Programme Details

Programme Highlights:

Full-time
Part-time

Expected Duration

1 year

Fees

Self-funded (subject to university’s approval)
HK$298,000

Message from Faculty:

The Public Affairs Merit Scholarship (HK$30,000) is granted on a competitive basis with the admission offer to applicants demonstrating strong public leadership, significant career achievements, or extensive experience and impact in public affairs. (subject to university's approval)

Expected Programme Start Date

September 1, 2027

Application Deadline

Main Round:
12:00 noon (GMT +8), February 26, 2027

Description

Full Time (one year, including classes on evenings, Saturdays and Sundays)

Open from October 19, 2026

Expected Duration

2 years

Fees

Self-funded (subject to university's approval)
HK$298,000

Message from Faculty:

Expected Programme Start Date

September 1, 2027

Application Deadline

Main Round:
12:00 noon (GMT +8), February 26, 2027

Description

Part Time (two years, including classes on evenings, Saturdays and Sundays).

Open from October 19, 2026

Overview

The Master of Public Administration (MPA) Programme, first launched in 1978, is designed to provide high-quality professional education to students and prepare them for leadership roles in the public sector.

The curriculum is designed to achieve the following learning objectives: Students will acquire cutting-edge knowledge in public administration and public policy, understand the changing institutional and political contexts of public affairs, examine the critical issues and possible solutions to the challenges in governance, and develop the professional knowledge and core skills required to become effective public managers and leaders.

Medium of Instruction

English

Expected degree conferment will take place in
Full Time : November / December 2028 (Winter Congregation)
Part Time : November / December 2029 (Winter Congregation)

Entrance Requirements

Applicants shall hold a Bachelor's degree of this University or a qualification of equivalent standard from this University or another comparable institution accepted for this purpose.

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Faculty

Faculty of Social Sciences

The Faculty of Social Sciences was established in 1967, and has undergone rapid expansion and significant transformation since. The Faculty has six core Departments/Centre: Geography, Politics and Public Administration, Psychology, Social Work and Social Administration, and Sociology, and Journalism and Media Studies Centre. The Faculty is also the home to eight multidisciplinary research centres. These link scholars in the same field with experts from diversified disciplines in The University of Hong Kong and other research institutions both in Hong Kong, Mainland China and elsewhere in the world; and to provide a convenient focus for research, teaching, professional training, publication and international scholarly exchange and collaboration on specific areas of interest.