• Nominate at least two referees who can comment on your academic ability, personality and capacity for postgraduate study.
• For MPhil or PhD applicants, at least two academic referees are expected.
• For TPg applicants with extensive work experience, professional referee(s) may be accepted.

• Changing program choice is not allowed after submission. 
• You will need to submit and pay for another online application for the right program choice.

• Supporting documents cannot be deleted after your application is submitted.
• You may upload the new version of your documents with clear indication in the file name.

• Use another internet browser and disable any pop-up blocker. 
• If the total file size exceeds the allowed size, you may try to reduce the file size (e.g. reduce resolution/ change to black and white version). Each file should not exceed 1 MB.
   

• Click “Forgot password/username” in the login page and follow the procedures.
• Be sure to add “pgadmit@ust.hk” in your email address book so that you will not miss our email notification. 

After submissions, only the following changes are allowed: 

1. Change personal contact details, 
2. Input final GPA/average mark after program completion,
3. Add new scores of IELTS/TOEFL or other public examinations which are not available earlier,
4. Upload supporting documents, and 
5. Invite referees. 

• All applicants of MPhil/PhD programs are required to outline their proposed research plan and past research experience in the application. 
• It is mandatory for applicants of MPhil/PhD programs in Humanities, Social Science and Individualized Interdisciplinary Program (Research Area) to submit an additional research proposal in a specific format.
• You may wish to learn some tips on writing the research plan here.
   

• For research postgraduate studies, CV/ personal statement is optional.
• For other programs, please check directly with the Program. Their contact information is available in the “General Information” tab of individual program page. 

• This document shows transcript legends/ keys/ grading scales which are helpful in assessing your candidacy.
• It is normally found at the back of the transcript or in the student handbook. 

• Submitting forged documents to HKUST is a serious misconduct that the university takes very seriously. 
• Any applicants found to have submitted falsified, forged, or misleading documents or information will be disqualified from consideration for admission, and any admission offers made will be revoked immediately.
• The University has a zero-tolerance policy towards admission fraud. There were previous instances where students found to have submitted forged documents during admission were expelled from the University.