RPg students admitted on or before 30 June 2014
| Ethics Subject | Standard Subjects (can be level 4, 5 or 6 subjects offered by PolyU under existing taught programmes, or subjects tailor-made to meet the RPg students’ needs) | English Enhancement Subjects | Credit Requirement | |
| MPhil | 1 credit (Compulsory for RPg students admitted from 2 July 2009) | Normally 3 standard subjects of which no more than 6 credits from Guided-study subjects | non-credit bearing | 9 |
| PhD | Normally 5 standard subjects of which no more than 9 credits from Guided-study subjects | 15 |