without a research master's degree are required to complete a minimum of 92 units for graduation, including a minimum of 12 units of lecture courses, 8 units of seminar courses and 72 units of thesis research courses. It normally takes four years to complete the programme.
For completion of the programme, students must submit a thesis based on their research for examination and pass a final oral examination.
Fields of Specialization
Expected September 2022
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin,
Sha Tin, Hong Kong, New Territories
To be admitted to the MPhil stream, applicants shall have:
To be admitted to the PhD stream,
In addition to the general requirements, applicants should have majored in Chemistry or related fields. Applicants who graduated from overseas universities may be required to take Advanced Chemistry in the Graduate Record Examinations conducted by the Educational Testing Service, Princeton, N.J., U.S.A.
To fulfill the minimum English language requirements for admission to postgraduate programmes, applicants should have:
obtained a degree from a university in Hong Kong or taken a degree programme of which the medium of instruction was English; or
achieved scores in the following English Language tests2 as indicated:
obtained a pass grade in other English language requirements.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
