Assuming your degree awarding institution uses English as the medium of instruction, you are not required to submit an English test score. However, if your transcripts indicate there are courses taught in bilingual, you are expected to have a satisfactory English score to meet the University's English language requirements.

Local students who are admitted to the approved programmes under the Hong Kong Future Talents Scholarship Scheme for Advanced Studies (FTSS) are eligible to apply for this scholarship established by the Hong Kong SAR Government. For more detailed information on eligibility and application procedures, please visit our Postgraduate Admissions website or the UGC website.

Local students/ applicants, for the purpose of admission to our programmes, are defined as holders of the following documents: HKID Card (Permanent), documents issued by the Immigration Department of the HKSAR showing right to land/ right of abode in Hong Kong, One-way Permit for entry to Hong Kong, full-time employment visa / work permit, visa/ entry permit for Quality Migrant Admission Scheme/ Capital Investment Entrant Scheme/ Admission Scheme for the Second Generation of Chinese Hong Kong Permanent Residents, and visa label for unconditional stay.

Non-locals have to be enrolled to full-time programmes to be eligible for applying student visas.

Classes are normally held during the daytime on weekdays. Both full-time and part-time students follow the same timetable and attend classes together.

Taught postgraduate students are not eligible for Students Halls of Residence. They have to arrange their own accommodation. Given the central location of PolyU, students living off campus can still travel to the campus conveniently.

Admission places for each programme are limited. Applying early in the Early Round could be beneficial.

We welcome final-year students to apply. Please provide your most recent transcripts and indicate in your application the date when the final results will be available.

Submitting an English test report separately at a later date may delay the decision regarding an interview.

Although not encouraged, you may submit another application under the same account after you have submitted one application. All your applications are distinctive requests to be considered for admission. You will need to provide information and documents for each individual application separately.

The application fee for admission to taught postgraduate programmes for 2026/27 is HK$500. The fee is non-refundable and non-transferrable. You must settle the application fee upon submission of your online application, otherwise, your application will not be further processed. Please note that other than the specified application fee, you are not required to pay any money to any persons in connection with your application.

 

There are General and Specialism-specific Portfolio Requirements. Please refer to the Guidance Notes in e-Prospectus for details. 

IBD and TED accept a self-introduction presentation as an alternative to a design portfolio. Please refer to the Guidance Notes in e-Prospectus for details.

Once you submit your application, an application number and a bill number will be generated by eAdmission. Please save these for your records and quote these number when requested, for example, settling the application fee or making an inquiry.

You may check the application and fee payment status on eAdmission. When the payment status changes to "paid", your application will be released to the School for processing.

Although our university staff may notify applicants periodically if any required document is found missing, it is in applicants' own interest to ensure that their application contains all required documents and that the information entered is complete and accurate. They form the basis on which the application will be considered. Incomplete or inaccurate information may affect your chances of admission, and any offer made could be withdrawn if it is based on such data.  

An initial screening of the applications will be conducted to prepare them for reviews. Applications that do not pass the screening may be rejected, and others are put on the "waiting list".

However, being "on the waiting list" does not mean an application is ready for review. There are multiple rounds of checking before an application is brought to the admission panel for consideration.

Applicants are allowed to do so directly via eAdmission after application submission but before an application is put on the waiting list, applicable to sections of "Post-secondary Qualification", "English Exams", and "Employment".

For amending information, applicants can change submitted data, add new records but cannot delete submitted records. For submitting additional documents, applicants can add files (if not exceeding the maximum number of files) but cannot replace or delete files.

For "Additional Document (Mandatory)" and "Additional Document (Optional)” , applicants may add (if not exceeding the maximum number of file) or replace but cannot delete files. 

Please pay the non-refundable Initial Registration Fee (see details in the debit note) and indicate your acceptance by clicking "Accept My Offer" on or before the payment deadline.

All fees paid are normally not refundable except in the case of programme cancellation.

It will normally take 8-10 weeks for the Immigration Department of HKSAR to process your application, therefore, you should complete and return the student visa application form with all the required documents to us by express post as soon as possible after you have accepted our offer. For details, please refer to offer confirmation section of the Notice of Offer in eAdmission.

Tuition fees are calculated based on the number of credits required for graduation (37 credits for all MDes specialisms, including the 1-credit AIE subject which charges no tuition fees). The per-credit tuition for the 2026/27 academic year is HK$7,400, and the programme tuition fee is HK$266,400.

When budgeting your expenses, it is important to clarify your source of funding at an early stage and for the entire period of study. Also, consider to make your budget flexible by reserving a fund set aside for any unforeseen circumstances, such as possible fluctuations in currency value, price inflation, emergencies, travel, and so on.

When applying for the student visa after accepting an admission offer, you are required to produce a financial resource statement issued by your bank to prove that you have sufficient funds to cover both tuition and living expenses for your first year of study in Hong Kong.

Since November 2023, the Government has temporarily exempted the restrictions on part-time employment for full-time non-local postgraduate students. This arrangement will be implemented on a trial basis for two years. No restrictions are imposed on the number of hours or the location of the part-time work. Please refer to the press release and your "Letter of Application for Student Visa/Entry Permit" issued by the Immigration Department for details.

On-campus employment opportunities include Work-on-Campus Scheme managed PolyU Student Affairs Office and Research/ Project posts advertised on PolyU Human Resources Office website.

If you are staying in Hong Kong under the "Immigration Arrangements for Non-local Graduates" (IANG), you do not need to apply for a student visa to study in Hong Kong. However, if you anticipate that your IANG will expire before the end of your studies, you may choose to apply for a student visa before enrollment. In both cases, you will be applying as a non-local.