Tuition fees

The tuition fees for 2025/26 (Full time) is: HKD $260,000 (provisional)

Funding opportunities

  • Professional Development Incentive Grant Scheme for Language Teachers
    The MA in Linguistics programme is a recognized programme included in the Government of HKSAR’s Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCOLAR) List of recognized English language major degree programmes. We are also included in the list of “Programmes Accepted for Grants under the Professional Development Incentive Grant Scheme for Language Teachers”. Relevant applicants may go to this page for more information.

Scholarship

Entrance Scholarship for Master of Arts in Linguistics

In 2022, the Department of Linguistics of the School of Humanities established a scholarship to support full-time outstanding Master of Arts in Linguistics students. The Scholarship shall be awarded from the academic year 2022-23 under the following regulations:

  1. The Scholarship shall be known as “Entrance Scholarship for Master of Arts in Linguistics”.
  2. Up to two scholarships shall be awarded annually to full-time students of the Master of Arts in Linguistics programme (hereafter, the Programme) to attract high-calibre students, on the basis of academic merit and interview performance.
  3. The value of each award shall be equivalent to 50% of the total value of the awardee’s tuition fee.
  4. The Scholarship shall be tenable for one year.
  5. In the event of there being no suitable applicant in any year, no awards shall be made.

The Scholarship cannot be held concurrently with any other scholarships administered by the University.

Faculty of Arts Scholarship for Local Students

In 2024, the Faculty of Arts established the “Faculty of Arts Scholarship for Local Students” to recognise the outstanding achievements of local students and encourage their pursuit of further studies. The Scholarship shall be awarded from the academic year 2025-26 under the following regulations:

  1. The Scholarship shall be known as “Faculty of Arts Scholarship for Local Students”.
  2. The Scholarship shall be awarded each year to local students admitted to taught postgraduate (TPg) programmes offered by the Faculty of Arts on the basis of academic merit. Eligible students shall be automatically considered, with no application necessary.
  3. Consideration may also be given to factors beyond academic merit, including challenges encountered by persons with circumstances that could limit social opportunities.
  4. The Scholarship shall be of the value of up to 20% of the tuition fee for the programme to which they are admitted. It shall be disbursed in two installments, each up to 10% of the tuition fee.
  5. The first installment shall be made upon the student’s admission to the TPg programme. Local students who have obtained a Bachelor’s degree with at least second upper honours (or an equivalent qualification) from a recognized university, demonstrating strong research abilities and language skills, will be considered, subject to the approval of the MA Programme Committee.
  6. The second installment shall be disbursed upon the completion of the programme with Distinction within the normative study period.
  7. The number of scholarships and the value of each scholarship to be made each year shall be determined by the Faculty of Arts, based on the recommendation from individual TPg programmes and subject to funding availability.
  8. Awardees shall return the first installment (clause 5) if they fail to complete their studies in the enrolled TPg programme within the normative study period.
  9. In any year when candidates are judged to be of insufficient merit, no awards shall be made.