Hong Kong Baptist University - Graduate School

About Graduate School

The University emphasizes the equal importance of teaching and research excellence and high quality scholarship in its academic programmes. With improved funding from the Government, HKBU moved at a deliberate pace to launch the taught postgraduate and research postgraduate programmes in the 1980's.

To further promote postgraduate programmes and to upgrade the administrative support for postgraduate studies, the University established the Graduate School in April 2002, with administrative support provided by the Academic Registry. In April 2011, the Research and Postgraduate Studies Section hived off from the Academic Registry to form the independent administration of the Graduate School to further advance its various endeavours.

The remit of the Graduate School is two-fold: to help the University build a postgraduate study culture by providing a supportive and congenial environment for postgraduate studies; and to facilitate the enhancement of research performance of the University.

The School keeps abreast of international best practice in graduate education and research projects administration, and ensures smooth and effective implementation of policies pertaining to these two areas. Ever since its establishment, the Graduate School has grown rapidly in terms of the spectrum of programmes offered and the number of students enrolled. Currently, the number of postgraduate students in the Graduate School accounts for approximately 40% of the University's total enrolment. The School has also launched various schemes and services to help facilitate the enhancement of research performance of our academic staff.

Areas of Responsibility

Postgraduate Studies Administration

Postgraduate Admission
Course registration & student record services
Monitoring individual student academic records and maintenance of the central student record system
Scheduling classes and semester/trimester examinations
Administrative support to students' overseas attachment and conference attendance
Administrative support to the Research Postgraduate Studies Committee and the Taught Postgraduate Regulations Committee
Preparation for publications for postgraduate students e.g. Postgraduate Prospectus, Handbook for Research Postgraduate Students
Develop policies and guidelines for new programme development

Research Projects Administration

Administrative support for internal and external research grant applications, monitoring of progress, change of project details, project completion, etc.
Administrative support to the Research Committee and Specialist Panels
Develop policies and guidelines pertaining to incentive schemes for the enhancement of research performance of the University
Maintenance of the research project database
Preparation for the publications on research projects e.g. Annual Research Report
Liaison with external bodies for research project matters

Development

Postgraduate Programme Promotion (local and non-local)
Preparation for publications on promotion e.g. Newsletter
Administration of Mainland Liaison Offices
Administration of Research Grants of HKBU Institute of Research and Continuing Education (IRACE)
Development of special projects such as system enhancement, partnership with different institutions, etc.