• A Bachelor's degree with Honours in a relevant branch of engineering, or a related science discipline;      
  OR
• Relevant professional qualifications or equivalent
  

Consideration will also be given to candidates without Honours degrees who have other relevant qualifications and/or appropriate work experience.

If you are not a native speaker of English, and your Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification is awarded by institutions where the medium of instruction is not English, you are expected to fulfil the University’s minimum English language requirement for admission purpose. Please refer to the "Admission Requirements" section for details.

Individual cases will be considered on their own merit. Applicants may be required to attend interviews or tests to further demonstrate their language proficiency.

The programme provides the option for students to engage either in the full-time study mode (taking 9 credits or more per semester) or the part-time study mode (taking fewer than 9 credits per semester). In general, each subject requires a 3-hour class per week over a 13-week semester. Full-time students normally take 3 to 5 subjects in a semester, and part-time students usually take 2 subjects.

Students are required to complete the compulsory 1-credit subject “EEE5T03 Engineering Ethics and Academic Integrity” to satisfy the Academic Integrity and Ethics (AIE) requirement for graduation. No credit fee will be charged for this subject.

For the MSc in Intelligent Robotics Engineering
Students must complete: 

• Coursework Route: 10 taught subjects, including 6 Core Subjects and at least 2 Elective Subjects, OR
• Dissertation Route: 7 taught subjects, including any 4 Core Subjects, and at least 2 Core/Elective Subjects, and a Dissertation

For the PgD in Intelligent Robotics Engineering
Students must complete: 

• 6 taught subjects, including at least 2 Core Subjects and 2 Core/Elective Subjects

 Core Subjects (3 credits per subject)

• Embodied Robot Intelligence  
• Principles of Robotic Mechanisms 
• Robot Motion Planning 
• Soft Robotics 
• Advanced Control Technology 
• Advanced Product Mechatronics

Elective Subjects (3 credits per subject)

• Computer Aided Product Analysis
• Advanced Materials and Structural Design
• Project on Product Design and Management
• Autonomous Vehicles
• Computer Vision and Image Processing
• Advanced Artificial Intelligence
• Industrial Human‑Robot Systems and Automation

Departmental MSc Dissertation Scholarship 學系理學碩士論文獎學金

The MSc Dissertation Scholarship is offered by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, to encourage engineering research and award outstanding students of MSc in Intelligent Robotics Engineering.

Amount of Scholarship

Each awardee will obtain a monthly stipend of around HK$5000 during second year study (about HK$60,000 in total).

Eligibility

Students studying in PolyU MSc in Intelligent Robotics Engineering who fulfil the following criteria:

1. Full-time MSc students only (both local and non-local);
2. must complete 7 taught subjects, including any 4 Core Subjects, and at least 2 Core/Elective Subjects, and a Dissertation;
3. attain accumulative GPA for the first year not lower than 3.0
4. duration of the study must be 2 years

Assessment Criteria

Assessment criteria may include, but not limited to, applicants’ academic achievements, professional qualifications attained, work experience and interview performance.

Application Procedures

The Department will send invitations to eligible students for interview around Sep/Oct in their second year of study. The offering of MSc dissertation scholarship is subject to funding and availability.