General Entrance Requirements (Postgraduate Programmes)

General Entrance Requirements for Postgraduate Programmes

General Entrance Requirements

Applicants should normally hold a recognised Bachelor’s / Master’s degree or equivalent.
Applicants who obtained degrees from universities in Mainland China are required to provide:
- Degree Certificate (學位證書 – 中文原件掃描) and Online Verification Report of Higher Education Degree Certificate (學位在線驗證報告) issued by the CHSI (學信網) with a validity period of six months;
- Graduation Certificate (畢業證書 – 中文原件掃描) and Online Verification Report of Higher Education Qualification Certificate (學歷證書電子註冊備案表) issued by the CHSI (學信網) with a validity period of six months; and
- Final Transcript (最終成績單 – 中文原件掃描).
The University may require you to provide a Report for Qualifications Assessment issued by the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic & Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ) in order to support your applications.
Please refer to Submission of Supporting Documents for details.

English Language Requirements

Applicants whose entrance qualification is obtained from an institution in a non-English speaking system should normally fulfil one of the following minimum English proficiency requirements:

(i) Research Postgraduate (RPg) and Doctor of Education (EdD)# Programmes

Overall score of IELTS 6.5 with no subtest lower than 6.0 (academic version); or
TOEFL score of 80 (internet-based test); or
Other equivalent qualifications.*

#For the English Language Requirements of EdD(Chinese), please refer to the Programme Website.
* The College English Test (CET) is not accepted as an equivalent qualification.

For enquiries, please contact our Graduate School by email:

rpg@eduhk.hk (for RPg programme)
edd@eduhk.hk (for EdD programme)
eddchi@eduhk.hk (for EdD(Chinese) programme)

(ii) Taught Master’s Programmes

Overall score of IELTS 6.0 (academic version) (the test should be taken in test centres and the result should be valid within two years); or
TOEFL score of 80 (internet-based test) (the test should be taken in test centres and the result should be valid within two years); or
Band 6 in the Chinese Mainland’s College English Test (CET) (a total score of 430 or above and the test result should be valid within two years); or
Grade C or above in GCSE / GCE OL English; or
Other equivalent qualifications.

For example, if you are applying for 2024/25 academic year, your IELTS / TOEFL / CET6 test must be obtained on or after 1 January 2022. Tests taken online such as IELTS Indicator / IELTS Online and TOEFL Home Editions are NOT accepted.

Individual programmes / subjects may have different English language requirements. Please refer to individual Programme Website for details.

Other Requirements

Some postgraduate programmes may require students to submit other documents such as PSC / HSK / LPAT / HKALE / HKDSE / HKCEE / Study Statement / Research Proposal / Referee's Report, etc. Please refer to the following for details: