Sept 2026 Entry
1 year (Full-time)
2.5 years (Part-time)
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The Postgraduate Scheme in Rehabilitation Sciences comprises the following awards:
- MSc in Advanced Occupational Therapy 深造職業治療學理學碩士學位
- MSc in Advanced Physiotherapy 深造物理治療學理學碩士學位
- MSc in Advanced Rehabilitation Sciences 深造康復科學理學碩士學位
Early Round: 2025-10-15
Main Round: 2026-01-15
Extended Round: 2026-04-30
Early Round: 2025-10-15
Main Round: 2026-01-15
Extended Round: 2026-04-30
What's New
- MPhil
- PhD
- Taught Postgraduate
- Undergraduate
- Undergraduate
Programme Aims
To equip students with advanced knowledge and professional skills in rehabilitation sciences or a chosen area of clinical specialism, to enable them to meet changing needs in rehabilitation practice and contribute to the development of specialised practices.
To equip students with the lifelong ability to critically analyse and evaluate ongoing practice to enhance the quality of rehabilitation practice.
To foster students' knowledge and skills in rehabilitation sciences or areas of clinical specialism relevant to the discipline, to improve their professional competence in advanced rehabilitation sciences practice.
Characteristics
To enhance the integration of people with disabilities into mainstream society, rehabilitation practices should be equally emphasised across hospitals, rehabilitation centres, clients’ homes and communities, and workplaces. Our MScAdRS equips rehabilitation professionals and therapists with advanced knowledge and skills, grounded in a strong theoretical and scientific foundation of evidence-based practice that is responsive to both personal and environmental factors in practice and research settings. The programme offers a Generic advanced rehabilitation sciences stream as well as a distinctive specialism in the Rehabilitation of People with Developmental Disabilities, allowing students to advance their practice and become future leaders in either broad or specialised areas of rehabilitation.
Please note that this programme does not confer eligibility for registration with the Physiotherapists Board of Hong Kong or Occupational Therapists Board of Hong Kong.
To graduate in the programme, each student will be required to complete 31 credits to receive the award. These 31 credits are divided into three levels: 3 compulsory subjects (7 credits), 1 project study (6 credits), 6 elective subjects for the generic programme (18 credits), and 3 core subjects (9 credits) with 3 elective subjects (9 credits) for the specialism (see table below).
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Levels |
MScAdRS (generic, without a specialism) 51069-RSF/RSP |
MScAdRS (Rehabilitation of People with Developmental Disabilities) 51069-DDF/DDP |
Credit values |
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Compulsory subjects |
RS517 Research Methods and Data Analysis |
3 |
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RS5224 Research Seminar in Rehabilitation Sciences |
3 |
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HTI5T04 Academic Integrity and Ethics (Health and Social Sciences) |
1 |
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Project study |
RS567 Project Study |
6 |
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Core subjects for the specialism |
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RS594 Recent Advances in Rehabilitation for People with Developmental Disabilities |
3 |
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RS593 Sensory and Motor Intervention for People with Developmental Disabilities |
3 |
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RS537 Psychosocial Rehabilitation for People with Developmental Disabilities |
3 |
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Elective subjects [six elective subjects for the generic programme; three elective subjects for the specialism] |
Students can choose six from all postgraduate subjects listed in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, on conditions that they fulfill the pre-requisite of each subject they have selected, as the elective subjects. |
Students can choose three from all postgraduate subjects listed in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, on conditions that they fulfill the pre-requisite of each subject they have selected, as the elective subjects. |
18 for the generic programme
9 for the specialism |
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Scheme Coordinator
Prof. Karen Liu
PDOT, BSc, MPhil, PhD, FOTARA, HKROT, OT Registered (AHPRA), OTR
Programme Leader
Prof. Bolton Chau
BSc (HKU), MPhil (HKU), DPhil (Oxford)
(This programme admits students in alternate years and will invite applications for admission in 2026/27)
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A Bachelor's degree in rehabilitation-related disciplines (e.g. healthcare, biomedical sciences, exercise sciences, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, nursing, psychology, social work, speech therapy, education, or a related healthcare discipline etc.) from PolyU or a recognised institution or the equivalent, preferably with one year of post-qualification work experience in rehabilitation;
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A professional diploma related to rehabilitation from PolyU or a recognised institution or the equivalent, with two years of work experience and evidence of continuous education over the past two years.
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.
For academic matters, please contact:
Prof. Karen Liu
Tel: (852) 2766 5386
Email: karen.liu@polyu.edu.hk
For general matters, please contact:
General Office
Tel: (852) 2766 6728
Email: rsmsc@polyu.edu.hk
HK$7,300 per credit for local and non-local students
- CV
- Personal statement or a self-recommendation letter which includes self-introduction, career aspirations and reasons for pursuing study in the programme
- Copy of transcript / graduation certificate of relevant academic qualification
- Copy of certificate of relevant professional qualification
- Copy of English examination results, e.g. TOEFL, IELTS, if your Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification is awarded by institutions where the medium of instruction is not English
