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22 Master's degrees offered by the university
Linguistics
Linguistics from The Chinese University of Hong Kong features an interdisciplinary approach to language study.
English (Literary Studies)
English (Literary Studies) program at The Chinese University of Hong Kong includes those appropriate to literary studies in English as well as those of most Comparative Literature programmes throughout the world: to encourage critical and systematic studies of English and other literatures in the fullness of their mutual relationships.
Buddhist Studies
The Buddhist Studies course at The Chinese University of Hong Kong aims at providing students a systematic and comprehensive training on Buddhist Studies at postgraduate level. In addition to a historical study of the tradition, the programme will also engage students in a discussion of contemporary social issues.
Legal History
Legal History from The Chinese University of Hong Kong is designed to equip students with expertise in both the substance and the methodology of transnational legal history research.
Christian Studies
Christian Studies from The Chinese University of Hong Kong provides students understanding of some aspects of Christianity in their historical and contemporary contexts.
History
History at The Chinese University of Hong Kong is an innovative and intensive course that provides a thorough training in historical methods. It offers a range of specialist options that draw on the latest research, and includes a sustained period devoted to archival research and writing.
English (Applied English Linguistics)
English (Applied English Linguistics) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong is an intensive one-year (full-time) or two-year (part-time) taught postgraduate programme.
Japanese Studies
The Japanese Studies programme at The Chinese University of Hong Kong promotes the integration of teaching and research in Japanese studies at an advanced level. It aims to introduce students to integrate different disciplinary and methodological approaches, allowing them to develop as capable and independent researchers in Japanese studies.
Comparative and Public History
The M.A. Comparative and Public History program at The Chinese University of Hong Kong stresses the importance of a global perspective in the study of history, achieved through comparative and cross-cultural research methods.
Religious Studies
Religious Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong is a fundamental and distinctive aspect of human culture. As religion represents the deepest hopes, fears, concerns and values of human being, it can play both constructive and destructive roles in society.
Philosophy
The Philosophy programme at The Chinese University of Hong Kong aims to provide solid academic training to students in philosophy, especially in the following specialized areas: Chinese/ Eastern philosophy, Anglo-American philosophy, Continental-European philosophy and comparative philosophy.
Philosophy
Philosophy course offered at The Chinese University of Hong Kong has to do with reflective thinking on fundamental aspects of human existence.
English (Literary Studies)
The MA in English (Literary Studies) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong is an intensive taught programme, one year for full-time students and two years for part-time students.
Religious Studies
Considering religion an integral part of human life, thought and culture, the Religious Studies programme at The Chinese University of Hong Kong advocates a critical and comparative perspective to the study of multifarious religious phenomena and a sympathetic understanding of people’s religious experience.
Chinese Language and Literature
Our students are expected to develop a strong foundational understanding of the field in general while specialising in their own areas of interest, providing a broad perspective, and they are free to choose and study topics of interest in various areas in Chinese Language and Literature from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
English (Applied English Linguistics)
The M.Phil. in English (Applied English Linguistics) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong offers training in applied linguistics research. The required course in theoretical linguistics includes a survey of phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic analyses, as well as historical linguistics with specific reference to English.
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from The Chinese University of Hong Kong aims to provide students with a solid grounding in state-of-the-art research, theories and practice in TESOL, with a view to meeting the professional development needs of English language teachers and other TESOL professionals in a range of educational contexts in Asia and beyond.
Linguistics
Linguistics from The Chinese University of Hong Kong emphasize foundational training in the core areas of linguistic theory, and original research that sheds light on the properties of language and mind.
Translation
Translation from The Chinese University of Hong Kong is research-oriented and aims at training students in critical thinking to conduct independent research in translation studies. Thesis supervisors are assigned in accordance with individual students' research topics.
Chinese Studies
Our English-taught MA in Chinese Studies programme at The Chinese University of Hong Kong provides a platform for the study of Chinese art, history, politics, film, society, international relations, literature, and more.