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Faculty of Business
Jan 2026 Entry
Department of Management and Marketing - PhD
Research Areas:

  • Management

  • Management Information Systems

  • Marketing

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
Jan 2026 Entry
Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies - PhD
Research Areas:

  • Aviation Management and Economics

  • Maritime Law and Shipping Finance

  • Maritime Studies

  • Operations Management

  • Supply Chain Management

  • Transport and Logistics Management

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
Jan 2026 Entry
School of Accounting and Finance - PhD
Research Areas:

  • Accounting and Auditing

  • Corporate Finance and Asset Pricing

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025

Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences

Jan 2026 Entry
Department of Applied Mathematics - PhD / MPhil
Research Areas:

  • Applied Optimisation and Optimal Control

  • Applied Statistics

  • Data Science

  • Engineering and Computational Mathematics

  • Financial Mathematics

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
Jan 2026 Entry
Department of Computing - PhD / MPhil
Research Areas:

  • Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Computing

  • Blockchain, Cyber Security and Privacy

  • Graphics, Multimedia and Virtual Reality

  • Networking and Mobile Computing

  • Pattern Recognition and Natural Language Processing

  • Systems Modelling and Software Engineering

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
Jan 2026 Entry
Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) - PhD / MPhil
Research Areas:

  • Machine Learning

  • Biometrics and Human Language Processing

  • Computer Vision and Graphics

  • Data Technologies and Governance

  • Statistical Learning and Optimization Methods

  • AI + X (Science, Healthcare, Neuroscience, etc.).

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
Faculty of Construction and Environment
Jan 2026 Entry
Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering - PhD / MPhil
Research Areas:

  • Building and Environment

  • Building Energy

  • Building Safety and Resilience

  • Electrical Services

  • Facility Management

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
Jan 2026 Entry
Department of Building and Real Estate - PhD / MPhil
Research Areas:

  • Construction and Real Estate Economics

  • Construction and Real Estate Management

  • Information and Construction Technology

  • Urban Sustainability Policy

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
Jan 2026 Entry
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering - PhD / MPhil
Research Areas:

  • Coastal and Hydraulic Engineering

  • Construction and Transportation

  • Environmental Engineering and Science

  • Geotechnical Engineering

  • Structural Engineering

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
Jan 2026 Entry
Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics - PhD / MPhil
Research Areas:

  • Geomatics

  • Urban Informatics and Smart City

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
Faculty of Engineering
Jan 2026 Entry
Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering - PhD / MPhil
Research Areas:

  • Aerodynamics

  • Aerospace Propulsion and Combustion

  • Aerospace Structures and Materials

  • Aviation Engineering

  • Flight Mechanics and Control

  • Satellite Communication and Navigation

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
Jan 2026 Entry
Department of Biomedical Engineering - PhD / MPhil
Research Areas:

  • Biomedical Imaging, Instrumentation, Sensing and AI

  • Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Engineering

  • Prosthetics, Orthotics, Smart Ageing and Rehabilitation Engineering

  • Sports and Neuromusculoskeletal Engineering

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
Jan 2026 Entry
Department of Mechanical Engineering - PhD / MPhil
Research Areas:

  • Advanced Materials and Processing 先進材料與加工

  • Aerospace Engineering 航宇工程

  • Clean Energy and Energy Storage 清潔能源與儲能技術

  • Robotics and Control 機械人與控制系統

  • Sound and Vibration 聲學與振動

  • Thermofluids and Combustion 熱流體與燃燒

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
Jan 2026 Entry
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering - PhD / MPhil
Research Areas:

  • Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

  • Communications and Information Security

  • Microelectronics and Quantum Technology

  • Electric Vehicles and Smart Mobility

  • Photonics, Smart Material and Devices

  • Power and Energy Systems 

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
Jan 2026 Entry
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering - PhD / MPhil
Research Areas:

  • Advanced Materials Processing Technologies

  • Aviation and Transportation Logistics

  • Operations and Supply Chain Management

  • Precision Engineering and Nano Technology (State Key Laboratory of Ultra-precision Machining Technology)

