Fees & Payment Methods
Fees & Payment Methods
Commencement of study

The RDC shall determine the date of commencement of study. For PhD and MPhil programmes, the date shall normally be the term commencement date of the Autumn or Spring term after the date of approval of the application by the RDC and after payment of all fees due. For other research postgraduate programmes involving coursework, the date of commencement of study shall normally be the term commencement date of the Autumn term.

Fees (per annum) for the 2024/25 Academic Year
MPhil
PhD
DBA/DBAC*
DCSc*
EdD/EdDC*
DEng*
Coursework Stage (for all Programmes except MPhil and PhD)
Taught Courses
HK$750,000 (HK$12,500 per credit)
HK$172,800 (HK$6,400 per credit)
HK$80,760 (HK$3,365 per credit)
HK$144,000 (HK$6,000 per credit)
Thesis Stage (for all Programmes except PhD)
Year 1 to 3
HK$54,525
HK$59,510*
HK$62,100*
HK$59,510*
HK$61,180*
Year 4 onwards
HK$27,265
HK$29,580*
HK$31,050*
HK$29,580*
HK$30,600*
Thesis Stage (for PhD only)
Year 1 to 4
HK$71,275
Year 5 onwards
HK$47,510
Fees (per annum) for the 2025/26 Academic Year
MPhil
PhD
DBA/DBAC*
DCSc*
EdD/EdDC*
DEng*
Coursework Stage (for all Programmes except MPhil and PhD)
Taught Courses
HK$765,600 (HK$12,760 per credit)
HK$176,445 (HK$6,535 per credit)
HK$82,440 (HK$3,435 per credit)
HK$147,000 (HK$6,125 per credit)
Thesis Stage (for all Programmes except PhD)
Year 1 to 3
HK$55,670
HK$60,390*
HK$63,405*
HK$60,390*
HK$62,465*
Year 4 onwards
HK$27,840
HK$30,200*
HK$31,245*
HK$30,200*
HK$31,700*
Thesis Stage (for PhD only)
Year 1 to 4
HK$72,770
Year 5 onwards
HK$48,510

* Year 1 in the table refers to the year in which thesis supervision commences. Students taking up taught courses during coursework stage of Doctoral degrees have to pay the relevant course fees separately.

The above tuition fees (per annum) are indicative only and are subject to a yearly review. Please note that all fees paid will not be refunded.

Payment of tuition fee

The Research Postgraduate Team of the Registry will send reminders to students for the payment of tuition fee for their research degrees. Starting from 2022/23 academic year (i.e. from 2022 Autumn term onwards), tuition fees will be collected on a per term basis, prior to the Autumn, Spring, and Summer terms, during which the research studies are in progress. 

JUPAS

Non-JUPAS (Local)

Mainland (NCEE)

Direct (Non-local)