The Faculty attracts and nurtures outstanding scholars and students from around the world through excellence and innovation in teaching, research and knowledge exchange. It provides a comprehensive, humanities and liberal arts research environment, and its strengths include world-class expertise in China-West studies, highly diverse and international academic staff, and a strong culture- and language-based curriculum.
We offer supervision in a wide range of areas of study, and details of the main areas are given below.
School of Chinese - Major Research Areas
Chinese language:
Phonology, etymology, semantics, grammar and rhetoric; Chinese dialects; language, society and culture.
Chinese literature:
Classical, modern and contemporary Chinese literature, including prose, poetry, fiction, drama; Chinese women’s literature and literary criticism, gender and sexuality in Ming and Qing literature.
Chinese history:
Political and intellectual Chinese history, China-West historical studies, history of Chinese cartography and historiography.
Chinese culture:
Traditional and twentieth-century Chinese culture, cross-cultural exchange, overseas sinology, history of Christianity and Chinese civilisation.
Chinese thought:
Chinese and comparative philosophy, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism.
Translation:
Translation studies, theories, and criticism; the linguistic and cultural dimensions of the translation practice, translators’ strategies, and translations of the Ming-Qing period.
School of English - Major Research Areas
English language and linguistics, and language and communication
Literary studies in English
School of Humanities - Major Research Areas
Comparative Literature
Fine Arts
History
Linguistics
Music
Philosophy
School of Modern Languages and Cultures - Major Research Areas
African Studies
American Studies
China Studies
European Studies
Global Creative Industries
Hong Kong Studies
Japanese Studies
Korean Studies
Centre for the Humanities and Medicine - Major Research Areas
History of medicine and health
Medical humanities
Communication and media
Humanitarian studies
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Expected April, August 2021
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Start date
Expected January, September 2021
The University of Hong Kong
G14, Ground Floor, Main Building,
The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam,
Southern, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island
The basic qualification necessary for admission to research postgraduate studies is a good honours degree from this University or an equivalent qualification from a comparable institution. In addition, certain degree courses have more specific requirements. Qualifying examinations to test the applicants’ abilities to follow the prescribed courses and/or interviews may be conducted. Applicants with qualifications other than an honours degree are considered on their individual merits.
Applicants who wish to be admitted to higher degrees on the basis of a qualification from a university or a comparable institution outside Hong Kong where the language of teaching and/or examination is not English are required to obtain the following:
(a) a minimum score in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) as specified below:
Paper-based test
Internet-based test
(b) a minimum overall band of 6 with no subtest lower than 5.5 in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) (Academic module); or
(c) grade C or above in the Overseas General Certificate of Education (GCE); or
(d) grade C or above in the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE); or
(e) grade C or above in the Cambridge Test of Proficiency in English Language (CPE);
unless in exceptional circumstances when they are exempted from this requirement.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
The University of Hong Kong had 12 academic disciplines ranked in the top 25 globally in the QS World University Rankings by Subject in 2021.
