The programme is research-oriented with each student being directly supervised by a faculty member.

MPhil Stream

• Complete all the graduate courses required by the Department.
• When deemed necessary by advisor/supervisor, student may be required to take other courses.
• Each MPhil student is required to give an oral presentation on his/her research progress.
• Each MPhil student is required to submit a thesis and pass the oral defence of the thesis for graduation.

PhD Stream

Pre-candidacy

• Complete all the graduate courses required by the Department.
• When deemed necessary by advisor/supervisor, student may be required to take other courses.
• Each PhD student is required to pass a written candidacy examination within the maximum period of his/her candidacy stage for the advancement to his/her postcandidacy stage.
• Submit thesis proposal and defence.

Post-candidacy

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

Fields of Specialization

The Department of Management focuses on teaching and research in the following areas of management studies:

1. Organization Studies
Specific topics include organizational behavior, organization change and development, and organization and management theory.

2. Human Resource Management
Research is conducted on staffing, selection, performance appraisal, compensation, and training and development.

3. Strategic Management
Areas of interest include competitive analysis, strategy formulation and implementation, globalization, corporate social responsibility, technology management, and the role of executives.

4. International Business and Management
Emphasis is placed on foreign market entry strategies, foreign direct investments, international joint venture management, the management of multinational enterprises, international human resource management, China business, Japanese business and cross-cultural management.

5. Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship research concentrates on the creation and management of new ventures, venture capital, small business management, business groups, family-owned business and Chinese entrepreneurship.

The major academic strength of the Faculty members lies in the areas of international business - and in particular management issues related to emerging economies - and cross-cultural and comparative management, with an emphasis on the management issues of arising in Asia-Pacific, Hong Kong and China.

Please visit the Division’s homepage for more information.

In addition to the general requirements of the Graduate School, applicants are also required to submit the following documents:

1. a preliminary research proposal;
2. a statement of purpose;
3. a copy of previous written work such as a thesis, research project report, or any published articles;
4. an official hard copy of GMAT or GRE report (taken in or after January 2012).

GMAT Institution Code: R9H-0W-04

GRE Institution Code: 7488

TOEFL Institution Code: B022

Applicants should be committed to research and/or tertiary education.

Interview may be required.

1st round: 1 November 2017

2nd round: 1 December 2017

Last round: 2 January 2018 (while quota lasts)

1 December 2017
1.  By 12:00 noon (Hong Kong time) - to submit an initial application to RGC; and
2. By 5:00 p.m. (Hong Kong time) - to submit full application to CUHK
Please refer to HKPFS page for more details.