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$49,500 for 2027/28, regardless of the study mode.
Admission Requirements

In addition to the general requirements of the Graduate School, applicants should have majored in Music, or have attained equivalent standard.

Applicants should submit:

  1. A curriculum vitae (must use the template from the Music Department's website: CV template);
  2. 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;
  3. A one-page summary of the candidate’s proposed area of creative work, written in English.

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview.

Application Deadline

Main Round: 1 December 2026
Clearing Round: 31 March 2027
(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