Faculty
Arts
Division
Music
Programme Information

The Programme is research-oriented and students are required to enrol in all required courses. All students must meet their Supervisors for prescription of courses every academic year before course selection.

Specialization

  • Composition

Please visit the Division's homepage for more information.

Tuition Fee
The tuition fee will be HK$47,000 for 2026/27 and HK$49,500 for 2027/28, regardless of the study mode.
Admission Requirements

In addition to the general requirements of the Graduate School, applicants should:

1. have majored in Music, or have attained equivalent standard.

2. submit the following materials:

  • a curriculum vitae (must use the template which can be downloaded from the Music Department's website: CV template);
  • a representative selection of the candidate's music composition work (3-4 pieces comprising solo and chamber works) in the style in which the candidate proposes to work; and
  • a one-page summary of the candidate’s proposed area of creative work, written in English.

3. attend an interview (shortlisted applicants).

Application Deadline

Main Round: 1 December 2025
Clearing Round: 31 March 2026
(Applications in Clearing Round will only be considered subject to availability of places.)

Contact

Professor Adam KIELMAN

(852) 3943-6510
music@cuhk.edu.hk

Division of Music, 
Rm 201, 2/F, Hui Yeung Shing Building, Chung Chi College, 
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong