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Applications for the Doctor of Health Science Programme - 2020 Intake

Date: 17 Jun 2020

The Doctor of Health Science (DHSc) programme offered by the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences (FHSS) for admission in September 2020 is now open for application:

Hong Kong’s only professional doctoral programme focusing on health science and services
preparing health care practitioners for leadership roles in the science and practice of health care through systematic enquiry and theory application
recognised as a terminal professional degree for health care disciplines, with graduates able to use the title ‘Dr’ before their names
with an option to graduate with a generic award or one of the following specialisms:

- Medical Laboratory Science*
- Medical Imaging and Radiation Science*
- Nursing
- Occupational Therapy*
- Optometry*
- Physiotherapy*
- Prosthetics and Orthotics

* These specialism awards are listed quotable qualifications under their respective boards of the Supplementary Medical Professions Council .

The application deadline is 30 June 2020. Early applications are strongly encouraged. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for interviews and offers may be made on a rolling-basis. The first round of interview will be conducted soon. We have a quota for admissions and the application will be closed when all the places are filled up.

For more information, please refer to the leaflet and visit the programme website .

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