Admission Requirements

Applicants shall fulfill the minimum admission requirements for taught master’s degree programmes as follows.

Academic Qualification(s)

Successful applicants must:

hold a relevant bachelor’s degree awarded by a tertiary education institution recognised for this purpose by the University; or
have obtained an equivalent qualification; or
have provided satisfactory evidence of academic and professional attainment.

English Proficiency

In addition to the above, applicants whose degree or, exceptionally, an alternative qualification deemed equivalent from a tertiary institution is not using English as the medium of instruction (MOI) for the programme should obtain:

a minimum score of 550 (paper-based test) or 79 (internet-based test) in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)^{1 2}; or
a band score of 6.5 or above in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS)¹, or
an equivalent score in a recognised test, or
an equivalent qualification to prove his/her English language proficiency which will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

¹For IELTS and TOEFL qualifications, the University only accepts results that are within the validity period, viz. 2 years, from the time of submission of an admission application for the specific intake cohort.

²For an applicant using TOEFL “MyBest scores” to fulfill the minimum required score of 79, the programme should use interview or other means to assess the applicant’s proficiency in English.