To be eligible for admission to the MA China Studies programme, an applicant must:
(a) Hold a recognized bachelor’s degree in a related social sciences or humanities discipline (preferably politics, sociology, economics, geography, public administration, China studies or development studies) from one of the universities in Hong Kong or from any overseas institutions recognized for this purpose by the University; or
(b) Hold such other qualifications as deemed acceptable by the University as equivalent to the above.
Applicants whose entrance qualifications were obtained from an institution where the medium of instruction is NOT English should also fulfill the following minimum English proficiency requirement:
- A TOEFL score of 580 (paper-based test) or 92 (internet-based test) or
- An overall band score of 6.5 in International English Language Testing Systems (IELTS); or
- A score of 490 in the new College English Test (CET-6) of China mainland#; or
- Other equivalent qualifications