MPhil/PhD students are required to fulfill the stipulated core course and electives requirements. Please refer to https://www.cityu.edu.hk/sgs/student/rpg/courses/courselist/ms
Coursework Requirement of School of Graduate Studies: https://www.cityu.edu.hk/sgs/student/rpg/courses/courselist/sgs
Coursework Requirement of College of Business: https://www.cityu.edu.hk/sgs/student/rpg/courses/courselist/cb
Coursework Requirement of Department of Management Sciences: https://www.cityu.edu.hk/sgs/student/rpg/courses/courselist/ms
PhD Program Structure
Coursework Requirements
PhD/MPhil students are required to take the stipulated courses specified by the Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies and the College of Business. In addition, students have to fulfill the following coursework requirements designated by the Department.
| PhD (for cohort 2024 and thereafter) | |||
| Year 1 | Semester A | MS8944 | Probability and Markov Chain Models |
| MS8952 | Introduction to Mathematical Statistics | ||
| MS8949 | Management Science Seminar Series II | ||
| 1 course outside home department but within CB of at least 3 credit units at postgraduate (R8) level | |||
| Semester B | SG8001 | Teaching Students: First Steps | |
| Individual students with insufficient English proficiency may be required to take a 1 credit unit course English as Medium for Instruction (SG8002) before they are allowed to enroll into SG8001. The credit unit earned from SG8001 will not be counted towards the minimum coursework requirement. | |||
| MS8945 | Stochastic Operations Research | ||
| MS8950 | Management Science Seminar Series III | ||
| MS8953 | Foundations of Management Science | ||
| MS8956 | Advanced Regression Techniques | ||
| CITI Programme | All students commenced study on or after 1 September 2018 are required to complete the CITI Programme within 12 months of study, and latest by 18 months of study (by End of Normal Study Period for Joint PhD students). https://www.cityu.edu.hk/sgs/student/rpg/courses/CITI | ||
| Summer | * Qualifying Examination (Mandatory) | ||
| PhD students are required to take and pass a qualifying examination within 10-24 months (full-time) or 20-48 months (part-time) after commencement of PhD studies. A maximum of two attempts will be allowed. Those who fail the qualifying examination after two attempts will be recommended for termination of study. | |||
| Year 2 | Semester A/B | Student may choose among CB elective courses according to the advise of your supervisor, supervisor may also prescribe additional course requirements for students as deemed appropriate. | |
| Summer | FB8905 | Project (Thesis Proposal Defense) | |
| Year 3 | Semester A | FB8905 | Con't FB8905 Project (Thesis Proposal Defense) |
| Semester A/B | FB8914 | Doctoral Seminar | |
| Submission of PhD Thesis | |||
* Students can pick up some or all exam papers out of the following Five courses:
MS8944 Probability and Markov Chain Models (Sem A)
MS8952 Introduction to Mathematical Statistics (Sem A)
MS8945 Stochastic Operations Research (Sem B)
MS8953 Foundations of Management Science (Sem B)
MS8956 Advanced Regression Techniques (Sem B)
During the qualifying exams, students will receive one of the three grades (good pass, marginal pass, fail) for each of your chosen exams. Our policy is that students need to obtain at least 2 good passes and 1 marginal pass in order to pass the qualifying exams. Students are recommended to take all these courses during the first year.
