Programme Details

Programme Highlights:

Part-time

Expected Duration

Fees

To be updated

Expected Programme Start Date

To be updated

Application Deadline

Description

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Expected Duration

2 years

Fees

Self-funded
HK$231,840

Expected Programme Start Date

September 1, 2026

Application Deadline

Round 1:
12:00 noon (GMT +8), November 26, 2025Round 2:
12:00 noon (GMT +8), March 30, 2026

Description

Part Time (two years)

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Overview

The objectives of the MSocSc(Counselling) programme are to equip students for acting as the first line of help, both at work and in their personal lives, for people in need of support before they develop more severe mental health problems; and to add to the resources of practitioners in human services who find themselves in need of further training in the counselling process.

Entrance Requirements

Applicants shall hold a Bachelor's degree of HKU or an equivalent qualification from a comparable institution, and preferably have a minimum of two years of relevant post-qualification working experience. Candidates with qualifications other than a Bachelor's degree will be considered on their individual merits. Qualifying examinations to test the applicants' abilities to follow the prescribed courses and/or interviews may be conducted.

Applicants with qualifications from a university or comparable institution outside Hong Kong where the language of teaching or examination is not English are required, unless exceptionally exempted, to obtain:

(1) 80 or above (internet-based test) in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL); or

(2) a minimum overall band of 6 with no subtest lower than 5.5 in the International English LanguageTesting System (IELTS); or

(3) grade C or above in either the Overseas General Certificate of Education, the International GeneralCertificate of Secondary Education, or the Cambridge Test of Proficiency in English Language.

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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.