Taught Programme

Aims and Background

This programme teaches advanced mathematics beyond undergraduate level, furthering students' career development and preparation for postgraduate studies in mathematics.

Established in 1995, our MSc programme is aiming chiefly at students who intend to strengthen their mathematical background to their further studies and careers. At the same time, many high school teachers, and business and industry professionals, who have the need for advanced mathematical training, find our programme of interest and end up earning an MSc in Mathematics as a secondary degree.

From 2018-19, we will offer a new stream Big Data Analytics and Computation under the MSc Programme in Mathematics. The aim of this stream is to provide students with highly skilled professional training and useful computational methods to analyze big data and computational modeling. In particular, this stream is designed for those who want to pursue a career as data and computational scientists.


Programme Information

Programme Code MAT
Mode of Attendance Full-time Part-time
Period of Study (Normative) 1 year 2 years
Tuition Fee

HK$150,000 per annum

Funding Nature: Self-financed

HK$75,000 per annum

Funding Nature: Self-financed
Admission Requirements

The applicant should satisfy at least one of the following conditions:

  • graduated from a recognized university and obtained a bachelor’s degree, normally with honours not lower than Second Class or achieving an average grade of not lower than “B”; or
  • completed a course of study in a tertiary educational institution and obtained professional or similar qualifications equivalent to a bachelor’s degree.

In addition to requirements on Postgraduate Admission as well, applicants are normally required to attend an interview.
Graduation Requirements
  • Students must complete all requirements of their programme. Please refer to the curriculum for MSc.
  • Students must pass the University's IT Proficiency Test.
Streams and Scholarships
  1. There are two streams in the Programme:
    • Mathematics Stream
    • Big Data Analytics and Computations Stream
  2. Financial aids and scholarships
    • Department of Mathematics offers a number of scholarships to outstanding students on the basis of the academic performance in the preceding academic year.
      Scholarship recipient must be a full-time or a part-time student studying MSc degree in mathematics. The amount of the scholarships ranges from HK$30,000 to HK$50,000.
    • Starting from the academic year (2020-2021), a new scheme “Student helpers scheme” is providing a monthly financial aid of HK$7000 to eligible local full-time MSc students. Those MSc helpers will do the work of marking and help us deal with some departmental activities.
Programme Director Prof. Renjun DUAN
Programme Associate Directors Prof. Chi Wai LEUNG and Dr. Man Chuen CHENG
Admission Advisor Prof. Chi Wai LEUNG
Funding Nature

Self-financed
Application Deadline

Priority round: 31 January 2025

Final round: 31 March 2025

“Applications will be processed on a rolling basis until all places have been filled. Therefore, early applications are strongly encouraged.”
Contact

Professor DUAN Renjun / Professor LEUNG Chi Wai / Dr. CHENG Man Chuen

Tel

(852) 3943-7988 / 3943-7729

Email

msc@math.cuhk.edu.hk

Programme office’s address

Division of Mathematics,

Room 220, Lady Shaw Building,

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

Website

http://www.math.cuhk.edu.hk/postgraduates/taught-programme/msc-mathematics
Enquiry
Tel
(852) 3943-7729 / 3943-7988
Fax
(852) 2603-5154
mail

Application Procedures:

https://www.gs.cuhk.edu.hk/admissions/admissions/how-to-apply