This research area covers:
Accident Prediction, Injury Prevention, Applications of Statistical Model for Safety Analysis, Human Behavior for Safety Studies and Safety Policy and Regulation
Air Quality Monitoring, Total Ozone Column, Solar Ultraviolet Radiation, Boundary Layer Dynamics and Chemistry
Atmospheric Chemistry, Air Pollution Meteorology, Instrument Development, Field Measurements and Data Analysis
Atmospheric Chemistry; VOC Photochemistry, Source Apportionment, Acidic Ultrafine Particles, Secondary Organic Aerosol, Indoor Air Chemistry
Biofuel, Bio-composites, Lignocellulosic Biomass, Biological Model, Activated Sludge Process
Contaminated Land Remediation, Urban Water Management, Waste Recycling and Resource Recovery, Environmental Chemistry
Eco-friendly Construction Materials, Concrete Technology, Waste Recycling and Management
Energy Capture from Wastewater; Fermentation; Anaerobic Digestion; Anammox; Meta'omic Analysis; Thermodynamic Computation
Environmental Nanotechnology, Aerosol Technology, Advanced Water Treatment, Environmental Sensing, Environmental Chemistry
Indoor Air Pollution, Toxic Air Pollutants, Emission Source Characterisation, Carbonaceous Aerosol Characterisation
Sediment Quality Assessment, Urban Environmental Geochemistry, Phytoremediation of Contaminated Land, Air Pollution Monitoring and Assessment, Hazardous Waste Treatment
Water/Wastewater Treatment, Industrial Effluent Treatment and Design, Environmental Chemistry, Soil Remediation.
Course Structure:
Three years (for students admitted on the basis of a Master's degree with a significant research component);
Four years (for students admitted on the basis of a Master's degree or a Bachelor's degree).
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution
Expected September 2026
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
ST305, 3/F, Ng Wing Hong Building,
Hung Hom,
Kowloon City, Hong Kong, Kowloon
3-year full-time PhD programme
Normally hold an MPhil or equivalent (a research postgraduate degree with a dissertation as an award requirement) conferred by a recognised university.
4-year full-time PhD programme
Normally hold:
A Master’s degree; OR
A Bachelor’s degree with First Class Honours (or equivalent qualification), conferred by a recognised university.
PolyU may accept other equivalent qualifications. The decision is made on an individual basis.
English Language Requirements
The requirements for those who do not have a degree for which English was the language of instruction at a recognized university are:
An overall score of at least 6.5 in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS); OR
A Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of 80 or above for the Internet-based test or 550 or above for the paper-based test.
All English language test scores are considered valid for two years after the date of the test.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
PolyU ranks 57th in the QS World University Rankings 2025 and 84th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025.
