Tuition Rates (Research PG)

Tuition Fee for Research Postgraduate Students

Tuition fee is payable in two equal installments at the beginning of each regular term (Fall/Spring).

Note:

i) The HKSAR Government has announced a tuition adjustment in the triennium from 2025-26 academic year (tuition adjustment details). 

Tuition Fee for Visiting Students

Partial Tuition Fees

Note:

(ii) 50% of the tuition fee paid for that regular term will be refunded if all program and residency requirements of the University have been met within the first three calendar months of a regular term.

Research Students in "Continuing Student" Status

The tuition fee for "Continuing Students" is a quarter of the full-time tuition fee of a regular term, rounded up to the nearest five dollars and has to be settled full in a single payment. For 2025-26, the "Continuing Student" fee is $5,570 per term.

Research Postgraduates Studying Beyond the Normal Period

Research postgraduates who are studying beyond the normal period of their program and have met all program and residency requirements of the University within the first three calendar months of the start of a regular term are entitled to a refund of 50% of the tuition fee paid for that term. The students must have submitted their completed thesis within the three months period. This refund mechanism is applicable to both full-time and part-time students who have ONLY their research thesis to complete for submission in the last regular term of study. Students who have enrolled for courses other than MPhil/Doctoral Thesis Research in the last term of study are not entitled to the refund.

Permitted leave from study and suspension period are not counted towards the normal period of study.