A bench fee is a mandatory fee, in addition to tuition fees. Full-time non-local self-financed Research Postgraduate students could be liable to pay for the bench fee.
The bench fee for 2024-25 and 2025-26 is HK$150,000, and is subject to annual review by the University.
Applicants who are required to pay bench fees upon admission would be informed in advance, and relevant information would also be stated in the admission offer letter in the Online Admission System.
Our full-time RPg programs are all UGC-funded while part-time RPg programs are not. Full-time RPg students admitted without Postgraduate Studentship (PGS) are considered as self-financed RPg students.
You are advised to look into our faculty's research areas at fytgs.hkust.edu.hk/faculty and explore if there is a match with your research interest, while submitting the application in the Online Admission System.
For application to the MPhil/PhD in Individualized Interdisciplinary Program (Research Area), you are required to form a research team, which is composed of at least two faculty members working on different research areas to warrant that the research is interdisciplinary in nature.
Applicants may submit separate applications for PhD and MPhil and would be required to settle the application fee for each application. Should you have enquiries about the selection requirements, you may wish to contact the Department.
