What supporting documents are needed in my application?
Supporting Documents Required Include:
- Completed Application Form (not required if already submitted online application)
- Receipt of application fee (not required if already paid by credit card through online application)
- Official transcripts of all tertiary level studies (Note 1, 2, 3 & 4)
- Copies of certificates of academic qualifications
- Documents showing the applicant has fulfilled the Graduate School’s English Language Proficiency Requirement
- Confidential recommendations from TWO referees (Note 5)
- Copies of HKID card or other identity document as given in the Application Form
- A written statement of purpose (1-2 pages);
*Notes
1) Applicants with degrees awarded by overseas universities by distance learning or by completing a curriculum of short duration may be required to provide assessment report from The Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ) on the level of qualification obtained.
2) When preparing your official transcripts, please make sure that first, there’s a stamp of “Registration Section” on your official transcripts; second, there’s an official statement about the Grading Scheme; and third, your average Grade Point Average (GPA) during undergraduate study. Official transcripts should be sent directly to relevant Graduate Division in a sealed envelope from the issuing university. CUHK students (Bachelor’s or higher degrees) are allowed to submit photocopies of their transcripts.
3) Applicants who obtained degrees from universities in Mainland China are required to provide an Online Verification Report (中國高等教育學歷認證報告) issued by the CHESICC (學信網).
4) If applicants exchanged abroad and the courses and grades are listed on the home institution's transcript, then you do not need to provide a separate study abroad transcript. If the coursework and grades for the study abroad program are not listed on your home institution's transcript, then you are required to provide a separate transcript from their study abroad program that shows the coursework and grades.
If you are currently in the final year of your study, you are required to submit the final official transcript before starting your postgraduate study at CUHK.
5) Applicants are required to invite TWO referees to complete the Confidential Recommendations Report. After you have successfully submitted the application, you can input information of the TWO referees through the Online Application System for Postgraduate Programmes. The University will send invitations for confidential recommendations to the referees.
6）All documents submitted will not be returned and will be destroyed if the application is unsuccessful.
Applicants please send the application documents to “MSSc in GPGC, Department of Government and Public Administration, 3/F, T.C.Cheng Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong”.
Shortlisted candidates may be interviewed.
