Faculty
Engineering
Division
Information Engineering
Programme Information

The Division of Information Engineering seeks outstanding research students aspiring to make high impact innovations and fundamental discoveries in information engineering. Our professors are world-class researchers. Our laboratories are well-equipped. Our courses cover the forefronts of information engineering. Students explore various topics in the areas of communications, networking, information processing, and security. We provide an environment conducive to original theoretical, experimental, and application research in information engineering.
 

MPhil Stream

Graduation requirements for an MPhil student include 1) completion of a research project with original publishable findings leading to a thesis, and 2) completion of a minimum of four graduate courses approved by the Division.


PhD Stream

Graduation requirements for a PhD student include 1) completion of a substantial research project with original publishable findings leading to a thesis, 2) passing of a candidacy examination, and 3) completion of a minimum of six graduate courses approved by the Division.


Fields of Specialization

  • AI, Big Data and Multimedia Processing

  • Cyber-security and Applied Cryptography

  • Information and Coding Theory

  • Internet Engineering and Networked Applications

  • Optical Communications and Networking

  • Wireless Communications and Networking

Please visit the Division 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, all applicants must submit a research proposal, a resume with publication list and research projects. In addition, an interview may be conducted.

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.)

HKPFS Application Deadline
(for PhD programmes only)
  1. To submit an initial application to RGC: By 12 noon, 1 December 2025 (Hong Kong time); and
  2. To submit a full application to CUHK: By 11:59 pm, 1 December 2025 (Hong Kong time).

Please refer to the HKPFS page for more details.

Contact

Professor LAU Wing Cheong

(852) 3943-1127
gradinfo@ie.cuhk.edu.hk

Division of Information Engineering,
Room 834, Ho Sin Hang Engineering Building,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong