All FT RPg students are required to attend at least 10 research seminars per year, in addition to workshops/conferences, and to submit a report, to the Chief Supervisor, of no less than 1,500 words (excluding references) on one of the attended seminars every year.

All PT RPg students are required to attend at least 10 research seminars per two years, in addition to workshops/conferences, and to submit a report, to the Chief Supervisor, of no less than 1,500 words (excluding references) on one of the attended seminars once every two years.

RPg students are recommended to complete one credit per year (for FT students) or per two years (for PT students) to fulfil the above-mentioned requirement, with an overall assessment grade of Pass and Fail. However, as deemed appropriate by the Chief Supervisor, they are allowed to complete at most two credits per year (for FT students) or per two years (for PT students) to fulfil the research seminar credit requirement.

Research seminars may or may not be organised by the host department/school and are expected to last not less than an hour each. RPg students should discuss with their Chief Supervisors the relevance and suitability of the seminars before attending the seminars. The scope of a seminar attended by an RPg student should have significant research value to his/her study, enabling him/her to keep abreast of the latest discovery and enhancing his/her knowledge in the field(s).

Chief Supervisors are required to assess the report (with a pass or failure grade). RPg students failing to submit a report to the satisfaction of their Chief Supervisor are required to make a re-submission until a pass grade is obtained. The Chief Supervisor has to pass the record of the seminars attended by the RPg students and the report with a pass grade to D/SGO (for those admitted from the 2018/19 cohort onwards) or to GS (for those admitted in or before the 2017/18 cohort) for custody at the end of each academic year.