Faculty
Science
Division
Statistics
Programme Information

MPhil Stream

Students are required to complete a minimum of 42 units for graduation, including a minimum of 18 units of lecture courses and 24 units of thesis research courses.


PhD Stream

In addition to the 24 units of lecture courses, students are required to take thesis research course every term till they graduate.


Fields of Specialization

  • Actuarial Science and Risk Management
  • Asymptotic Theory
  • Big Data Analytics
  • Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
  • Latent Variable Models
  • Statistical Computing and Machine Learning
  • Time Series and Econometrics
  • Other Interdisciplinary Research

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 have a good honours degree in a related field.

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 WEI Yingying

(852) 3943-7931
statrpg@cuhk.edu.hk

Division of Statistics,
Room 119, Lady Shaw Building,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong