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Choosing a university: compare the programme, supervision, resources and life

Compare two specific programmes item by item. A university name does not stand in for supervision, funding or your reason.

Last checked 2026-10-25

This is a method guide, not a university rule

This is a method guide, not a university rule. Department, degree and year rules come from that programme's official page. Editorial advice and university rules are labelled apart in the text.

Who this is for

Undergraduates, taught master's students and students at Hong Kong universities who are exploring research.

Last checked

2026-10-25

The point

Compare two specific programmes at a time. A university name, a city or a ranking does not fill in supervision, funding, housing or research resources. The eight Hong Kong entries are official directories, and each card states its scope. CityUHK is an electronic-engineering example so far. HKUST is the School of Science note so far. Lingnan and EdUHK are not given a career-directory school id. Those limits stay on the card.

The CUHK RPg code, the PolyU application page, and the Lingnan and EdUHK graduate pages each prove only their own scope. Amounts are not copied here.

Use the programme comparison. Unknown cells stay unknown.

What to do

  1. Write one aim for this round. Do not change three paths at once.
  2. Open the matching official page and copy only the year, eligibility and deadline that page states.
  3. Leave unstated cells unknown. Unknown does not become open and it does not become a negative mark.
  4. Put the draft in a template or in My research. Copying is not sending.

An example

Compare two specific programmes at a time. A university name, a city or a ranking does not fill in supervision, funding, housing or research resources. The eight Hong Kong entries are official directories, and each card states its scope. CityUHK is an electronic-engineering example so far. HKUST is the School of Science note so far. Lingnan and EdUHK are not given a career-directory school id. Those limits stay on the card.

The CUHK RPg code, the PolyU application page, and the Lingnan and EdUHK graduate pages each prove only their own scope. Amounts are not copied here.

Use the programme comparison. Unknown cells stay unknown.

Easy mistakes

  • Inferring that applications are open because the page still loads.
  • Treating contact with a supervisor as formal admission.
  • Merging different deadlines, or adding 23:59 to an unknown time.

Template

The template below this article can be filled in. Blanks stay marked unwritten.

How to use the sources

Source titles, links and the check date are listed under this page. Only sources checked for this round, and not marked search_only_403 or retired_redirect, are cited. The scope does not exceed what that source says.

Next step

Return to the research home and open the next list for the stage you saved.

Programme and funding comparison

Two options side by side. Keep amount, year and conditions apart, and leave unknowns blank.

Option A: 【未填写】
Option B: 【未填写】
Funding parts, with year and source: 【未填写】
Deadline events: 【未填写】
My reason: 【未填写】
What new fact would change this: leave unknown if you have not named it.

Blanks stay unwritten. Copying does not mark this as sent.

Download the blank sheet

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