1. What is the eligibility for MPhil/PhD admission?

2. What is the deadline for application? How can I obtain the application materials?

3. What are the English-language requirements?

4. What is the procedure for submitting application?

5. How much is the application fee and how should I pay it?

6. How much is tuition?

7. What is the amount of the postgraduate Studentship? Am I eligible for this award?

8. What are the differences between the Research Programme (MPhil/PhD) and the Taught Postgraduate Programme?

9. May I know more about the Student Halls of Residence?

10. How can I apply for a student visa? Who will be my sponsor?

Applicants from a university where the language of teaching /instruction /examination is NOT entirely in English should satisfy the minimum English proficiency requirements specified by both the University and individual Faculties.
Applicants who have not obtained a degree from a recognized university in which the language of instruction is English are normally required to obtain:

(i) a score of 6.0 or above in IELTS; or
(ii) a TOEFL score of 550 or above, a computer-based TOEFL (after 1998) score of 213 or above, or an internet-based TOEFL score of 79 or above.

All English language test scores are considered valid for five years after the date of the test.

1. By PPS (Payment by Phone Service) *
2. By e-banking (Hang Seng Bank / HSBC) *
3. By ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) *
4. By Online Credit Card Payment
5. Bank draft
6. Payment in Chinese Mainland (内地银行入账)

• Call 18011 (English)/18013 (Cantonese) or visit PPS website to register your bill.
• Call 18031 (English)/18033 (Cantonese) or visit PPS website to pay your bill.
• Enter "77" as the "merchant code 商戶".
• Enter the 8-digit "debit note number for application fee payment" as the "debit note number 繳費單編號".
• Enter $150.
• Keep the reference number.

• Logon to Hang Seng Bank or HSBC e-banking website.
• Select "Banking 銀行服務".
• Select "View & Pay Bill 查閱及繳付賬單".
• Select "Pay Bill & Add Payee 繳費及加入商戶".
• Select "Education Institutions 教育學府" as the "category 類別".
• Select "THE HK POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY".
• Select "Fees and Charges" as the "Bill Type 賬單類別".
• Enter the 8-digit "debit note number for application fee payment" as the "Bill (Payee) Account Number 賬單戶口號碼".
• Enter $150.
• Select "Pay Now 即時付款" or "Today 今天" as the payment date.
• Keep the reference number.

• Select "Bill Payment 繳款"
• Select "Education 專上學院"
• Select "HK Polytechnic University 香港理工大學"
• Enter "01" as the bill type 賬類
• Enter the 8-digit "debit note number for application fee payment"* as the bill/account number.
• Enter $150.
• Keep the receipt.

The Online Credit Card Payment method accepts all visa and master cards issued by whatever banks. However, credit cards like Dinners Club and American Express are not accepted.

Please follow the procedure below to settle the application fee:

• Logon to Web Admissions System
• Select "Pay Now!"
• You should input all required information (Name of payer, Name of card holder and Email address) and click the button "Proceed to pay by Visa/MasterCard"
• At the JETCO payment gateway webpage, you should enter the credit card number and expiry date and click the button "Process".
• You will see a Payment successful webpage and receive a payment acknowledgement email.

• If you are not staying in Hong Kong at the time of application, please send us a bank draft in the sum of HK$150. It should be payable to "The Hong Kong Polytechnic University". On the back of the bank draft, please write down your name in block letters and your application number and send it to the Research Office, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

• 请将报名费人民币150元，存入以下银行户口:
  银行名称:     招商银行深圳高新园支行
  账户号码:     198-048-651-0001
  账户名称:     香港理工大学深圳研究院
• 请复印银行入账单据以作记录，并在银行入账单据正本上写上申请人的姓名(汉语拼音)及申请编号(例:A0701234；递交申请后获取)，寄回香港理工大学研究事务处收。

PolyU offers Research Studentships to full-time PhD or MPhil students. The Studentship is a scholarship intended to be a means of financial support to allow full-time research students to fully focus on their studies. It shall be awarded on the basis of academic merit. The period of the Studentship is decided by the Department according to the student's ability, academic background or experience. The Studentship carries a stipend of HK$13,350 per month. Studentship recipients spend up to six hours of training each week within their Department. The training involves assisting teaching and scholarly activities and is relevant to your formal programme of study.

Part-time students are not eligible for Research Studentships.

On the other hand, taught postgraduate programmes focus more on coursework, although students may be required to complete a dissertation. However, most taught postgraduate programmes only admit part-time students. For a non-local student, it is rather difficult to apply for a study visa to Hong Kong to study part-time courses. You may contact the Academic Secretariat at the email address: asadmpg@polyu.edu.hk if you need further information on taught programmes.