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.
Successful applicants will receive an email notification. Please log in to the online system to keep track of your application status.
Individual program offices will issue offers according to their own schedules.
Unsuccessful applicants will normally be notified of the outcome towards the end of the admission cycle. For instance, unsuccessful applicants who seek admission in Fall term will normally be notified in the summer before program commencement.
If the referee's report has been received, the status will display "Reference report received" under the “References” page in the Online Admission System.
We only consider reference report/letters received via the online system. Please let us know in case your referee needs assistance in online submission.
Please “add a referee” in the system, invite the same referee but use the correct email address.
If your referee has already submitted the online reference report for you with the correct email address, please ignore any related system-generated email reminder.
