Entry requirements

To be eligible for admission to the programme a candidate shall
(a) comply with the regulations for the degree of Master of Social Sciences;
(b) hold a Bachelor's degree with honours in Psychology or a recognized equivalent qualification; and
(c) preferably have relevant working experience in educational or related settings.
If necessary, a candidate may be required to pass a qualifying examination prior to admission.

The closing date of application is February 17, 2010. Only full-time programme will be offered.

Application forms and information on the curriculum may be obtained in person at the Academic Services Enquiry Office, Room UG-05, Upper Ground Floor, Knowles Building, The University of Hong Kong or by written request to the same office in early 2008. Postal requests should include a self-addressed stamped (HK$16.40) envelope measuring 31cm x 23cm (A4 size).

Application forms available around December 2009.

A personal statement of intent should be sent in with the application form. The statement is about 1000 words, covering the following areas:

a description of your personal and family background considered relevant to your application;
a description of what you think constitutes the nature of educational psychology and the work of educational psychologists in Hong Kong;
a discussion of the reasons why you wish to take up educational psychology as a career;
a brief description of how you envisage your academic and personal life over the next two years, if you were admitted into the programme;
a brief description of how you intend to finance your studies, including an estimation of the total cost.

Each applicant is also required to request two academic referees to write a confidential report and forward the report direct in a sealed envelope to the Director, Educational Psychology Programme, Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that the referees' reports reach the University no later than two weeks after the closing date of applications. ( Download referee's report )

Further information regarding the M.Soc.Sc. (Educational Psychology) programme may be obtained from Dr. Lau Shun, the Programme's Admissions Coordinator, Department of Psychology
(slau08@hkucc.hku.hk).

Financial assistance is available for full-time postgraduate students and enquiries should be made to the Student Financial Assistance Agency, 11/F & 12F, Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices, 303 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon.

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