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Scholarships

(a) Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS)

With effect from 1 July 2024, applicants for the PhD programme, however, are encouraged to apply through the Online Application System of the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship (HKPF) Scheme to compete for an annual stipend of HK$337,200 (approximately US$43,230) and a conference and research-related travel allowance of HK$14,000 (approximately US$1,790) per year for each awardee for a period up to three years.

Please see the following link for more information. https://cerg1.ugc.edu.hk/hkpfs/index.html

For the 2025/26 exercise, all HKPFS holders will be awarded the HKU Presidential PhD Scholarship. On top of the HKPF package, each awardee will receive:

Cash Award to support research and living expenses:
HK$40,000 in Year 1; HK$20,000 per year in the remaining normative study period
Waiver of composition fees for the whole normative study period (i.e. HK$42,100 per year)
Financial support to selected outstanding students for an additional year of study beyond the normative study period to reward their outstanding research output and progress
A guaranteed hall place in Year 1, with possibility of renewal

Research Areas

The School of English at HKU has an international academic staff and postgraduate student body, working in these areas:

  • Literatures in English
  • Cross-cultural Studies in English
  • English Language and Linguistics
  • Language and Communication

 

For PhDs, we would particularly encourage applications in the following areas:

  • Postcolonial Literary Studies
  • Cross-cultural Writing
  • Law, Language and Literature
  • Psycholinguistics, Phonetics, and Phonology
  • Sociolinguistics, Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics
  • Integrational Linguistics

 

Areas of Research: Literary Studies

 

Literary and cultural research in theoretical and textual studies in the School of English concentrates on work from the 16th century through to the 21st century. We have particular strengths in cross-cultural studies; post-colonial theoretical, literary and cultural studies; Hong Kong and other Asian literatures in English; literature and the law; and travel writing.