Admission
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ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
FEES
HOW TO APPLY
INTERVIEW PROCESS
ADMISSION EVENT
Admission requirements
- A Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent qualification
- Satisfy HKU’s English language requirements
- Preference will be given to candidates who have two or more years of related work experience
- Applicants may be required to attend an interview online via Zoom
If the qualification is from a university or comparable institution outside Hong Kong of which the language of teaching and/or examination is not English, you are required to obtain one of the below:
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
A score of 80 or above; or
IELTS (International English Language Testing System)
A minimum overall band of 6 with no subtest lower than 5.5; or
GCE (General Certificate of Education)
Grade C or above; or
IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education)
Grade C or above; or
Cambridge Test of Proficiency in English Language
Grade C or above
Remarks: Starting from the 2026 intake, IELTS and TOEFL tests must be taken within two years prior to September 1 of each admissions year.
Tuition and fees
1-Year Full Time
2-Year Part Time
Application
Caution money
HKD 230,000 per year
HKD 115,000 per year
HKD 300 (non-refundable)
HKD 350
1-Year Full Time
HKD 72,500 per year
2-Year Part Time
HKD 300 (non-refundable)
Application
HKD 300 (non-refundable)
Caution money
HKD 350
*subject to University’s approval
How to apply
via HKU Taught Postgraduate Admission online system.
The successful submission of an online application consists of the following steps:
1. ESTABLISH YOUR ACCOUNT
- Register your account when you use the online system for the first time.
- Provide full name, a valid email address and a username. Your account will be identified by the username in future.
- If you are applying for more than one field/programme of study, please register with a new username and complete a new online application form for each one.
2. COMPLETE THE ONLINE APPLICATION FORM
- The system will logout if the screen is inactive for 20 minutes.
- Click Save and then Continue to save the data entered and proceed to next section.
- Click Logout if you want to exit and continue later.
- Click Preview to check all your information.
3. PAY THE APPLICATION FEES
- You will come to the Payment and Submission section in the final step of the application.
- You will not be able to change your application details online once you have paid your application fee.
- All application fees once paid are non-refundable.
- An acknowledgement email with application number will be sent to you for a successfully submitted application.
4. PROVIDE SUPPORTING DOCUMENT
Please send your supporting documents for our preliminary consideration by logging in http://www.admissions.hku.hk/tpg/login.html before the application deadline and within two weeks after completion of the application form.
Transcripts, diplomas, certificates and other submitted documents that are not in English should be accompanied by a certified English translation produced by the issuing authority concerned.
Documents once submitted will not be returned, and will be destroyed if the application is unsuccessful. All documents should be submitted to the relevant faculty by the application deadline. The supporting documents may include:
- Officially certified degree certificate and transcript of your undergraduate studies
- Official score report on an English Language proficiency test such as TOEFL (The TOEFL code of HKU is 9671) or IELTS, for applicants with qualifications from institutions outside Hong Kong where the language of instruction and examination is not English
- e-Reference reports (from two referees)
Please note that applicants are NOT REQUIRED to submit original/certified true copy of documents to the University during the application stage. Should applicants be given a conditional offer by the University, applicants will be notified to submit the stipulated documents. However, applicants should take into account the processing time required for the issuance of original/certified true copies of documents and start preparing them at their earliest convenience upon receipt of offer.
INTERVIEW PROCESS
All applications pass through a staged admission process:
First screening: the first stage involves the screening of application materials and the alignment with the University criteria, as well as a review of the Personal Statement. This statement gives the reviewers a sense of why the applicant is interested in the programme, and whether they have given due consideration of how this programme will help them achieve their career goals. The English comprehension score is also reviewed as there will be considerable demand on language comprehension.
Interview: shortlisted candidates are invited to an interview to gauge their motivation and understanding of the field, their communication skills as well as their capacity for critical thinking. In a particular year, more than a hundred candidates are interviewed for roughly 80-90 places, divided between full time and part time.
Applicants come from a variety of backgrounds, ranging from some young achievers with a few years of work experience, to middle-level managers with more extensive work experience, to professionals in the field wishing to expand their skill set. This is to improve the knowledge pool amongst the students and to ensure that students possess sufficient background understanding of organizational functions and terminology, as well as a functional understanding of organizational governance. For more detailed information about the admissions and the programme you may also like to see the FAQs.
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