  • Industrial Artificial Intelligence

  • Smart Products and Services

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
Faculty of Health and Social Sciences
Jan 2026 Entry
Department of Applied Social Sciences - PhD / MPhil
Research Areas:

  • Family, Child, Youth, and Ageing Studies

  • Psychology, Mental Health and Health

  • Social Policy, Social Welfare and Community Development

  • Social Theory, China and Global Social Development

  • Social Work and Human Service Management

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
Jan 2026 Entry
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences - PhD / MPhil
Research Areas:

  • Translational Research in Neuroscience

  • Translational Research in Musculoskeletal and Sports Science

  • Translational Research in Better Ageing and Longevity

  • Translational Research in Primary Healthcare

  • Translational Research in Intelligent Rehabilitation

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
Jan 2026 Entry
Department of Health Technology and Informatics - PhD / MPhil
Research Areas:

  • Cancer

  • Haemodynamic and Vascular Disorders

  • Immunity and Infection

  • Metabolic and Ocular Disorders

  • Neuroimaging and Neuropathology

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
Jan 2026 Entry
School of Nursing - PhD / MPhil
Research Areas:

  • Healthy Ageing through Innovations

  • Mental Health and Psychosocial Support

  • Cancer and Supportive Care

  • Primary Health Care

Application Deadline: 15 Aug 2025
Jan 2026 Entry
School of Optometry - PhD / MPhil
Research Areas:

  • Ageing Eye Research

  • Myopia Research

Application Deadline: 25 Aug 2025
Faculty of Humanities
Jan 2026 Entry
Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies - PhD / MPhil
Research Areas:

  • Applied linguistics, including Bilingualism, Corporate Communication, Language Assessment, and Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

  • Chinese and East Asian Linguistics

  • Computational and Corpus Linguistics

  • Neuro-cognitive Studies of Language and Clinical Linguistics

  • Translation and Interpreting Studies

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
Jan 2026 Entry
Department of Chinese History and Culture - PhD / MPhil
Research Areas:

  • Art History, Visual Culture, and Media Studies in Greater China and Asia

  • China’s Interactions with Other Parts of Asia

  • Chinese Government and Society in Imperial China

  • Chinese Literature and Cultural History

  • Ethnic Relations in China

  • History of Science, Technology, and Medicine 

  • Modern Chinese Intellectual and Political History

  • Traditional Chinese Intellectual and Religious History 

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
Jan 2026 Entry
Department of English and Communication - PhD
Research Areas:

  • Area Studies and Intercultural Communication

  • English Language and (Applied) Linguistics

  • Language and Professional Communication

  • Language Teaching and Learning

  • Media and Communication

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
Faculty of Science
Jan 2026 Entry
Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology - PhD / MPhil
Research Areas:

  • Biology

  • Chemistry

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
Jan 2026 Entry
Department of Applied Physics - PhD / MPhil
Research Areas:

  • Green Energy & Carbon Neutrality

  • Machine Learning & Computational Physics

  • Nanomaterials & Micro/Nanoelectronics

  • Photonics, Plasmonics & Optoelectronics

  • Quantum Physics & Devices

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
Jan 2026 Entry
Department of Food Science and Nutrition - PhD / MPhil
Research Areas:

  • Food Safety and Bacterial Antimicrobial Resistance under One Health Framework

  • Food Sustainability

  • Functional Foods and Chinese Medicine

  • Microbiome in Nutrition and Human Health

  • Nutrition and Human Health: The Emergence of Precision Nutrition

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
School of Design
Jan 2026 Entry
School of Design - PhD
Research Areas:

  • Design Economy (設計經濟學)

  • Design Making (設計製造學)

  • Social Design (設計社會學)

Application Deadline: 31 May 2025
School of Fashion and Textiles
Jan 2026 Entry
School of Fashion and Textiles - PhD / MPhil
Research Areas:

  • Apparel Technology

  • Fashion and Textile Business

  • Fashion and Textile Design

  • Textile and Apparel Materials and Products

  • Textile Chemistry and Functional Materials

Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
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