MPhil Stream
Students are required to complete a minimum of 15 units of courses and to take a Thesis Research course each term until end of studies. Students must also fulfill the requirements of students’ affiliated departments.
PhD Stream
Students are required to complete a minimum of 19.5 units of courses and to take a Thesis Research course each term until end of studies. Students must also fulfill the requirements of students' affiliated departments.
Students of MPhil-PhD in Gender Studies are usually supervised by a professorial grade teacher of a subject discipline from a respective department at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Subject disciplines include but are not limited to the followings: Anthropology, Chinese Language and Literature, Communication, Cultural Studies, Educational Administration and Policy, English, Fine Arts, Government and Public Administration, History, Japanese Studies, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology, Social Work and Translation.
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In addition to the general requirements of the Graduate School, applicants should
- have some knowledge of gender studies; and
- have good background in their intended field of concentration.
Applicants may come from a variety of backgrounds. On their application forms, applicants must indicate the subject discipline for which they wish to be considered. Meanwhile, applicants must present a research proposal providing a brief description of the intended research topic, objectives, and methods. The research proposal should use the academic method and approach characteristic of the applicants’ intended subject discipline to explore a topic involving issues of gender. Applications will be jointly considered by the Gender Studies Programme and the subject department.
Main Round: 1 December 2025
Clearing Round: 31 March 2026
(Applications in Clearing Round will only be considered subject to availability of places.)
(for PhD programmes only)
Professor SONG Jing
Division of Gender Studies,
Room 250, Sino Building,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
