[ecrea] Scholarships at Hong Kong Baptist University

Applications are invited for the Hong Kong Postgraduate Fellowship 
Scheme (HKPFS) studentships to commence study in September 2017.  HKPFS 
is a special scheme run by the HK University Grants Council designed to 
attract the best students for doctoral study in Hong Kong.  The scheme 
is extremely generous in terms of remuneration and benefits and it is 
open to all applicants irrespective of nationality.  You can find out 
more about the scheme at: https://cerg1.ugc.edu.hk/hkpfs/index.html.

Over the last few years, the School of Communication at Hong Kong 
Baptist University has been increasingly successful in helping students 
obtain these very competitive awards. We should like to ask you to 
encourage any of your students who are interested in pursuing doctoral 
studies to apply to us.  The School is a large one with a wide range of 
research interests.  We are interested in potential students who wish to 
research in the following areas:

Film Studies (documentary studies, television studies and Asian cinemas 
are particularly strong specialisms)

Journalism (comparative media systems, media education and literacy, and 
Chinese media are particularly strong specialisms)

Communication Studies (advertising and public relations, organisational 
and health communication are particularly strong specialisms)

Students with other interests within these general areas are strongly 
encouraged to contact the School to discuss whether we possess the 
expertise to supervise them should they decide to apply.

Our doctoral programme is very international in orientation and 
composition.  Roughly 30 per cent of our doctoral students are from 
outside China.  We have students from Europe, the US, Africa, South Asia 
and East Asia and we are keen to maintain such a cosmopolitan student 
body.  A student interested in applying can find further details of the 
School at: http://www.comm.hkbu.edu.hk/.  The general conditions for 
admission to the university’s Graduate School are at: 
http://gs.hkbu.edu.hk/.

Hong Kong is an excellent place to study for a doctoral degree and a 
very exciting place to live.  HKBU is very well supported by the UGC and 
research is one of our main priorities.  Universities enjoy a high level 
of academic freedom. (Incidentally, despite its name, Hong Kong Baptist 
University is a secular public university that welcomes students of all 
religions and none.)  Hong Kong bills itself as “Asia’s World City” and 
has a diverse population.  Faculty and students are active participants 
in the city’s vigorous civic life.

There is a two-step application process.  Potential students must first 
register their interest with the UGC at the URL above and obtain a 
registration number.  They then apply to HKBU through the Graduate 
School using that registration number as a reference.  Applications are 
exclusively electronic and can be obtained from the above Graduate 
School website. The deadline for applications for a September 2017 start 
is 12.00 Hong Kong time (GMT+8) on 1st December 2016.

Should any of your students be interested in learning more about these 
opportunities, they can feel free to contact the Director of the 
Doctoral Programme, Colin Sparks, directly at (sparksc /at/ hkbu.edu.hk) 
<mailto:(sparksc /at/ hkbu.edu.hk)>.


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