Code of Practice (Research Postgraduate Studies)
Cover Page | |
Preface | |
Contents | |
1. Roles of Stakeholders | |
1.1 Stakeholders | |
1.2 Interaction between the student and the supervisor | |
1.3 Graduate Panel | |
2. Basic Information on Programmes and Courses | |
2.1 Postgraduate Research Programmes | |
2.2 Types of Research Postgraduate Programmes | |
2.3 Graduate attributes of research postgraduate programmes | |
2.4 Modes of study | |
2.5 Courses | |
2.6 Course code and sequence | |
3. Admissions | |
3.1 Admission process | |
3.2 Entrance requirements | |
3.3 Monitoring of entrance quality | |
3.4 Re-instatement and Re-admission | |
4. Registration/Residence Requirements/Leaves | |
4.1 Orientation | |
4.2 Student registration | |
4.3 Course selection / withdrawal / additions | |
4.4 Residence requirements | |
4.5 Normative and maximum study periods | |
4.6 Shortening of normative study period | |
4.7 Programme change | |
4.8 Leave of absence and tuition fee transfer | |
4.9 Student visa | |
4.10 Employment | |
5. Progress towards Graduation | |
5.1 Graduation requirements | |
5.2 Course requirements | |
5.3 Postgraduate students taking undergraduate courses and undergraduate students taking postgraduate courses | |
5.4 Research thesis and oral defense | |
5.5 Candidature for doctoral degree | |
5.6 Candidacy Examination for the Ph.D. Degree | |
5.7 Improving Postgraduate Learning (IPL) | |
5.8 Minimum Cumulative GPA | |
5.9 Other requirements | |
5.10 Course and unit exemptions | |
5.11 Research Progress Report | |
5.12 School/Unit Duties and Teaching Assistant | |
5.13 Language policy | |
6. Assessment and Examination for Taught Courses of RPG Programmes | |
6.1 Assessment of academic performance | |
6.2 Course grades | |
6.3 Examination administration | |
6.4 Unsatisfactory performance | |
7. Thesis | |
7.1 Preparation for research and thesis writing; language of thesis | |
7.2 Research Ethics | |
7.3 Procedures | |
7.4 Thesis proposal and its defence | |
7.5 Declaration of intention to submit thesis | |
7.6 Submission of thesis | |
7.7 Thesis Assessment Committee | |
7.8 Oral defence | |
7.9 Assessment result of thesis and follow-up actions on different final grades | |
7.10 Re-submission | |
7.11 Deferment of submission of thesis | |
7.12 Submission of final version of thesis | |
7.13 Copyright of RPg thesis | |
8. Quality Assurance | |
8.1 External Reviewers | |
8.2 Eligibility requirements of a supervisor | |
8.3 Visiting Committee (VC) | |
8.4 Internal Programme Reviews (IPR) of Taught Postgraduate Programmes | |
9. Supervisors | |
9.1 Assignment of supervisors | |
9.2 Eligibility requirements of a supervisor | |
9.3 Eligibility of Co-supervisors | |
10. Award of Degree | |
10.1 Recommendation for Award of Degree | |
10.2 Degree Certificate | |
11. Services and Support for students(To be developed) | |
12. Financial Assistance and Fees | |
12.1 For financial aid, Fellowships, Scholarships, please contact relevant programme. | |
12.2 General Guidelines about Fees | |
13. Academic Honesty and Disciplinary Action | |
13.1 Academic honesty | |
13.2 Disciplinary Action | |
14. Appeals and Complaints | |
15. Course Evaluation and Feedback | |
15.1 Course and Teaching Evaluation Questionnaire | |
15.2 Feedback via Progress Report for RPg Studies | |
15.3 Exit survey (Survey on Research Postgraduate Programmes) | |
16. Credentials | |
16.1 Academic Results | |
16.2 Transcripts | |
16.3 Letter of Certification | |
16.4 Report on Curriculum Details | |
16.5 Degree Certificate | |
16.6 Replacement of Degree Certificate | |
16.7 Certified True Copy of the Graduation Certificate | |
17. Transitional Arrangements | |
17.1 Until the Academic Board of CUHK, Shenzhen is established, all reference to “Academic Board” in these Regulations should be understood as “Provisional Academic Board” of CUHK, Shenzhen. | |
17.2 Until the Board of Graduate Studies of CUHK, Shenzhen is established, all reference to “Board of Graduate Studies” in these Regulations should be understood as “(Provisional) Board of Graduate Studies” of CUHK, Shenzhen. | |
Supplementary Materials |