Sept 2027 Entry
1 year (Full-time)
2.5 years (Part-time)
31
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: 2026-10-20
Main Round: 2027-02-25
Early Round: 2026-10-20
Main Round: 2027-02-25
What's New
- 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 the changing needs in rehabilitation practice and contribute to the development of speciality practices.
- To develop a lifelong ability in students to critically analyse ongoing and future practices in rehabilitation.
- To generate knowledge and skills in rehabilitation sciences or areas of clinical specialism relevant to the discipline, to improve professional competence in advanced rehabilitation sciences practice.
Characteristics
Our MScAdRS programme will equip rehabilitation professionals and therapists with advanced knowledge and skills, grounded in a strong theoretical and scientific foundation of evidence-based practice responsive to both personal and environmental factors in practice and research settings. This programme offers (1) a Generic stream and (2) a Rehabilitation of People with Developmental Disabilities stream.
Note: This programme does not confer eligibility for registration with the Physiotherapist Board of Hong Kong or Occupational Therapists Board of Hong Kong.
To graduate from the programme, each student will be required to complete 31 credits to receive the award. These are shown in the following table.
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Levels |
MScAdRS 51069-RSF/RSP |
MScAdRS 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 specialisms |
|
RS594 |
3 |
|
RS593 |
3 |
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|
RS537 |
3 |
||
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Elective subjects |
Students can choose six from all postgraduate subjects listed in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, on condition that they fulfil the prerequisites 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 condition that they fulfil the prerequisites of each subject they have selected, as the elective subjects. |
18 for the generic programme
9 for the specialism |
31
Scheme Leader
Prof. Karen Liu
PDOT, BSc, MPhil, PhD, FOTARA, HKROT, OT Registered (AHPRA), OTR
Programme Leader
Prof. Bolton Chau
BSc (HKU), MPhil (HKU), DPhil (Oxford)
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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;
OR -
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 purposes. 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. Bolton Chau
Tel: (852) 2766 6714
Email: bolton.chau@polyu.edu.hk
For general matters, please contact:
General Office
Tel: (852) 2766 6728
Email: rsmsc@polyu.edu.hk
Please click here to download.
HK$7,700 per credit for local and non-local students (Subject to review)
- 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
