HKUST RedBird PhD Scholarship Program
HKUST RedBird PhD Scholarship Program Remains Open
At HKUST, we value every opportunity to enable talented students to pursue postgraduate studies. We understand that the recent pandemic and global situation may have interrupted your plan for pursuing a PhD program in the coming Fall. HKUST is launching the Fast-Track PhD Application Program such that your dream to join a top-rate research university remains possible under the unanticipated situation. In view that you may need more time to work on your application submission, we have extended our application deadline to 30 June 2020. Act now to submit your application online. All successful applicants will receive the same treatment as our regular PhD students. Excellent candidates will further be granted an additional renewable award of HK$40,000 a year in the name of RedBird PhD Scholarship in recognition of their outstanding academic performance and research capacity.
About The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (https://hkust.edu.hk/) is a world-class research university that focuses on science, technology and business as well as humanities and social science. HKUST offers an international campus, and a holistic and interdisciplinary pedagogy to nurture well-rounded graduates with global vision, a strong entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinking. HKUST attained the highest proportion of internationally excellent research work in the Research Assessment Exercise 2014 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee, and is ranked as the world’s best young university in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2019. Its graduates were ranked 16th worldwide and top in Greater China in Global University Employability Survey 2018.
