RMB 90000/year

Students shall commence studies in fall. Spring enrollment will only be opened to students under special circumstances, each case will be considered on individual merits.

The MPhil/PhD Programme in Applied English Linguistics aims to cultivates high level talents by providing a supportive environment for conducting applied research in one of the areas of specialization, such as second language teaching, multimodal discourse analysis, digital literacy, corpus linguistics, varieties of English language and intercultural communication. Students will develop in-depth professional knowledge and skills for investigating issues of using English as an international language in a context of 21st century communication and learning. Upon successful completion of the programme, students will be able to conduct independent research thoroughly, contributing to current research in applied linguistics.

Applicants seeking admission to the PhD programme should possess:

a) a master's degree from a recognised university or comparable institution; or

b) a bachelor's degree with first class honours from a recognized university or comparable institution, whom should demonstrate strong evidence of research achievement/experience; or

c) any other qualification deemed by the Graduate School to be acceptable for this purpose, whom may be required to take an admission exam.

Applicants seeking admission to the MPhil programme should possess:

a) a bachelor's degree with Honours from a recognized university or comparable institution; or

b) a qualification deemed to be equivalent; and shall, if required, satisfy the examiners in an admission exam.

Language Requirements:

Applicants whose first language is not English, or previous degrees not obtained with English as medium of instruction are required to prove their language abilities by means of performance in any one of the tests below:

*Test results of TOEFL-iBT Home Edition or IELTS Indicator will not be considered.

For MPhil programme students:

Minimum of 12 units of coursework (including three units of Mandatory Common Core Courses*).

For PhD programme students:

Minimum of 22 units of coursework (including three units of Mandatory Common Core Courses*). Applicant with a relevant Master's degree may be exempted from 3 units of coursework.

All course and instructions will be delivered in English.

* Remark: the Mandatory Common Core Courses will be taken in Hong Kong Baptist University.

To enable research postgraduate students to focus on their studies and facilitate their research endeavors and professional development, financial support will be offered based on academic merit and/or experience. In return, students may be required to assist in teaching and research work, also as a supplement to their courses of studies.

a) Studentship(tentative)*

Studentship is intended to help cover daily subsistence, tuition fees and other expenses that research postgraduate students may incur during their study. Stipend is offered to selected number of students who demonstrate outstanding performance.

Regular Studentship (including tuition fee) through normal study period

RMB 15,800per month (including tuition fee) for PhD studies;

RMB 13,500per month (including tuition fee) for MPhil studies;

• The studentship will commence on the same date as you commence your studies.

• During the awarded period, students will shall serve as teaching assistant or research assistant subject to the arrangement of Faculty/School and/or their supervisor concerned. Their workload is up to 10 hours per week, maximum number of work hours capped at 300 hours per year.

* Studentship will be effective from 2024 cohort RPg students subject to the final approval by related Committee(s)

b) Visiting Scheme

This scheme aims at encouraging students to stay at HKBU to take coursework and undertake research as part of their thesis work. The allowances for each of MPhil and PhD students are HKD 3,000 per month for a maximum stay of 6 months.

c) Research Allowances

Both PhD & MPhil students are entitled research allowances to cover 1) research-related travel; 2) conference attendance; 3) data collection; 4) purchase of books and other research materials not available at UIC Learning Resource Centre.

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(Kindly be reminded that the cut-off date of research programme in UIC application system is 30 April for 2024 fall intake.)