General Information
 
We aim to provide advanced training that enables MPhil and PhD students to build up their theoretical and applied knowledge of one or more of the areas related to English Studies – literature, cultural studies, linguistics, translation –  and acquire the skills and abilities necessary to conduct critical and original research in their field of specialisation. 
 
Research areas of the Department: 
- Literature: works from the Renaissance to the contemporary period in genres such as poetry, drama and the novel including science fiction, children’s literature and the literature of travel. 
- Cultural Studies: film/media history and theory, literature and film, environmental humanities, gender and feminism;
- Linguistics: Cognitive linguistics, second language acquisition, sociolinguistics, pragmatics and discourse analysis, comparative grammar studies,  and EAP;  
- Translation: corpus-based translation studies, empirical studies of translation, gender-based translation studies, and translation teaching. 
 
We place a special emphasis on interdisciplinary studies and we welcome theses that explore the intersections of areas.  

In addition to the general MPhil/PhD admission requirements, applicants must also satisfy the programme-specific entrance requirements as follows:

  • Possess a bachelor's or a master's degree in a relevant discipline; and
  • Have excellent command of spoken and written English.
Contact Us


Acting Head of Department: Dr. Rebekah BALE

Programme Specific Enquiry:
Tel: (852) 2806 7307
Fax: (852) 2806 8044
Email Adress: gs@hksyu.edu