MPhil-PhD in Systems Engineering and Engineering Management

Each MPhil student is required to complete at least 4 graduate courses with a total of 12 units, and must register for the relevant thesis research course in every term throughout his/her study period. Each MPhil student is required to submit a thesis and pass the oral defence of the thesis for graduation.

MPhil Stream

Each MPhil student is required to complete at least 4 graduate courses with a total of 12 units, and must register for the relevant thesis research course in every term throughout his/her study period.

Each MPhil student is required to submit a thesis and pass the oral defence of the thesis for graduation.

PhD Stream Pre-candidacy

Each PhD student is required to complete at least 4 graduate courses with a total of 12 units during the pre-candidacy stage, including at least 1 faculty core course, and must register for the relevant Thesis Research Course in every term throughout his/her study period.

Each PhD student is required to pass a written candidacy examination for the advancement to his/her post-candidacy stage. The purpose of this examination is to test the student's basic knowledge and understanding in the SEEM discipline.

Each PhD student is required to submit a written thesis proposal and pass the oral defence of the proposal within the maximum period of his/her pre-candidacy stage.

PhD Stream Post-candidacy

Each student is required to complete the remaining graduate courses (in total 7 courses for the whole PhD study period), and must register for a thesis research course every term throughout his/her study period.

Each student is required to submit a thesis and pass the oral defence of the thesis for graduation.

Fields of Specialization

• Information Systems/Database Systems
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Operations Research/Management Science
• Financial Engineering

PhD Summer Workshop

Organized by Faculty of Engineering, the PhD Summer Workshop will be held on July 3 - 7, 2023 (Monday - Friday) for applicants who are seeking admission to PhD programmes under FoE through the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme.

Through various activities such as technical seminars, poster sessions, laboratory visits, individual meetings with professors, participants will have fruitful experience and they will attend the admission interview at the end of the Workshop.

PhD Fellowship Scheme

The Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS), established by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) in 2009, aims at attracting the best and brightest students from all over the world to pursue their PhD studies in Hong Kong. HKPFS provides a monthly stipend of HK$27,100 (approximately US$3,474) and a conference travel allowance of HK$13,600 (approximately US$1,740) per year for the awardees for a maximum period of three years. For awardees with a normative study period of 4 years, CUHK will offer the award at the same level for the fourth year. In addition to the monthly stipend and annual conference travel allowance, HKPFS awardees may apply for various scholarships offered by the University.