Master of Philosophy (MPhil) & Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Our RPg curriculum is specifically designed to assist students with the publication process through acquiring various relevant skills: training in basic and advanced statistics to develop and deepen their data-analytical skills, training in writing communications to polish their skills in manuscript writing and publication, and seminars to sharpen their skills of reasoning, inquiry, and critical analysis.
In addition to the traditional one-to-one mode of supervision, the incorporation of coursework into the MPhil/4-year PhD programmes serves to provide a form of structural supervision. The coursework component includes courses required by the Graduate School and the Faculty/Department/School.
General coursework requirements by the Graduate School, please click here for details.
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Coursework requirements by the Department of Psychology:
For MPhil/4-year PhD students admitted in or after 2012-2013
MPhil: 3 compulsory courses and 2 elective courses from the list below
4-year PhD: 3 compulsory courses and 3 elective courses from the list below
| Course Code | Course Title | Compulsory (C) / Elective (E) |
|---|---|---|
| PSYC6010 | Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Psychological Research I | C |
| PSYC6011 | Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Psychological Research II | C |
| PSYC6025 | Postgraduate Seminar in Scientific Writing for Psychology | C |
| PSYC7021 | Postgraduate Seminar in Cognitive Psychology | E |
| PSYC7022 | Postgraduate Seminar in Social Psychology | E |
| PSYC7023 | Postgraduate Seminar in Developmental Psychology | E |
| FOSS6100 | A Practical Guide to Social Science Research | E |
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University Entry Requirement
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Departmental Requirement
Applicants who do not have a first degree in Psychology are required to obtain a minimum score of 550 on the GRE Subject Test in Psychology taken within five years.
Clinical psychology and neuropsychology
Diagnosis and assessment of psychopathology; efficacy of psychological treatments; traumatology and health psychology; neuropsychology (biological basis of psychopathology; brain mechanisms for regulation of cognition and emotion; neurorehabilitation); cognitive processes and mood; developmental psychopathology; affect dysregulation and sleep; school-based intervention and prevention.
Contact Person
Dr Shirley LI
Tel: 3917 7035
Fax: 2858 3518
Email: shirley.li@hku.hk
Cognitive psychology /Neuroscience
Spatial vision; motion processing; stereoscopic depth perception; visuomotor control; face and object recognition; attention; development of conceptual knowledge; Bayesian approaches to perception and cognition; letter recognition and reading; visual impairment and cortical plasticity; computational modelling, hemispheric asymmetries perceptual expertise, psycholinguistics; multi-sensory integration; implicit body movement synchronisation.
Contact Person
Dr. Xiaoqing Hu
Tel: 3917 2291
Fax: 2858 3518
Email: xiaoqinghu@hku.hk
Educational and developmental psychology
Teaching and learning (literacy acquisition, instructional strategies, curriculum development, mathematics learning, psycholinguistics); social emotional development of children (moral development, achievement motivation, development of emotional and social competence, applications of positive psychology, risk and protective mechanisms in family and peer ecologies); special education (developmental dyslexia, learning disabilities; autism); teacher development (teacher efficacy, teacher education); school-based interventions (thinking skills development, prevention of childhood aggression and depression, mindfulness-based interventions, enhancement of achievement motivation); gender development (gender socialisation, cognition and stereotypes, sex-typed preferences and abilities, sex hormones); language and cognitive development; psychoeducational assessment; infant social and cognitive development.
Contact Person:
Dr. T.T. WONG
Tel: 3917 4875
Fax: 2858 3518
Email: terrytyw@hku.hk
Social and health psychology
Social cognitive processes underlying social and emotional intelligence, stress and coping, personality coherence, and interpersonal interaction; indigenous social psychology and the study of the Chinese self; applied aspects of social and organisational psychology: the study of attitudes, beliefs, aptitudes, and abilities of the work force and their relevance to human resources management in the Chinese context; organisational stress; social judgments and decision making; preservation and change in lay theories.
Contact Person
Prof. Z. CHEN
Tel: 3917 2294
Fax: 2858 3518
Email: chenz@hku.hk
Please refer to the website Graduate School and click “Prospective Students” and “Fees, Scholarships & Financial Support” for more details.
Students shall look for their interested research areas and search for potential supervisor in the Department of Psychology.
Clinical Psychology/Neuropsychology
Prof. Wai Sze CHAN
Prof. Frances Jingwen JIN
Prof. Charlene Lok-man LAM
Prof. Tatia Mei-chun LEE
Prof. Shirley X. LI
Cognitive Psychology/Cognitive Science
Prof. Sing-hang CHEUNG
Prof. Fan CAO
Prof. Andrew LUO
Prof. Jeffrey Allen SAUNDERS
Prof. Yuanwei YAO
Developmental Psychology
Educational Psychology
Prof. Kathy Kar-man SHUM
Prof. Terry Tin-yau WONG
Neuroscience
Prof. Benjamin BECKER
Prof. Tatia Mei-chun LEE
Prof. Sing-hang CHEUNG
Prof. Dorita H. F. CHANG
Prof. Fan CAO
Prof. Xiaoqing HU
Prof. Frances Jingwen JIN
Prof. Andrew LUO
Prof. Yuanwei YAO
Social/Health Psychology
Prof. Zhansheng CHEN
Prof. Cecilia CHENG
Prof. Gilad FELDMAN
The application period for admissions in 2024-25 commences on September 1, 2023 and the application dates are as here.
All applications should be submitted to the Online Application system. Applicants are also required to provide some documents to support the application. Please upload them before the application deadline.
For any enquiries related to online application, applicants shall contact the Graduate School by email at gradsch@hku.hk or telephone: (852) 2857 3470.
For further application procedures and questions, applicants shall go to the Graduate School admission webpage: https://gradsch.hku.hk/prospective_students/application/how_to_apply.
| Research Areas | Admission Advisor | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical Psychology & Neuropsychology | Dr. Wai Sze CHAN | chanwais@hku.hk |
| Experimental Psychology | Prof. Zhansheng CHEN | chenz@hku.hk |
General Enquiry related to RPg admission, please contact Graduate School at gradsch@hku.hk .
Useful information from Graduate School for current RPg students.
Please refer to the website Graduate School and click “Current Students” for more details.
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