Your Study

1.

Your Programme of Study

You should check the Programmes and Courses website to familiarize yourself with the curriculum structure of your programme. You should also attend your Departmental Orientation to meet with your teachers.

2.

Your Timetable and Course Registration

Semester A 2023/24 will start on 4 September 2023. Some courses may have been pre-registered for you. You can check your class schedule in AIMS from 25 July 2023 onwards:

Login to AIMS

Select the Course Registration menu

Click My Detail Schedule to display details of your class schedule

Please call Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies – Taught Postgraduate (Student Records) at 3442 9014 during office hours if you cannot retrieve your class schedule.

For courses which are web-enabled, you may add/drop them on the web according to the time tickets assigned (available in AIMS from 16 August 2023). To check your course registration time ticket.

Login to AIMS

2.

Select the Course Registration menu.

3.

Click Registration Status and Time Ticket

For courses which are not web-enabled, you may submit add/drop requests to your home academic units via AIMS (available in AIMS on 14 August 2023). The deadline for add/drop of courses in Semester A 2023/24 is 11 September 2023.. Please visit the Course Registration website for more information about course registration in Semester A 2023/24 which will be available on 1 August 2023.

3.

Credit Transfer

Under the regulations of the credit unit system, students are able to transfer credit units to the University. Credit transfer is given for academic work completed and for recognized professional or vocational qualifications. For details, please click here.

Applications should be made via CityU Portal not later than 1 September 2023.

4.

Electronic Communication

a.

Important information related to your studies, such as alerts to view your e-statement of tuition fees and e-announcements on course registration, class schedule, examinations, etc., will be sent to the CityU email account assigned to you and/or posted in the CityU Announcement Portal (CAP).

b.

You should check your student email regularly or set up email forwarding to your personal email to ensure you do not miss any important communication from the University. Failure to do so does not constitute a valid excuse for missing deadlines for handing in course assignments, submitting various applications, or payment of fees, etc.

c.

You are also encouraged to visit the student orientation website at www.cityu.edu.hk/orientation for important information related to new students.

• to access your CityU email account, go to email.cityu.edu.hk/home

• to access AIMS, go to www.cityu.edu.hk/cityu/logon/aims.htm

• to set up email forwarding, go to www.cityu.edu.hk/csc/deptweb/support/faq/email/o365/autoforward.htm

• to reset the password of your electronic ID, go to www.cityu.edu.hk/orientation/checklist/eid-activation

5.

Rules and Regulations

The University has rules and regulations governing academic matters, tuition fees, enrolment and related issues that students must observe. Visit our website to read the rules and regulations in detail.

6.

Academic Honesty

Academic honesty is central to the conduct of academic work. To enhance students’ understanding of academic honesty, all new students admitted in Semester A 2023/24 are required to complete the online tutorial and quiz, and submit the online declaration on or before 30 November 2023 in order to access their grade results online. For details, please visit here and complete the online declaration as soon as possible.

7.

Tuition and Other Fees

a.

The payment schedule and methods will be available at www.cityu.edu.hk/fo/htm/TPg_Fees.htm in mid-August 2023. You may view your account summary in AIMS and find out more details about the tuition fee arrangement at www.cityu.edu.hk/sgs/download/tpg/student/TPg_Fees.pdf.

b.

An e-statement of account for Semester A 2023/24 will be posted in AIMS [Student Record tab > My Finance] on 18 August 2023. If the statement balance is not settled in full by 4 September 2023, a late payment charge of 2% of the outstanding balance will be added to your account.

8.

Students with Special Educational Needs

Students with special educational needs are advised to inform the University so that where possible, appropriate assistance can be provided. Please complete the “Special Educational Needs Declaration”, which will be available in AIMS [Student Record tab > My Applications (for Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate Programmes) > Special Educational Needs Declaration] from 24 July to 16 September 2023.

9.

Minimum Graduation Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)

For taught postgraduate students admitted in Semester A 2022/23 and thereafter, the minimum graduation CGPA is 2.85.

For details, please refer to the Academic Regulations for Taught Postgraduate Degrees on the SGS website.

10.

Graduation Dates

a.

The graduation date of individual students is determined by students’ own study progress. Students who complete their graduation requirements in a specific semester/term will have the corresponding graduation date of that semester/term. Students should plan their studies ahead to fulfill their graduation requirements in their preferred semester/term.

b.

After fulfilling all their graduation requirements, students will not be able to defer their graduation to a later semester/term.

c.

The University’s graduation dates for 2023/24 and 2024/25 are as follows:

2023/24

2024/25*

11.

Award Certificate

a.

The award certificate will be ready for collection normally in March (for graduates in Semester A), August (for graduates in Semester B) and November (for graduates in Summer Term).

b.

The date to be printed on the award certificates will be the graduation date of the students' graduating semester/term.

12.

Maximum Period of Study

Students shall complete all programme requirements within the stipulated maximum period of study, inclusive of programme transfer and any periods of leave of absence and suspension of studies. You may find the normal and maximum study period of individual taught postgraduate programmes at www.cityu.edu.hk/sgs/student/tpg/regulations/maxstudyperiod/. Students who cannot complete all programme requirements for graduation within the maximum study period will be required to discontinue their studies.

13.

Withdrawal of Studies

If you subsequently decide not to study at the University after enrolment, please submit your withdrawal notification via AIMS by the end of Week 2 of Semester A 2023/24 (16 September 2023). Otherwise, you will be liable for the tuition fees payable for the semester in accordance with the Regulations on Tuition Fees.

14.

Important Dates for Semester A 2023/24

Available around early August 2023