Programme Details

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Full-time

Expected Duration

1 year

Fees

Composition fee (Provisional)
HK$265,000

Expected Programme Start Date

September 2026

Application Deadline

First round:
12:00 noon (GMT +8), March 30, 2026Second round:
12:00 noon (GMT +8), May 04, 2026

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Overview

The Master of Arts in East Asian Studies, examines the political, economic, cultural, and social experience of East Asia, with a focus on Korea and Japan. It focuses on East Asian international relations, cultural studies, and intercultural communication, while also placing East Asia in a global context. Students will be taught by leading scholars in the field. Students are expected to have already achieved an advanced level of study in the Japanese, Korean, or Russian language. This programme prepares students for further study at the PhD level in a variety of Arts field or advancement in the professional job market.

Medium of Instruction

English and East Asian target languages

Entrance Requirements

A good Bachelor’s degree in Japanese, Korean, East Asian Studies or related disciplines, including, but not limited to Anthropology, Cultural Studies, History, Linguistics, Literature, Media Studies, Politics, and Sociology; and a high degree of language abilities already achieved in Japanese, Korean, or Russian.

For Japanese: level N2 in the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)

For Korean: level 4 or 5 in the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK)

For Russian: level II or III in the Test of Russian as a Foreign Language (TORFL)

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Faculty

Faculty of Arts

The Faculty of Arts is one of the flagship faculties of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and is an internationally renowned and leading humanities faculty. It is ranked 2nd in Asia and 14th in the world for Arts and Humanities in the U.S. News & World Report – 2025-2026 Best Global Universities Rankings. It is also ranked 1st in Asia and 18th in the world in Arts and Humanities in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025, and 4th in Asia and 1st in Hong Kong in Arts and Humanities in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025. The QS World University Subject Rankings 2025 places the Linguistics (9th), History of Art (12th), English Language and Literature (17th), and Modern Languages (17th) subjects among the top 20 worldwide. The Faculty of Arts’ presence amongst the best institutions in the world is evidence of its exceptional record in teaching and research.

The Faculty strives to attract and nurture outstanding scholars and students from around the world through excellence and innovation in teaching and learning, research, and knowledge exchange. We are dedicated to fulfilling our mission to produce graduates with highly developed analytical, linguistic, critical and creative skills, for leadership and success in their professional and life endeavours.

The Faculty is committed to serving the lifelong learning needs of the community. Information on our top-quality taught postgraduate programmes are available in the programme websites.